Booz Allen Invests in Scout AI to Advance Physical AI for Defense Missions
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) announced a strategic investment in Scout AI through its venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures. Scout AI develops physical AI systems powered by FURY, a defense-specific Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that enhances unmanned systems and robotics capabilities.
The technology enables unmanned ground and air vehicles to be commanded through human language prompts, with plans to expand into maritime and space domains. This marks Booz Allen Ventures' 14th investment from its $100 million fund, focusing on modernizing defense robotics and autonomous systems.
Scout AI's technology aims to transform existing military systems and enable better human-machine teaming while achieving cost savings. The investment aligns with Department of Defense priorities and follows Booz Allen's recent strategic investments in Shield AI and collaboration with Carnegie Robotics.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) ha annunciato un investimento strategico in Scout AI tramite la sua divisione di venture capital, Booz Allen Ventures. Scout AI sviluppa sistemi di intelligenza artificiale fisici basati su FURY, un modello Vision-Language-Action (VLA) specifico per la difesa che potenzia le capacità di sistemi senza pilota e robotica.
La tecnologia consente di comandare veicoli terrestri e aerei senza pilota attraverso comandi in linguaggio umano, con l'obiettivo di estendere l’applicazione ai settori marittimo e spaziale. Questo rappresenta il quattordicesimo investimento di Booz Allen Ventures dal suo fondo da 100 milioni di dollari, focalizzato sulla modernizzazione della robotica e dei sistemi autonomi per la difesa.
La tecnologia di Scout AI punta a trasformare i sistemi militari esistenti e a migliorare la collaborazione uomo-macchina, ottenendo al contempo risparmi sui costi. L'investimento è in linea con le priorità del Dipartimento della Difesa e segue i recenti investimenti strategici di Booz Allen in Shield AI e la collaborazione con Carnegie Robotics.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) anunció una inversión estratégica en Scout AI a través de su brazo de capital de riesgo, Booz Allen Ventures. Scout AI desarrolla sistemas físicos de inteligencia artificial impulsados por FURY, un modelo Vision-Language-Action (VLA) específico para defensa que mejora las capacidades de sistemas no tripulados y robótica.
La tecnología permite comandar vehículos terrestres y aéreos no tripulados mediante indicaciones en lenguaje humano, con planes de expandirse a los ámbitos marítimo y espacial. Esta es la decimocuarta inversión de Booz Allen Ventures desde su fondo de 100 millones de dólares, centrado en modernizar la robótica y los sistemas autónomos de defensa.
La tecnología de Scout AI busca transformar los sistemas militares actuales y facilitar una mejor colaboración entre humanos y máquinas, logrando además ahorros en costos. La inversión está alineada con las prioridades del Departamento de Defensa y sigue a las recientes inversiones estratégicas de Booz Allen en Shield AI y su colaboración con Carnegie Robotics.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH)은 벤처 캐피털 부서인 Booz Allen Ventures를 통해 Scout AI에 전략적 투자를 발표했습니다. Scout AI는 FURY라는 국방 특화 Vision-Language-Action(VLA) 모델을 기반으로 한 물리적 AI 시스템을 개발하여 무인 시스템과 로봇 공학의 역량을 강화합니다.
이 기술은 무인 지상 및 항공 차량을 인간 언어 명령으로 조종할 수 있게 하며, 해양 및 우주 분야로 확장할 계획입니다. 이번 투자는 1억 달러 펀드에서 Booz Allen Ventures가 진행한 14번째 투자로, 국방 로봇공학 및 자율 시스템 현대화에 중점을 두고 있습니다.
Scout AI의 기술은 기존 군사 시스템을 혁신하고 인간과 기계 간 협업을 향상시키며 비용 절감을 달성하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 이 투자는 국방부 우선순위와 일치하며, Booz Allen이 최근 Shield AI에 대한 전략적 투자와 Carnegie Robotics와의 협력에 이어 진행한 것입니다.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE : BAH) a annoncé un investissement stratégique dans Scout AI via sa branche de capital-risque, Booz Allen Ventures. Scout AI développe des systèmes d'IA physiques alimentés par FURY, un modèle Vision-Language-Action (VLA) spécifique à la défense qui améliore les capacités des systèmes sans pilote et de la robotique.
Cette technologie permet de commander des véhicules terrestres et aériens sans pilote par des commandes en langage humain, avec des projets d'extension aux domaines maritime et spatial. Il s'agit du 14e investissement de Booz Allen Ventures issu de son fonds de 100 millions de dollars, axé sur la modernisation de la robotique et des systèmes autonomes de défense.
La technologie de Scout AI vise à transformer les systèmes militaires existants et à améliorer la collaboration homme-machine tout en réalisant des économies de coûts. Cet investissement est en accord avec les priorités du Département de la Défense et fait suite aux récents investissements stratégiques de Booz Allen dans Shield AI et à sa collaboration avec Carnegie Robotics.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) gab eine strategische Investition in Scout AI über seine Venture-Capital-Tochter Booz Allen Ventures bekannt. Scout AI entwickelt physische KI-Systeme, die von FURY angetrieben werden, einem verteidigungsspezifischen Vision-Language-Action (VLA)-Modell, das die Fähigkeiten unbemannter Systeme und Robotik verbessert.
Die Technologie ermöglicht die Steuerung unbemannter Boden- und Luftfahrzeuge durch menschliche Sprachbefehle, mit Plänen zur Erweiterung in maritime und Weltraumbereiche. Dies ist die 14. Investition von Booz Allen Ventures aus seinem 100-Millionen-Dollar-Fonds, der sich auf die Modernisierung der Verteidigungsrobotik und autonomer Systeme konzentriert.
Die Technologie von Scout AI zielt darauf ab, bestehende militärische Systeme zu transformieren und die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Mensch und Maschine zu verbessern, während Kosten eingespart werden. Die Investition steht im Einklang mit den Prioritäten des Verteidigungsministeriums und folgt auf die jüngsten strategischen Investitionen von Booz Allen in Shield AI und die Zusammenarbeit mit Carnegie Robotics.
- Strategic investment expands BAH's autonomous defense capabilities portfolio
- Technology enables cost savings through improved robotic systems efficiency
- Enhances BAH's position in the defense tech market through innovative AI solutions
- None.
Insights
Booz Allen's investment in Scout AI represents a strategic positioning move in the rapidly evolving defense autonomy space. The focus on Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models directly addresses a critical capability gap in defense systems - enabling human-like reasoning and decision-making in unmanned platforms operating in contested environments.
What makes this investment particularly significant is how it aligns with the Pentagon's increasing emphasis on autonomous systems that can function in communications-denied environments - a core requirement for potential near-peer conflicts. Scout AI's FURY model enables natural language control of robotic systems, potentially solving one of the most challenging aspects of human-machine teaming: intuitive operator interfaces.
This marks Booz Allen's 14th venture investment through their
Beyond the investment itself, this partnership signals Booz Allen's evolution from traditional consulting into technology development - creating defensible IP in high-demand areas like robotic autonomy. For a firm whose revenue remains heavily dependent on billable hours, developing proprietary technology platforms represents a crucial strategic pivot with potential for higher margins and scalability.
This investment reflects Booz Allen's calculated response to shifting DoD procurement priorities that increasingly favor commercial technologies adaptable to military use. The Pentagon has explicitly prioritized autonomous capabilities in its budgeting, creating significant revenue potential for contractors who can deliver reliable, deployable AI systems that operate at the tactical edge.
Particularly noteworthy is Scout AI's focus on modernizing existing robotic systems, not just developing new platforms. This approach addresses the massive installed base of legacy unmanned vehicles that require AI upgrades - representing a larger near-term market opportunity than new system development alone. This modernization angle creates immediate pathways to revenue through retrofit contracts.
By investing in startups focused on physical AI for defense, Booz Allen is positioning itself as both a systems integrator and technology provider in this emerging field. This dual positioning helps protect the company's competitive moat against pure-play defense primes and commercial tech firms entering the defense space.
The emphasis on cost-effective, high-rate manufactured hardware alongside AI software suggests a focus on scalable deployment - addressing the "small numbers problem" that has historically robotics adoption in defense. If successful, this approach could accelerate procurement timelines and increase total addressable market size by making autonomous systems more affordable and deployable at scale.
Strategic investment speeds AI intelligence for robotics and autonomy-enabled future
Aligned with Department of Defense (DOD) priorities and needs, Scout AI delivers a physical AI system powered by FURY—a defense-specific Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model engineered to transform unmanned systems and robotics into intelligent, autonomous agents. By integrating advanced AI into defense robotics, Scout AI brings reasoning and control to a wide spectrum of uncrewed systems across ground and air warfighting domains, with an aim to quickly expand capabilities into maritime and space. This innovation will not only power new autonomous solutions for DOD but also modernize many existing systems to ensure the
“As a strategic investor, Booz Allen is hyper-focused on fast-tracking results through private sector innovation and bringing capabilities that will disrupt the federal technology market,” said Randy Yamada, Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton. “Scout AI’s technology will play a pivotal role in outpacing emerging threats with the realization of uncrewed systems, specifically in communications-constrained environments.”
Scout AI’s unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) leverage an advanced autonomy architecture that allows warfighters to command them using simple human language prompts. The models that Scout AI is building will enable a new era of better human-machine teaming with significant cost savings.
“Our goal is to enable robotic mass for the
The investment follows critical efforts by Booz Allen to speed defense tech development, enable cost savings, and modernize systems necessary to achieve
“Scout AI’s ambitious team has a giant vision—develop and deploy physical AI for defense applications. Leveraging vision-language-action (VLA) models, Scout AI’s approach to autonomy enables versatile robotic systems that better handle the long tail of edge cases present on the battlefield while also offering a more human-centric user experience for robotic control. Service members can use text and voice prompts to command and collaborate with their robotic teammates,” said James Gadea, Booz Allen Ventures. “We invested in Scout AI’s seed round because we believe physical AI is a force multiplier for the DOD and is harkening the future of human-machine teaming.”
Since its launch, Booz Allen’s
Read more about Booz Allen Ventures and how the firm is fast-tracking defense mission outcomes with AI.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen is the advanced technology company delivering outcomes with speed for America’s most critical defense, civil, and national security priorities. We build technology solutions using AI, cyber, and other cutting-edge technologies to advance and protect the nation and its citizens. By focusing on outcomes, we enable our people, clients, and their missions to succeed—accelerating the nation to realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World®.
With global headquarters in
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this release include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements that do not directly relate to any historical or current fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “preliminary,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct.
These forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, which can be found at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
BAHPR-CO
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250416486086/en/
Media Relations: Amanda Allison-Martini, Allison_Amanda@bah.com
Investor Relations: Investor_Relations@bah.com
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
FAQ
What is the purpose of BAH's investment in Scout AI's technology?
How does Scout AI's FURY technology benefit military operations?
What domains will Scout AI's technology cover for BAH's defense applications?
How many investments has Booz Allen Ventures made to date?
