American Rheinmetall received an 18-month U.S. Army contract to develop hybrid-powered autonomous ground vehicles for transporting supplies in contested environments. The Project Sustainment effort is being executed through the National Advanced Mobility Consortium, with American Rheinmetall serving as the prime contractor. The company will work with Harbinger, Forterra and Primordial Labs on the vehicle platform, autonomous-driving system and human-machine interface. The uncrewed ground vehicles are designed to support logistics for company-sized Army units and are intended to move equipment and supplies to and from forward positions with limited human involvement, reducing the need to expose soldiers to dangerous transport missions. Harbinger will provide a dual-use hybrid chassis designed for commercial and specialty vehicles, which can be adapted for military requirements. Forterra will supply the autonomous-driving technology, designed to support distributed and mission-aware operations in environments where communications, navigation or human oversight may be limited. Primordial Labs will provide Anura, a natural-language interface that allows soldiers to control robotic systems through spoken commands. Development and testing will take place at U.S. facilities and test ranges. The contract includes the possibility of follow-on orders as the Army expands and updates its autonomous logistics fleet.