Unmanned Systems: Air, Ground & Maritime
Unmanned systems across all domains: aerial, ground and maritime drones in defence and security.
Ground drones with air defence turret: Mangart 25 AD on MV-8 Komodo celebrates world premiere at SIDEC
In Slovenia, Valhalla Turrets and Dok-ing are showing a combat system from the ground drone class for the first time. The Mangart 25 AD turret on the MV-8 Komodo UGV engages air and ground targets; export options are being examined.
Military drones in the mountains: Drone Passion shows reconnaissance and cargo transport at NATO MW COE
Ten years of the NATO MW COE: for the anniversary, Drone Passion showed how military drones for reconnaissance and cargo transport fly together with a helicopter in alpine terrain – with few personnel and largely automated.
Unmanned systems at “Repmus 2025”: Schiebel flies Camcopter S-100 in Portuguese Navy NATO exercise
Signals intelligence, AI anomaly detection and control directly from the Tacticos console: at “Repmus 2025”, Schiebel tested its Camcopter S-100 with several payloads. The focus: how unmanned systems can be integrated into modern combat management systems.
Interceptor drone Jäger: Quantum Systems shows Söder and Blume a drone with solid-fuel rocket motor
Four kilometres of altitude in 30 seconds, unit cost below 10,000 euros: during the Bavarian state government's visit to Gilching, Quantum Systems presented its new interceptor drone Jäger/Hunter for protecting critical infrastructure.
MQ-9B Sky Guardian: Belgian Armed Forces commission General Atomics drones at Florennes
Ceremony at Florennes Air Base: with the commissioning of the MQ-9B Sky Guardian, the new infrastructure for drone operations there also goes live – control stations, maintenance, training and command and control in one place.
Kizilelma combat drone: Bayraktar Kizilelma hits both targets in first live-fire weapons test
Baykar reports the first live-fire weapons test of its Kizilelma combat drone as a success: prototype PT-3 fired munitions from Aselsan and Roketsan at Tekirdağ. The aircraft is due to enter active service with the Turkish Armed Forces in 2026.
Kamikaze drones for Kosovo: Serbian President Vučić attacks Turkey
Turkey has delivered thousands of Skydagger kamikaze drones to Kosovo. Belgrade sees this as a breach of UN resolutions, and President Aleksandar Vučić speaks of dreams of reviving the Ottoman Empire.
Unmanned systems: the Netherlands calls on industry to join APOS drone offensive
With the APOS action plan, The Hague wants more unmanned systems to be developed and built in the Netherlands. Start-ups and other national companies can take part in the call for proposals until 29 October.
Loitering munition: Rheinmetall ramps up series production of the Hero family in Sardinia
Rheinmetall is building Hero loitering munition models in Musei and Domusnovas, Sardinia, in cooperation with UVision. The order backlog exceeds 200 million euros; the company also offers reconnaissance drones and counter-drone systems.
Drone test area over the North Sea: the Netherlands creates airspace for BVLOS flights
A permanent drone test area is to be established between Katwijk and the Port of Rotterdam, with operations starting from Unmanned Valley. State Secretary Gijs Tuinman has signed a cooperation agreement; first test flights are planned for the end of 2026.
Underwater drones: Helsing prepares acquisition of Australian AUV manufacturer Blue Ocean
AI meets underwater drones: buying Blue Ocean of Bibra Lake is to give Helsing hardware and manufacturing. The aim is autonomous systems in large numbers to secure the underwater domain in the North Atlantic and AUKUS waters.
Counter-UAS for military sites: BAAINBw and Tytan Technologies develop interceptor drone demonstrator
Munich-based Tytan Technologies is contributing AI-enabled interceptor drones to a Bundeswehr counter-UAS project. Supported by the innovation lab in Erding, a system demonstration is to show how military sites can be protected against UAS.
VTOL drones: Sikorsky officially unveils unmanned Nomad family
From a 25-kilogram system up to the size of a Black Hawk: Sikorsky is scaling its rotor-blown wing drones into the Nomad family of VTOL drones. Next up is the maiden flight of the Nomad 100, controlled by Matrix autonomy technology.