Agile Vehicle Technologies specialises in the design and development of highly modular, reconfigurable, industrial-grade Extreme Terrain Vehicles. Our product portfolio is continually expanding as we respond to emerging need and new opportunities.
Our current emphasis is on robotic and autonomous systems capable of contributing to complex low-level operations at scale in the air and on the ground. Particular areas of interest are the exploitation of multiple entities in loosely coupled groupings (swarms) delivering 1st, 2nd and 3rd order emergent effect and greatly enhancing overall capability benefit. We are actively collaborating in the development of a number of such solutions. Hot off the press is a more compact, low profile 8×8 based on the well-proven Proteus mobility platform, retaining the impressive load carrying and extreme-terrain agility in a robust and cost-effective package that characterises the Proteus marque.
In addition to the further enhancement of the Trident range, we have extended the amphibious capabilities of Proteus, to allow useful levels of load-carriage afloat. The vehicle below will carry 500-700kg afloat and the application of novel technologies currently under development will allow us to further increase this capacity in the future.
The inherent modularity and reconfigurability of Proteus extends its usefulness considerably, consider that challenge of driving for miles across bog-land carrying a ton of building materials along with the digger needed to prepare the site. Not a role that we had anticipated, but readily achieved with off-the-shelf products by mounting a compact back actor onto the 3 point hitch with PTO.
Trident will inherit a similar level of modularity and reconfigurability.
Rather more ambitious was the incorporation of a full-length Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System (DROPS) capable of autonomously loading and offloading 1000kg, onto an autonomous Proteus variant. We achieved this in 3 months from concept to fielding, testament to the power and flexibility of the platform and its design.
Our next generation Trident builds and improves upon Proteus' strong foundation with a number of important enhancements including ne power systems, additional base platform configurations, marinization as a basic design consideration and with native amphibious capability under heavy load without compromising native extreme terrain mobility.
The images on this page provide an overview of configurations suited to various roles, reflecting some important developments made possible rapidly by our parametrically-driven design approach.
The high mobility, fully amphibious, extended range Trident 'Inland' range of manned extreme terrain vehicles will shortly be joined by the larger 'Coastal' range, optimised for carriage of extreme loads (up to 5T) in difficult waters and marshland. Further details on these models can be found here.
The Trident (6×6) range will shortly be joined by the hydrostatically driven Gurkha 4×4, optimised for manual, remote or autonomous operations in the Littoral.
These will in turn be joined shortly by a compact, lightweight mechanically-driven Gurkha T-25 variant, designed to exploit Maximus drive technologies to deliver a feather-weight, low-cost and potentially disposable asset retaining comparably scaled cross-terrain, amphibious and load-carrying capabilities.
Agile Vehicles are Intelligently Designed for the most extreme of use and environment, exploiting computational modelling and simulation techniques to rapidly test, validate and optimise performance and cost. Our inherently modular and reconfigurable design philosophy allows rapid reconfiguration of existing design, where appropriate, at moderate additional cost.
A British designed range of extreme mobility 6×6 and 8×8 all terrain vehicles, featuring low ground pressure and agile manoeuvrability across all terrain types, with amphibious capability. Modular design assures high levels of reconfigurability between cargo, personnel or special fit. Load capacity up to 2000 kg or 8 personnel under ROP
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The base vehicle configuration is an extreme mobility blank canvas, capable to being configured to a wide range of specialist roles, either manned or unmanned.
We were presented with the challenge of providing an unmanned ‘mothership’ equipped with a range of comms and ISR baggage, capable of remotely deploying and supporting a selection of ‘child’ UGV and UAS systems....
During December 2023 we successfully completed an intensive period of arduous testing of AVT-DCE Robotic and Autonomous System (RAS)-enabling performance on current and future generation Agile platforms. Vehicles and systems were pushed to the...
Interesting to see the release of the LTMP light and medium PQQs and hoping that this quick-fire opportunity reflects lessons learned. A potential opportunity to formally present the capabilities of our various AATV and...
A wet few days in Ardnamurchan carrying out some ‘mutually supporting experimentation’ with QuickBlock. They needed a hole in the middle of nowhere to test some embankment and protection techniques and we needed to...
Announcing a routine optional enhancement to our Proteus UGV body profile, removing the enclosed cabin area of the optionally manned variant in order to create additional load and modular system capacity whilst reducing the...
Agile is applying its electric drive and extreme mobility technologies to the development of a highly mobile dynamic mine system capable of delivering a substantial technical explosive payload, flexibly, selectively and with precision. This...
Take a modestly priced industrial-grade, general purpose, compact hydrostatically driven extreme-terrain platform with #8×8 drive and tiny ground pressure … Hook a #remote or #autonomous control module into existing control interfaces. Add pretty much any system, special fit, role equipment...
OK, is this one real? No … a good visualisation though. This is in part a spin-off from more purposeful #Agile systems development activity in which #modelling is essential to the rapid development and iteration of designs. Of...
A recompilation of some early test footage that still looks good four years later. Proteus Prototype #1 managing to impress with only 4 of the 8 wheels driven – before we took delivery of...
Really? Experimenting with virtual worlds.
Whilst investigating the USMC Force 2030 Concept we came across an interesting shore-based anti-ship missile solution … raising the question; how can we improve on this? The current iteration of NMESIS utilises an autonomous...
In response to some helpful prompting on @ThinkDefence tweets on Universal Carrier and Brimstone last week we decided to investigate carriage of #Brimstone on a selection of #Agile variants. The first step was very straightforward – can we...
Hot off the press from the Agile Concept Labs – the fusion of modular Maximus and Proteus technologies in a form factor inspired by Trident. This solution is designed to be light, cheap and...
A prompt and efficient service to move a couple of vehicles at short notice, well done C J Recovery & Transport Service! Based in Somerton, Somerset, contact Joe on 07983 671 645 or emain...
In anticipation of forthcoming Ukrainian ‘Mud Season’ and winter we are offering a number of enhancements to the existing Proteus 8×8 range to improve performance on mud, marshland, snow and ice, along with significantly...
We have now completed the second of our staged reviews of current and emerging high mobility requirements in Ukraine. Whilst our initial emphasis on mobility at the expense of protection remains sound for many...
Take a large slice of BattleLab, facilitate with a generous helping of Babcock International Group enablement, add a sprinkling of innovative SMEs with their own ideas, shake gently then allow to settle for a few days. Prod...
We have moved quickly to further enhance the Trident range of fully amphibious extreme terrain vehicles with a particular focus on coastal and littoral operations, with load capacities afloat and ashore of up to...
At the end of February in response to the invasion of Ukraine we initiated two new projects, the first a comparatively straightforward reconfiguration of our existing 8×8 extreme terrain variant, the second a complete...
Agile Vehicle Technologies have optimised their existing 8×8 and forthcoming 6×6 extreme terrain variants for use in compound asymmetric operations, into roles including covert offensive, defensive and support operations and in support of humanitarian...
Our next generation of autonomous functionality will exploit leading edge technologies and techniques to offer accessible and open solutions to many complex environments. Our focus is shifting from sword to ploughshare, drawing upon the...
We were delighted to team with Digital Concepts Engineering in a challenging quick-fire bid to field an optionally manned / fully autonomous Extreme Terrain Vehicle. The concept, design and development was completed in an...
The power and flexibility of this remarkable hand-held system is astonishing. It was designed to enhance Command and Control at tactical levels by integrating communications, computation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, exploiting leading edge technology...
Our collaborative venture with DCE is progressing well. Moving forward now to finalise the design of our optionally manned autonomous vehicle, which combines all the advantages of manual and fully autonomous operation. This is...
Exciting news for the future of Max. We are delighted to announce that Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. [PRRY] have now acquired the IP and rights to Max ATVs and are pressing forward with their...
We’re pleased to announce Grant of Patent for our chain tensioner design, overcoming many of the challenges associated with long, heavily-loaded, inaccessible chain runs – the scourge of All Terrain Vehicles … amongst other...
This expedition aimed to test and prove robustness, endurance and performance over extremes of fragile terrain during the rainy season. We launched the 4 week expedition to West Kalimantan in SE Asia during November...
We will be making variants of our data collection and logging system available during January 2021 and will also accept commissions for bespoke variants to meet particular data collection and logging needs. Please contact...
Agile Vehicle Technologies from its R&D facility in Somerset announces its evolving complex systems vehicle design which includes both semi or fully autonomous vehicles able to make navigational decisions, avoid obstacles and operate safely...
Agile Vehicle Technologies helps just by retrieving oil palm fruits normally uncollected. Agile Vehicle Technologies, based in Somerset, has developed a load carrying extreme terrain vehicle that can weave between the oil palm trees,...
A heavy-duty aluminium load bed for general-purpose use, with up to 2100 kg capacity, the Agile Proteus 8×8 Extreme Terrain Vehicle can be reconfigured to carry and/or power all manner of loads: • Hay...
With manufacturing bases in Indonesia and Somerset, Agile Vehicle Technologies announced today that the Proteus 8×8 vehicle will be built in Somerset. Will there be new jobs? One would hope so, but stability of...
The challenge was quite a big one; to fully instrument and collect performance data on two prototype vehicles using something over 100 data channels on one vehicle, 60 on the other, polled at intervals...
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