German startup ARX Robotics unveiled its latest unmanned ground vehicle, the Combat Gereon, at the DSEI defense trade show in London, Defense News reported. The system is based on the company’s existing Gereon RCS platform but now incorporates artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous functions. At the exhibition, it was displayed with the LOKI remote weapon station from Slovenia’s Valhalla Turrets.
According to Defense News, the vehicle was developed in collaboration with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian company Frontline, with design adjustments shaped by battlefield experience. ARX CEO Marc Wietfeld said Ukrainian advisers recommended making the UGV smaller and lighter for frontline logistics, simplifying its controls so troops with limited training can operate it effectively under combat conditions, and improving modularity to allow quick repairs and mission reconfiguration.
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The unveiling of Combat Gereon follows ARX’s recent growth moves. In a February 2025 company announcement, the firm said it opened Europe’s largest defense robotics production facility in the Munich metropolitan region. Two months later, ARX announced a $83 million investment to expand into the United Kingdom with a new headquarters in London, a planned production and R&D site in southwest England, and roughly 90 new jobs.
ARX is also among the first four companies to receive equity funding from the billion-dollar NATO Innovation Fund, which in June 2024 announced initial deep-tech investments in areas including robotics, AI and advanced manufacturing.