Unmanned Systems: Air, Ground & Maritime
Unmanned systems across all domains: aerial, ground and maritime drones in defence and security.
Quantum Systems: 150 million euros from EIB, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and KfW
Shortly before the Munich Security Conference, Quantum Systems presented a long-term financing package in Gilching. Its centrepiece is a 70 million euro loan from the EIB – not the bank’s first investment in the drone manufacturer.
Loitering munition in Alpine trials: French Army tests drones from EOS Technologie
Ground station at 2,250 metres, flights up to 5,000 metres, minus 7 degrees and gusts of up to 70 km/h: mountain gunners of the Armée de Terre spent two days testing the Veloce 330 loitering munition and the Rodeur 330 in high mountains.
Quantum Systems buys Hacker Motor: drone manufacturer brings propulsion technology in-house
100 per cent of the shares, all sites and employees retained: with Hacker Motor, Quantum Systems is taking over a long-standing key propulsion partner – and aims to secure the European supply chain for unmanned systems.
Loitering munition: Stark signs another contract with a European armed force
Signed in early February, first delivery in the same month, all systems by the end of August: the German defence tech company Stark reports a new order for loitering munition – and its move into a new market.
Starlink drones: Russian Molniya drones become a serious threat to Ukraine
Terminals attached with adhesive tape turn cheap Russian Molniya drones into Starlink drones against which electronic countermeasures have so far been powerless. Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is counting on SpaceX – but a solution is still pending.
Combat drone Camcopter S-301: Schiebel shows armed version in the Middle East for the first time
Rocket launchers and laser-guided missiles from Thales, up to 24 hours of endurance: at UMEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi, Schiebel presented the Camcopter S-301 combat drone – an unmanned helicopter system.
Drone strikes in Crimea: SBU destroyed a total of 15 Russian military aircraft in 2025
Fighter jets, helicopters and transport aircraft hit on the ground: new videos from the Security Service of Ukraine document drone strikes on airfields in Crimea. It remains unclear which carrier systems brought the drones to their targets.
Autonomous vehicle xRift: SteerAI shows driverless off-road platform at UMEX
Up to 500 kilograms of payload, no driver on board: with xRift, SteerAI from the United Arab Emirates is bringing an autonomous vehicle for industrial and military missions in the Gulf region. First series vehicles are planned for the end of the year.
Reconnaissance drone Vector: Quantum Systems takes third place at "Army of Drones 2025" in Ukraine
Judged by those who use the systems in combat: at the Ukrainian event "Army of Drones 2025", the Vector reconnaissance drone from Quantum Systems came third in the ISR category – a few months after joining the Brave1 Marketplace.
Unmanned helicopters for the UAE: Edge wins major order for 168 Anavia HT-100 and HT-750
Two contracts, 168 aircraft, one manufacturer from Switzerland: the UAE Ministry of Defence is ordering unmanned helicopters for reconnaissance and logistics from Edge. According to Edge, the order is among the world's largest single orders of its kind.
AI drone swarm: Sirbai enters defence technology at UMEX 2026
A software-first model, more than 40 engineers and research from Abu Dhabi: Sirbai presents what it says is the Middle East's first AI-enabled autonomous drone swarm technology – designed for contested environments without GPS reception.
FPV drone OsA Okta: Russia's army supplies front sectors with eight-motor cargo drone
Double frame, eight motors, up to 13 kilograms of payload: with the OsA Okta, the Russian army is using an FPV drone for logistics in hard-to-reach front areas. It was developed by a company from Arkhangelsk.
Kamikaze drones for Ukraine: Renault prepares Chorus production in Le Mans and Cléon
A carmaker as drone producer: Renault is to mass-produce the Chorus developed by Turgis Gaillard, up to 600 units a month. The kamikaze drone for Ukraine is comparable to the Shahed and Geran-2; a DGA contract worth around one billion euros is in prospect.