KB BUREVII

KB BUREVII is a Ukrainian design bureau led by director Viktor Dolhopiatov that develops and builds the Ardal, a tracked casualty-evacuation and logistics UGV with a 250 kg payload. The project is backed by the Brave1 cluster and the vehicle has served with the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2024.

It gained prominence in April 2025 when one Ardal drove 17 km under fire to recover three wounded soldiers who had been stranded for a month. An armed variant with the Burya turret from Frontline Robotics also exists. The bureau publishes neither headquarters, founding year nor a website; the main source is a report by Texty.org.ua.