Kodiak Robotics unveiled its first autonomous test vehicle for the U.S. military, a Ford F-150 pickup truck outfitted with Kodiak Driver.

Atlas has also ordered Kodiak Driver-equipped driverless trucks that will deliver frac sand across the Permian Basin’s private lease roads.

Kodiak Robotics says this latest edition of its autonomous semi-trucks has all the necessary redundant safety-critical hardware.

The United States Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded Kodiak Robotics with a 24-month, $49.9 million contract in October.

Kodiak said the funding will be used to double its headcount, expand autonomous trucking services from coast-to-coast, and add more vehicles to its fleet.

Kodiak Robotics, a California-based startup founded in 2018 developing autonomous trucking technology, recently reached an important milestone. The company managed to drive 800-plus miles on I-45 between Dallas and Houston without its system requiring a single intervention from a human safety driver. Kodiak built its first autonomous truck in December 2018, and these real-world, disengagement-free…

Kodiak Robotics has emerged from stealth mode and raised $40 million in Series A funding to develop technology for self-driving trucks. The Mountain View, California-based startup will use the funding to hire more engineers and test its long-haul self-driving trucks that use cameras, LiDAR, radar, and sonar to see the road. This news come one…