Overview
- Harbinger, which made the announcement on Wednesday, created a new defense vertical called Harbinger Praesidia and unveiled an unmanned hybrid-electric ground vehicle platform for logistics, communications, troop movement, perimeter security and counter‑UAS roles.
- In‑Q‑Tel has taken a strategic stake in Harbinger, a vote of interest from the U.S. national security investment arm that can speed government testing and adoption but does not equal a Pentagon contract.
- The Praesidia platform is described as autonomy-ready with drive-by-wire controls, six-camera 360-degree situational awareness, teleoperation over mesh radios to roughly 5 km line-of-sight and satellite links for beyond-line-of-sight control.
- Harbinger says the series-hybrid vehicle delivers more than 500 miles of hybrid range, about 105 miles of all‑electric range, and can export up to 350 kilowatts of onboard power to run sensors or mission systems.
- The company emphasized U.S.-based engineering and vertical integration and named a partnership with American Rheinmetall and its Phantom AI autonomy acquisition as steps toward military integration, while noting the announcements are company releases and do not yet reflect field trials or DoD procurement.