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Hanwha Aerospace Arion-SMET

Hanwha Aerospace · KR

The Arion-SMET is Hanwha Aerospace's ~2 t all-electric 6x6 multipurpose UGV. The ROK Army production configuration (selected 2026-07-16, mass-production contract signed 2026-09-04) carries about 450 kg, reaches 50 km/h on road and mounts a 7.62 mm AI-assisted RCWS, add-on armour and airless tyres, with autonomous off-road, waypoint and follow modes. About 40 vehicles go to Army and Marine Corps infantry units from 2027. Earlier export/FCT vehicles quoted 550 kg payload.

Sources: https://www.hankookilbo.com/news/article/A2026091710290002107 ; https://www.inews24.com/view/1998536

Specs

Launch year 2022
MTOW 2000 kg
Payload 450 kg
Speed 50 km/h
Propulsion All-electric 6x6 battery-powered platform with independent wheel drive; approximately 100 km road range per charge; non-pneumatic (airless) tires and add-on armour panels on the ROK Army production configuration.
Comm GNSS, electro-optical day/night cameras, LiDAR, acoustic gunshot-localization microphone array; 7.62 mm RCWS with day and thermal cameras (surveillance to about 5 km by day / 3 km at night) and AI-based automatic target recognition.
Price notes Contract value not disclosed. Hanwha signed the initial mass-production contract with DAPA on 2026-09-04 (selection 2026-07-16); the published figure is the phase-1 programme budget of KRW 49.6 billion (~USD 33.5M; KRW 49.63 billion in some reports), not the contract price. Quantity is reported only as 'about 40' vehicles (Hankook Ilbo 2026-09-18) for Army and Marine Corps infantry units from 2027. Budget divided by ~40 gives a rough ~KRW 1.2 billion per vehicle including RCWS and support — an unofficial average, so price_or_unit_cost is left null. Long-term procurement projected at about KRW 500 billion.

Suppliers

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