Oshkosh Defense unveiled its Family of Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicles (FMAV) at AUSA 2025 this week, teeing up another potential launch platform for Tomahawk cruise missiles, MLRS Family of Munitions (MFOM) like GMLRS and PrSM, and Switchblade 600 one-way attack drones.
All three variants are on display this week, all showcased as production-ready systems to “support the Army’s priorities in long-range precision fires, resilient formations, and scalable autonomy,” according to Oshkosh.
The family is split into three vehicles. The largest is the Extreme Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle (X-MAV), capable of supporting “the future of long-range munitions”. The X-MAV is on display at AUSA 2025 with four Tomahawk missiles, matching the payload of the U.S. Army’s existing Typhon missile launchers which have been subject to criticism for lack of mobility in austere environments.
Oshkosh is also displaying the Medium Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle (M-MAV), an autonomous MLRS launcher based on the FMTV A2 medium truck. M-MAV can fire all missiles in the MLRS Family of Munitions which includes GMLRS, ER-GMLRS, PrSM, ATACMS, and future MFOM weapons like the Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3).
The smallest FMAV vehicle on display is the Light Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle (L-MAV). The L-MAV on display is carrying Switchblade 600 drones and BlueHalo Titan C-UAS systems, though Oshkosh says the platform can easily swap between last-mile autonomous logistics, dedicated counter-UAS, and other required mission sets.
“The Army has been clear on the need for autonomous, payload-agnostic platforms that are ready
Pat Williams, Chief Programs Officer at Oshkosh Defense
now. The Oshkosh Family of Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicles are engineered on proven tactical vehicles, with scalable autonomy and payload versatility to deliver what the Army needs today with the flexibility to adapt as the battlefield evolves.”
The Oshkosh autonomous family is going up against Lockheed Martin’s family of Mark 41 VLS launchers like MRC and Mark 70 that offer Tomahawk launch capability to the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy from shore and austere environments. Unlike MRC, X-MAV does not require a trailer to carry VLS cells, instead using a new launcher system for Tomahawk missiles that takes aim at the Cold War’s BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched Tomahawk system.
The U.S. Army is also testing Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Fires Launcher, an Oshkosh ROGUE-Fires chassis with a single-cell, strike-length Mark 41 VLS cell, at Balikatan 2026 in the Philippines. LRF shares the same footprint as the Oshkosh L-MAV.
“The Oshkosh Family of Multi- Mission Autonomous Vehicles are engineered on proven tactical vehicles, with scalable autonomy and payload versatility to deliver what the Army needs today with the flexibility to adapt as the battlefield evolves.”
Pat Williams, Chief Programs Officer at Oshkosh Defense
