# Army Selects Forterra for Autonomous Breaching

The U.S. Army selected Forterra as a prime contractor for its Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability program, which is intended to field autonomous vehicles for mine-clearing missions. Separately, Forterra and Hypercraft integrated Forterra’s AutoDrive autonomy software with Hypercraft’s Razorback ground vehicle for high-risk military missions and showcased the system at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition. The signal provides no contract value, solicitation number, or upcoming bid details, but it highlights Army demand for autonomous ground systems and a potential role for vehicle and autonomy technology suppliers in the mission area.

- Forterra is the identified prime contractor for the Army program; Hypercraft supplied the Razorback vehicle used in the showcased integration.
- Companies pursuing similar work can evaluate whether their autonomous ground-vehicle platforms or supporting technologies align with mine-clearing and other high-risk military missions.
- The announcement does not identify a new solicitation or bid deadline, so it does not establish an immediate bidding opportunity.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Army (Army)
- XVIII Airborne Corps

### Vendors
- Forterra (Prime contractor for the Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability program)
- Hypercraft (Razorback ground-vehicle provider)

### Key Quotes
> The point of an autonomous military vehicle is to deliver payloads to the point of friction.
> — Scott Sanders, Chief Growth Officer at Forterra

> Instead of relying solely on high-value, crewed assets, we can field semi-autonomous F-250s, sUAS swarms and autonomous c-UAS systems that are adaptable, scalable and resilient.
> — Denny Drummey, Project Sandhills operations officer

### Sources
- [Forterra partners with Hypercraft on autonomous vehicle for high-risk missions](https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/14/forterra-partners-with-hypercraft-on-autonomous-vehicle-for-high-risk-missions) - Defense News