Program · United States · U.S. Army

Project Sandhills

XVIII Airborne Corps / 20th Engineer Brigade experimentation effort on autonomous breaching vehicles; Sandhills 2.0 added counter-drone turrets in 2026.

DevelopmentU.S. ArmyProject Sandhills 2.0Sandhills Project

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Prime

ForterraReported

Supplier

9 MothersReported

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Aug 26, 2026Government recordU.S. ArmyXVIII Airborne Corps Tests Emerging Autonomous Attritable Systems for Today's BattlefieldU.S. Army Aug 23, 2026News9 Mothers, Forterra, U.S. ArmyU.S. Army tests self-driving truck with drone-killing turretThe Defence Blog

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NewsU.S. Army tests self-driving truck with drone-killing turret
The Defence Blog · Aug 23, 2026 · Supports Program, Program · program participant:forterra
“Sandhills 2.0 grew out of an earlier Army effort known simply as the Sandhills Project, run by the 20th Engineer Brigade under the XVIII Airborne Corps.”
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NewsArmy Begins Assessing Counter-Drone Technology To Aid Countermine Efforts
Defense Daily · Supports Program · program participant:9-mothers
“A semi-autonomous, turreted 12-gauge shotgun system called Edda and supplied by 9 Mothers is mounted atop the cab of an unmanned Ford F-250 pickup truck”

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