Army Pays Rune $4.1 Million to Spread Its Resupply Software Across the 1st Cavalry Division
The Army Applications Laboratory gave Rune Technologies $4.1 million to take TyrOS across the 1st Cavalry Division and let it task drones and ground robots with resupply. The only disclosed live mission so far was one August drone run.
The Army Applications Laboratory award takes TyrOS from one August drone run toward daily use by a full division at Fort Hood.
The Army Applications Laboratory awarded Rune Technologies $4.1 million to expand its TyrOS logistics software across the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, the company announced on Sept. 17. The money comes from the Army's Technology Maturation Initiative. It pays Rune to connect the division's supply demand directly to unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles. The work also adds digital maintenance checks and casualty-evacuation planning.
Frequently Asked Questions
What did the Army award Rune Technologies?
A $4.1 million Technology Maturation Initiative award through the Army Applications Laboratory, announced by Rune on Sept. 17, to expand TyrOS across the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood.
What does TyrOS do?
It tracks what units need, generates a resupply plan and assigns the task to a manned or unmanned vehicle. Manufacturers register their platforms through Rune's Autonomy Development Kit.
Has TyrOS run a real autonomous resupply mission?
Rune and Havoc say TyrOS tasked a Havoc autonomous aircraft on an end-to-end resupply run at Pegasus Charge III at Fort Hood on Aug. 16. Havoc's CEO called it "kind of a toy scenario."
Is the $99 million contract a purchase?
No. It is a five-year indefinite-delivery contract awarded June 16. The $99 million is a ceiling, and funding comes through individual task orders.
What comes next?
Division-wide use in exercises with soldier feedback, per Rune. No date has been set for a ground-vehicle resupply mission tasked by TyrOS.
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