Overland AI has paired its autonomous off-road driving system with the Marine Corps' Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) in an expansion of the company's prototyping efforts across the services.

Overland demonstrated its OverDrive system on the ROGUE-Fires platform earlier this month after a monthlong, joint readiness training center (JRTC) deployment with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, reflecting a “growing operational record” across the Defense Department, according to a company announcement.

ROGUE-Fires, part of the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), launches Naval Strike Missiles from the chassis of an Oshkosh Defense Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

The recent demonstration saw full autonomous maneuver from an Overland ROGUE-Fires prototype over rough terrain where communications and GPS capabilities were denied, the announcement said.

“Comms-denied and contested environments are not an edge case for the Marine Corps. OverDrive was built for those conditions,” Byron Boots, Overland co-founder and CEO, said in a statement.

The news comes as both Oshkosh and Overland head to Washington for the Marine Corps’ annual Modern Day Marine conference taking place this week.

Overland is the latest autonomy provider to link with ROGUE-Fires; the Marine Corps in February handed Kodiak AI a contract to integrate its Kodiak Driver system onto the vehicle. And Forterra in January 2025 won a contract to onboard its AutoDrive system.

James Rainey, the former commanding general of Army Futures Command, has joined Overland as an adviser, the company announced in a post last week.