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The Turkish company Baykar has conducted a new stage of testing of its promising Bayraktar Kızılelma combat drone - this time, the fourth flight prototype PT4, equipped with a Ukrainian jet engine, was tested.
A new drone was presented at MILEX-2025 in Minsk - a cargo SKY-TRUCK of the Juliet aircraft type.
German company FLANQ has presented its first unmanned surface vessel, the Q-RECON, which is fully developed and manufactured in Europe.
General Atomics has created a functional prototype of the new YFQ-42A unmanned fighter aircraft. A photo of the UAV was published by the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General David Alvin, who called it a breakthrough in air warfare.
The Estonian company Milrem Robotics, together with the French government, will provide the State Emergency Service of Ukraine with six modernised unmanned engineering vehicles for the safe disposal of explosives.
To combat Russian-Iranian Shahed strike drones, the Defence Forces have deployed a new Sting interceptor drone. The video of its successful use was published by the Ukrainian group Wild Hornets, which was the first public confirmation of its work against Shahed.
During a demonstration as part of the Swift Response 2025 exercise, a US Army drone dropped simulated blood on a simulated battlefield in Lithuania. The event took place on 15 May at the Pabrade training ground.
The Chekan-V strike drone is capable of operating autonomously as part of a swarm of 7-10 drones. It was developed by the 558th Aircraft Repair Plant in Belarus.
The Turkish company STM has successfully tested the KarguFPV strike drone equipped with machine vision for autonomous target engagement.
Poland plans to purchase about a thousand sets of barrage drones and up to 10,000 drones by 2035. The framework agreement was signed with the manufacturer WB Group.
The Ukrainian company Fulltime Robotics has developed a 1.5 kW SlimBeam laser turret that can effectively neutralise drones and other aerial threats at a distance of up to 1 km.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has codified and authorised the use of Nebokrai mobile workshops in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are designed for rapid repair and maintenance of unmanned aerial vehicles.
China has created an underwater drone that belongs to the XLUUV class (ultra-large underwater unmanned aerial vehicle). It was first spotted being transported in one of the Chinese cities, which made it possible to assess some of the characteristics of this drone.
The American company AeroVironment, the developer of the well-known Switchblade drones, has presented a new model of a kamikaze drone called Red Dragon, capable of covering more than 400 km.
