DSEI 2025: NATO members evaluate Black Widow UAV as it joins NSPA catalogue
The Black Widow weighs 1.93kg, has an endurance of over 45 minutes and a range of 8km. (Photo: author)
The addition of Red Cat’s Black Widow to NATO’s NSPA catalogue opens the doors for allied forces to more easily procure the AI-enabled drone.
Red Cat announced at DSEI 2025 that the Black Widow had been approved for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) catalogue, which enables NATO members to procure the uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) through NSPA-managed channels, including direct catalogue ordering and sponsored tenders.
Geoff Hitchcock, chief revenue officer (CRO) at Red Cat, told Shephard on the show floor that the approval “opens up contracts to everybody in NATO”. In an accompanying statement, he noted that it helps “customers move from requirement to fielding faster”.
NATO countries are already interested in the Black Widow, with Hitchcock confirming to Shephard that
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