Ukraine’s MAUL uncrewed ground vehicle, developed by AIDronesUA, reached 90km/h while carrying out a combat task to evacuate a wounded soldier. Militarnyi reports, citing the company’s chief executive, Kostiantyn Hushcha.
He announced this during a demonstration event as part of the European Defence Innovation Forum 2026 in the Netherlands.
“Six days ago we recorded a First Medical Battalion record on a combat mission: 90 kilometres per hour, when MAUL was rushing to a wounded soldier to save him. With the casualty on board, the speed was 78 kilometres per hour,” Kostiantyn Hushcha said.
He added that the robotic platform’s high speed is crucial to saving troops. MAUL’s design involves a trade-off between speed performance and protection levels. The developers focused on ensuring the platform can leave dangerous sections of the front line as quickly as possible while still retaining the necessary armour.
AIDronesUA engineers continue to refine the system based on experience from frontline use. According to Hushcha, after receiving feedback from operators, commanders and evacuation mission leaders, the team makes design changes. Typically, the update cycle takes three to four weeks.
The developers are also paying particular attention to protecting MAUL from Russian FPV drones. In particular, the company is working on deeper integration of electronic warfare capabilities, testing compact net launchers to intercept drones, and developing the option to install an FPV frequency scanner.
Another modernisation track is the introduction of medical monitoring systems. These are intended to enable tracking of a casualty’s vital signs directly during transport. However, details of this development have not yet been made public.
In addition, AIDronesUA is expanding international cooperation with the Swedish company Njord Technology. The parties have already established a joint legal entity and are preparing to roll out production capacity.
MAUL is an evacuation uncrewed ground vehicle that AIDronesUA developed in cooperation with the 1st Separate Medical Battalion. According to the unit, as of August 2026 the system’s maximum speed during a combat mission was 82km/h without a casualty and 64km/h with a casualty on board. Average speed during evacuations is 30–40km/h. The maximum distance MAUL has covered during one of its missions is 110km. Its range, the battalion notes, is effectively limited by the fuel tank’s capacity.
According to the 1st Separate Medical Battalion, 51.9% of MAUL’s ground robotic casualty-evacuation missions ended with the wounded being handed over to subsequent stages of medical care.