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  1. US soldiers hit 15 targets with 17 Helsing HX-2 drones at a NATO exercise in Lithuania The first known US Army field test of Germany's AI strike drone gives Helsing an opening into the American market, five months after Ukraine paused new orders. Europe · USA · Autonomy
  2. Ukraine takes down the last intact bridge into Crimea, catching 50 supply trucks at Armiansk The Armiansk strike leaves Russian units on the Huliaipole axis without an intact road bridge out of Crimea, Ukraine's strike units say, and fuel stations on the peninsula are already running dry. Ukraine · Russia · drones
  3. Ukraine Is Bombing the Antenna That Keeps Russia's Strike Weapons on Course Ukraine's second Flamingo strike on the Cheboksary plant that builds Kometa anti-jamming antennas shows a deep-strike campaign that now targets the components keeping Russia's Shaheds and Iskanders on course. Ukraine · Russia · electronic warfare
  4. More than 100 companies are training AI on Ukraine's combat data, Defense Ministry says Ukraine's Defense Ministry says over 100 firms now train AI models on real combat imagery in the Palantir-built Brave1 Dataroom, with Shahed-type attack drones the priority target set. Ukraine · Autonomy · Brave1
  5. Ten drones, no video link: Ukrainian maker says AI alone killed soldiers in a one-off test A Ukrainian drone supplier says a two-year-old front-line test killed Russian soldiers with no human in the loop, the most categorical account yet of lethal full autonomy, just as Kyiv weighs loosening its rules. Ukraine · Russia · Autonomy
  6. Anduril Bolt-MPro Anduril's man-portable VTOL loitering munition — AI-guided, returnable if no strike, and the U.S. Marine Corps' first squad-level autonomous organic precision fires system, ordered under the $249M OPF-L program. USA · missiles · loitering-munition
  7. MQ-25 StingrayPro The U.S. Navy's first operational carrier-based unmanned system—a dedicated aerial tanker designed to free Super Hornets from buddy-tanking and extend the reach of the carrier air wing. USA · drones · autonomous
  8. Chengdu J-36Pro China's tailless, trijet sixth-generation heavy stealth fighter prototype — a program accelerating faster than expected, challenging US NGAD timelines and upending assumptions about the future of air combat. China · Air · sixth-generation
  9. Stark VirtusPro Germany's combat-proven eVTOL loitering munition — a VTOL, AI-guided one-way attacker that pairs with reconnaissance drones for EW-resilient precision strikes. Europe · Ukraine · missiles
  10. Baba Yaga (R-18 class)Pro Ukraine's heavy multicopter bomber class — the reusable night-strike drone that Russia nicknamed "Baba Yaga" and now increasingly captures and uses against its own makers. Ukraine · drones · strike-drone
  11. Shahed-238Pro Iran's jet-turbine loitering munition — a faster, costlier successor to the Shahed-136, fielded by Russia as the Geran-3 and by Iran itself in the Gulf. Iran · Russia · missiles
  12. K239 ChunmooPro South Korea's wheeled multi-caliber multiple launch rocket system — firing guided rockets, tactical ballistic missiles, and unguided munitions from a single 8×8 chassis, now spreading across NATO's eastern flank. Europe · Land · mlrs
  13. KF-21 BoramaePro South Korea's indigenous 4.5-generation twin-engine fighter—a semi-stealth, AESA-equipped multirole platform designed to replace legacy ROKAF jets and compete for export orders among nations that cannot obtain the F-35. USA · Air · fighter
  14. Iron StingPro Israel's 120 mm precision-guided mortar munition, the Iron Sting, transforms any standard smoothbore tube into a room-level, dual-mode (GPS/laser) strike asset — combat-proven since October 2023 in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel · missiles · precision-guided
  15. DelilahPro Israel's air-launched turbojet loitering cruise missile — man-in-the-loop precision and multi-platform flexibility from F-16s to PULS MLRS. Combat-proven since the 2006 Lebanon War, and used to suppress Iranian air defences in the 2026 Iran campaign. Israel · missiles · cruise-missile
  16. Typhon (Mid-Range Capability)Pro The US Army’s containerized mid-range launcher that puts Tomahawk and SM-6 on land — restoring a 500–2,000+ km strike band after the INF Treaty, and the centerpiece of Army Pacific deterrence and an export saga that collapsed in Europe. USA · missiles · mid-range-capability
  17. AGM-158 JASSMPro America's premier low-observable air-launched standoff cruise missile, available in short-, extended- and extreme-range variants, and the weapon that bore the heaviest consumption burden of the 2026 Iran campaign. USA · missiles · cruise-missile
  18. CoyotePro The U.S. Army’s primary expendable jet-powered interceptor for drone defense — operated within the LIDS architecture, paired with KuRFS radar, and now arming Navy destroyers. USA · air defense · air-missile-defense
  19. S-500 PrometheusPro Russia’s strategic mobile air-defense and anti-ballistic missile system — claimed to engage ballistic missiles, hypersonic threats, and low-orbit satellites up to 600 km, now fielded by a single regiment. Russia · air defense · sam
  20. Skyranger 30Pro Rheinmetall’s modular, unmanned 30 mm gun-missile turret — NATO’s emerging standard for mobile short-range air defense against drones, loitering munitions and low-flying aircraft, rapidly adopted across five European armies. Europe · air defense · shorad
  21. KARGU-2Pro Turkey’s man-portable quadcopter loitering munition — embedded machine-learning autonomy, swarm-capable, and the world’s most cited alleged lethal autonomous weapon system. Europe · missiles · loitering-munition
  22. Tekever AR3Pro Portugal's combat-hardened tactical ISR drone — a gasoline-powered fixed-wing UAS with VTOL kit, proven over 10,000 flight hours in Ukraine, now doubling as the RAF's StormShroud EW platform and expanding rapidly across NATO markets. Europe · Ukraine · drones
  23. Saker ScoutPro The Saker Scout is Ukraine's fielded AI-powered ISR and autonomous strike drone system, enabling machine-speed target detection and jamming-resistant operations. Ukraine · drones · AI
  24. YFQ-42APro The U.S. Air Force's prototype uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft from General Atomics — a semi-autonomous loyal wingman designed to team with F-22, F-35 and future fighters, and one of two contenders for the CCA Increment 1 production decision. USA · drones · CCA
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