Russia has publicly displayed its new jet-powered strike drone, the Geran-5, for the first time during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, according to footage broadcast by the Russian YouTube channel OTS LIVE. Continue reading
Category Archives: Loitering Munitions – One Way Effector (OWE)
Turkish Firm to Export 100,000 Kamikaze Drones
Turkish technology company Pasifik Teknoloji announced a major agreement to sell tens of thousands of its FPV kamikaze drones to an unnamed foreign country, marking its first defense export deal. Continue reading
Turkey’s New Kamikaze Drone has Over 1,000-km Range
Turkish defence firm STM unveiled a long-range kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time , bringing a national capability to long-range strike UAV systems. Continue reading
Shoddy Russian Shahed Drones Fall Apart in the Air
Ukrainian air defence personnel engaged in intercepting Russian Shahed series of long-range one-way attack drones have published footage showing multiple examples of the weapons literally disintegrating in the air before reaching their targets — a visible sign of deepening manufacturing failures at Russia’s Alabuga drone production complex. Continue reading
Baykar Unveils AI-Powered Kamikaze Drones and Loitering Munitions
Turky’s Baykar unveiled two new unmanned combat platforms, the K2 kamikaze drone and the “Sivrisinek” (“Mosquito” in Turkish) loitering munition, during a live demonstration highlighting next-generation swarm warfare capabilities. Continue reading
Rheinmetall Gets Multi-Billion Loitering Munition Contract from German Army
Rheinmetall has received a major order from the Bundeswehr for FV-014 loitering munition systems. A contract to that effect was signed on April 22nd in Koblenz. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027, following qualification from the second quarter of 2026. Continue reading
Shaheds for $41K Available Online from China
This turned up unannounced in our mailbox over the weekend – an offer from a Shenzen-based online retailer, XingkaiUAV. They claim to provide turn-key drone solutions and one-stop services for UAV platforms.
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UK Modular Launcher Designed to Deploy 10 Drones in Quick Burst
At the beginning of March 2026, ISS Aerospace conducted a firing test of its HAL10 Hybrid Air-Systems Launcher, positioning it as armed forces increasingly seek compact, scalable, and rapidly deployable unmanned solutions for contested environments. Continue reading