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Air Warfare
Applied Intuition takes aim at major air combat programmes with UK expansion
14th August 2025
The autonomous software company’s new UK subsidiary is the latest in a line of businesses poised to expand and offer its services to the UK Ministry of Defence and industry, as the country invests more in AI and autonomous technology to deliver the next generation of uncrewed systems.
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Land Warfare
Arquus and Milrem push their UGVs fitted with long-range missiles
10th July 2025
Arquus displayed the Drailer uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) integrating the Akeron LP long-range missile at the Techterre technology demonstrator event ahead of trials in September.
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Air Warfare
Dubai Airshow 2025: Boeing emphasises uncrewed teaming capability plans for F-15EX
17th November 2025
The F-15EX is being promoted by the manufacturer as an ideal platform to pair with uncrewed systems.
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Air Warfare
Proteus: forging the future of autonomous rotorcraft
4th September 2025
As the home of British helicopters, Leonardo has worked with the UK Ministry of Defence for over a decade to advance technologies underpinning uncrewed rotorcraft. Today, in partnership with DE&S Future Capabilities Innovation and the Royal Navy, Leonardo is spearheading the next step in that journey: from remotely piloted technologies to fully autonomous systems.
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Naval Warfare
UK ‘Hybrid Navy’ steps up as Norway cooperation reinforces Arctic strategy
13th February 2026
As Russia commits billions to new warships and stealth submarines, the UK is reshaping its strategy with expanded troop deployments, shared frigate fleets and a shift towards uncrewed platforms.
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Naval Warfare
Advances in USV technology help develop tomorrow’s hybrid fleet
27th October 2025
As services like the Royal Navy and US Navy aim to develop hybrid fleets to reduce reliance on and dangers to crewed vessels, L3Harris, Metal Shark and Red Cat step forward.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
What’s next for the Pentagon after the Replicator programme?
28th August 2025
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
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Defence Notes
Canada set to look away from its neighbour and across the Atlantic for partners
5th December 2025
While non-EU UK struggles to join the Security Action for Europe initiative, which provides loans for defence programmes, Canada has become the first country outside Europe to get access – and did so for a nominal fee.
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Air Warfare
Lockheed Martin emphasises self-funding efforts for “big bet” next-gen prototypes
23rd October 2025
A significant effort is now being made to focus on showcasing prototypes directly to demonstrate various capabilities to the US government.
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Air Warfare
UAV manufacturers flock to UK as MoD spends £270 million on Tekever drones for Ukraine
19th September 2025
On 15 September 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that Tekever would open the UK’s largest drone production facility in Swindon in 2026. The news follows a recent trend of several other manufacturers that have supplied drones to Ukraine also announcing the opening of UK facilities.
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard sets sail in search of robotics and CUAS capabilities
22nd August 2025
The USCG has been increasing efforts to accelerate the process to develop, procure, deploy and sustain autonomous and counter-uncrewed systems across its fleet.
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Land Warfare
Engineering and design mean smaller vehicles can be tank killers but is it a good idea?
29th September 2025
The eulogy for the dedicated tank hunter or buster appears to have been written with most armies putting them out to retirement in the face of alternatives like longer-range missiles or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). However, arming infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) or armoured personnel carriers (APCs) with medium-range missiles seems to indicate some kind of tank killer is required.
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Land Warfare
De-Risking the Future: Manufacturing Certainty for Unmanned Systems
3rd December 2025
How strategic manufacturing partnership solves the industrialisation triad — Scale, Compliance and Cost — for hyper-growth defence tech innovators.
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Air Warfare
Dubai Airshow 2025: Edge Group eyes international market expansion, unveils new UAVs
19th November 2025
The UAV portfolio expansion comes in the wake of the Edge-Anduril joint venture announced ahead of the airshow.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Australian Navy sizes up modernisation plans for new and existing capabilities
11th December 2025
The Australian navy is pushing ahead with its efforts to modernise its workforce and capabilities while balancing risky submarine upgrades, ageing Collins-class boats and a shrinking minehunter fleet. Head of navy capability RAdm Stephen Hughes updated Shephard on the force’s progress.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Medium UGVs
Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability (EABC)
Background The US Army is currently evaluating the use of UGVs in a variety of support roles. The EABC is intended to provide US Army ...
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Medium UGVs
Mission Master (RPV Sprial 2) [UK]
Background First announced in April 2017 and referred to in early MOD documents as the ‘last mile resupply’ initiative, the British Army is reportedly evaluating ...
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Medium UGVs
Mission Master (RPV Sprial 3) [UK]
Background First announced in April 2017 and referred to in early MOD documents as the ‘last mile resupply’ initiative, the British Army is reportedly evaluating ...
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Medium UGVs
Medium Modular Equipment Transport Trailer (M-METT) [USA]
Background Whilst there are many medium UGV programmes developing concepts for last-mile resupply problems, the US Army's M-METT programme aims to provide an uncrewed logistics ...
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Medium UGVs
THeMIS [Netherlands and Estonia]
Background The Estonian Armed Forces had already been operating the THeMIS UGV in Mali for a year at the time the programme was announced in ...
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Medium UGVs
THeMIS [Spain]
Background In taking delivery of the THeMIS UGV Spain became the 13th user of the system. Like many of the other customers it was acquired ...
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Medium UGVs
THeMIS (Ukraine Aid) [Netherlands]
Background The programme will be managed by Milrem Robotics Netherlands in co-operation with VDL Defentec, which is establishing an assembly line at its Born facility. ...
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Medium UGVs
THeMIS [UK]
Background Milrem's THeMIS UGV is one of the most successful UGVs on the international market and like many militaries the British Army is looking to ...
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Medium UGVs
THeMIS [Sweden]
Programme Background Many countries have been acquiring small numbers of Milrem's THeMIS UGV since its success in the hands of Estonian Forces in Mali. The ...
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Medium UGVs
New Zealand Experimental UGV [New Zealand]
Programme Background In March 2026 New Zealand company SYOS announced that it had been contracted to supply the New Zealand Defence Forces with uncrewed land, ...
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Light UGVs
X Series [UK]
Background The UK is currently striving to better integrate UGVs into its armed forces. Whilst they are not yet in general use, the MoD has ...
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Medium UGVs
Mission Master [Norway]
Programme Background Developed by Rheinmetall Canada in 2021, the Mission Master XT is designed to tackle ice and snow, as well as sandy, rocky and ...
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Medium UGVs
DSTL Medium UGV [UK]
Background This programme was established to determine the future use of medium UGVs for logistical purposes in the British Army, although it was run by ...
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Medium UGVs
Termit (Ukraine Aid) [Germany]
Background The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the effectiveness of UGVs, especially in a logistics and support role. The Termit is a medium UGV that ...
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Medium UGVs
Mission Master SP [Japan]
Programme Background Japanese budget documentation from 2024 had pictured a medium-UGV similar in outline to the Mission Master SP, and in the 2025 budget ¥1.4 billion ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Medium UGVs
Rook
The Rook is a 6x6 multipurpose UGV developed by Elbit in partnership with Roboteam. Conceived to carry heavy payloads in a wide range of environments, the ...
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Medium UGVs
Arion-SMET
The Arion-SMET is a fully electric 6x6 multipurpose UGV developed and produced by Hanwha Defense. With a payload of 550kg, the UGV can travel for up ...
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Medium UGVs
Rex Mk II
The Rex Mk II is a UGV manufactured by Isreal Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is a multimission system designed to provide direct support to manoeuvring infantry ...
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Heavy UGVs
Mission Master CXT
Part of Rheinmetall's Mission Master family, The Mission Mater Compact Extreme Terrain, or Mission Master CXT, is a rugged UGV designed to transport heavy payloads ...
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Light UGVs
Oto-TRP7-HS
The Oto-TRP7-HS (Homeland Security) is a semi-autonomous, electric-powered, tracked UGV. It is designed to undertake a number of homeland security missions.
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Heavy UGVs
Shadow Rider
Unveiled for the first time at IDEF 2019 and showcased with improvements at IDEF 2021, the Shadow Rider is a UGV developed and built by ...
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Medium UGVs
Ermine UGV
At Eurosatory 2024, Rheinmetall presented the Ermine family of tactical vehicles. The modular Ermine family currently consists of a UGV, a side-by-side buggy and a ...
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Medium UGVs
Barkan
The Barkan, or Barkan-2, is a Turkish UGV manufactured by Havelsan. A fully electric propulsion system powers the tracked, modular vehicle, which can be armed with a 7.62mm ...
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Medium UGVs
Marker
The Marker is a Russian UGV manufactured by Androidnaya Tekhnika. Development started in 2018, and the three-tonne UGV is now capable of supporting anti-tank missile systems, coaxial ...
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Medium UGVs
Centurio
At Eurosatory 2024, KNDS unveiled the Centurio family of 4x4 UGVs. Based on the Phobos UGV by SOGECLAIR, Centurio has been developed in the 2024-30 ...
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Medium UGVs
Viking
The Viking is a high-mobility 6x6 multipurpose UGV developed and produced by IDV Robotics. The UGV can be configured to perform different missions, from logistic ...
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Heavy UGVs
Oshkosh Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV)
The Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) is a tracked UGV developed by Oshkoshl in partnership with Pratt & Miller and QinetiQ. In September 2023, as part of ...
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Heavy UGVs
Valkyrie
The Valkyrie is a 6x6 UGV developed by the Spanish company SASCorp. It was unveiled for the first time at FINDEF 2021. The platform has reportedly ...
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Medium UGVs
Titan UGV
The Titan large UGV is a hybrid system built on the Milrem Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System (THeMIS) combined with QinetiQ North America's Tactical Robot Controller ...
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Light UGVs
Quator/Quator XL
Quator is a scout, observation, inspection and detection robot suitable for rapid-response scenarios. Quator XL builds on the transportation capabilities of the smaller version, weighing ...
