Unmanned - Payloads

Autonomous "Grand Challenge" program from DARPA reaching endpoint

January 19, 2026

ARLINGTON, Va. Following 20 years of high-level innovation and testing with U.S. Army and Marine Corps partners, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge -- a first-of-its-kind race to foster the development of self-driving ground vehicles -- is nearing its conclusion as the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program gets ready to wrap up.

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January 19, 2026

Unmanned - Payloads

Autonomous "Grand Challenge" program from DARPA reaching endpoint

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