Forterra
Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
Clarksburg, Maryland, United States
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Founded in 2002, Forterra is a defense system integrator based in Clarksburg, United States working in land systems & vehicles, unmanned systems, c4isr +2 more.
Forterra is a US autonomous mission systems company providing ground autonomy platforms and software to the Department of Defense and defense industry, as well as commercial vehicle OEMs and transit operators. Founded in 2002 as Robotic Research, its defense work includes autonomous convoy vehicles for logistics, the MESA modular autonomous vehicle, the AutoDrive self-driving system, the TerraLink command-and-control platform and the Vektor edge communications layer. Its systems are used in programmes such as USMC ROGUE Fires and various SOCOM initiatives. The company also applies its autonomy to commercial transit buses, shuttles, yard trucks and distribution centre logistics. Headquartered in Clarksburg, Maryland, it has offices in Arlington, Virginia; Winter Park, Florida; Ketchum, Idaho; and Palo Alto, California.
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MESA
Modular autonomous ground vehicle
Modular, mission-ready autonomous vehicle built on a factory-modified Polaris Ranger XD 1500, integrating AutoDrive and Vektor mission modules for mobility, compute, communications and sensing, with up to 2,000 lb payload capacity.
AutoDrive
Autonomous driving system
Self-driving system for complex environments, including off-road and battlefield terrain, operating in GPS-denied conditions.
TerraLink
Autonomous vehicle management and command-and-control platform
Modular command-and-control platform providing real-time vehicle oversight, mission planning, tasking and integration with systems such as TAK.
Vektor
Tactical communications layer
Edge-deployed, software-defined communication and smart data-brokering layer for disrupted, degraded and low-bandwidth environments.
Oasis
Ontology platform
End-to-end ontology platform enabling Forterra products to communicate with third-party software and hardware.
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