Rheinmetall Canada (Rheinmetall Group) · military or security robot
Mission Master SP
A compact, fully electric 8x8 robot that can carry about 600 kg on resupply, surveillance or evacuation missions; weapon and cargo modules are offered.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 600 kgCarries more than 50%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Mission Master SP is on the market today.
Real-world use
UK (7 for the Robotic Platoon Vehicle trial), Japan (3) and an undisclosed Middle East buyer; exercised by Germany, the US, the Netherlands and Poland.
Maker
Rheinmetall Canada (Rheinmetall Group)Company · CanadaHow it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Mission Master SP carries more than 50% of the 18 other military & security that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
#18 of 396 current machines in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 5 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 2 reported deployments
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. It can follow soldiers, drive waypoint routes or be remote-controlled, with an operator always in charge; any weapon module needs a person to fire.
- Actuators & motors
- Fully electric drive on a modified commercial all-terrain chassis (originally petrol; 8x8 layout per the batch summary); amphibious with a reduced load; low-signature silent drive
- Sensors & vision
- Four laser scanners (three 2D, one 3D), front and rear cameras and a 360-degree optronic system; surveillance version adds a mast with thermal and day cameras and a laser rangefinder
- Battery & power
- Up to about 8 hours continuous driving at 30 km/h with 600 kg, or up to 72 hours depending on mission; cold reduces capacity, so an auxiliary generator is offered
- AI & software
- Rheinmetall PATH autonomy kit: route mapping, GPS-denied navigation, follow-me and waypoint modes; teleoperated, semi-autonomous or autonomous
- Other details
- 600 kg payload; mission modules for cargo, surveillance, rescue/evacuation, communications relay, CBRN detection and armed configurations; fits inside CH-47 or CH-53 helicopters
Lineage
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Rheinmetall Canada, Canada; US-built units by American Rheinmetall (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
- Customers and pilots
- British Army Robotic Platoon Vehicles programme (15 vehicles across phases), Japan Ministry of Defense (3 for JGSDF testing), US Marine Corps (12 ordered 2026), an undisclosed Middle East customer (reported 'hundreds' ordered in 2018); trialled by Germany, the Netherlands, the US and Poland
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Deployed
British Army · Robotic Platoon Vehicles programme · since 2022-01 · 7 units
The British Army ordered seven Mission Master SP robots for surveillance and cargo trials under its Robotic Platoon Vehicles programme. Seven in the Spiral 3 order (after eight in earlier phases) Rheinmetall
- Ordered
US Marine Corps (Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory) · since 2026-09-10 · 12 units
The US Marine Corps ordered 12 Mission Master SP robot vehicles for evaluation and experiments in autonomous logistics. 12 Mission Master SP plus five amphibious kits, $7.28 million (Rheinmetall, Sep 2026) Rheinmetall
News
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- US Marine Corps orders 12 Mission Master SP
American Rheinmetall won a $7.28 million order, via ADS Inc., for 12 Mission Master SP vehicles and five amphibious kits for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory.
European Security & Defence - Japan orders three Mission Master SP
Japan's defence ministry ordered three Mission Master SP vehicles, through Marubeni Aerospace, for Ground Self-Defense Force testing from January 2025.
European Security & Defence - UK orders seven more Mission Master SP vehicles
Rheinmetall Canada won a British Army Robotic Platoon Vehicles order for four surveillance and three cargo vehicles, adding to eight bought earlier.
Rheinmetall - Mission Master gains new versions
EDR described the electric Mission Master's sensors, runtime and planned cargo, surveillance, rescue and armed modules.
European Defence Review - Mission Master debuts with a large Middle East order
Rheinmetall showed the Mission Master at Eurosatory and said a Middle Eastern customer had ordered hundreds for delivery from 2019.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Mission Master SPRheinmetall Canada (Rheinmetall Group) |  IroncladRoboneersSame job: fire support · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  O-R3OTSAWSame job: surveillance · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  S5 security robotSMP RoboticsSame job: surveillance · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2018-06 | 2018 | 2019 | 2016 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | 1800 kg | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 20 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | 600 kg | 400 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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