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  1. MQ-28 Ghost BatPro Australia’s stealth multirole uncrewed combat aircraft and loyal wingman — the world’s most advanced non-U.S. collaborative combat aircraft program with a funded program of record and a live-fire weapons engagement. USA · Europe · drones
  2. XQ-58 ValkyriePro The XQ-58 Valkyrie is an attritable, stealthy uncrewed combat aerial vehicle and collaborative combat aircraft demonstrator designed by Kratos, now set to become the US Marine Corps' first operational loyal wingman, with a target fielding date of summer 2029. USA · drones · uncrewed
  3. Orbiter 4Pro Israel's Aeronautics Orbiter 4 is a Group 3 tactical UAS that packs 12 kg dual-payload ISR capability — EO/IR, SAR, SIGINT — into a 50 kg airframe with a 24-hour endurance and field-switchable VTOL option, already combat-proven in Gaza as the IAF's Nitzoz. Israel · drones · uas
  4. SMASH 2000Pro AI-enabled rifle-mounted fire-control sight that turns any rifleman into a drone hunter — organic counter-UAS capability for dismounted squads, now fielded across the US Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy. Israel · Land · counter-UAS
  5. Eitan AFVPro Israel's first heavy 8×8 wheeled armored personnel carrier — a high-mobility, Iron Fist APS-protected vehicle designed to replace M113s and field an IFV variant, battle-tested in Gaza since 2023. Israel · Land · apc
  6. IAI HarpyPro Israel's pioneering anti-radiation loitering munition — a delta-wing flying-wing drone that autonomously hunts and destroys radar emitters over 200 km, firing no active signal, and the genealogical root of the Harop family that reshaped SEAD in Nagorno-Karabakh and South Asia. Israel · missiles · loitering-munition
  7. Hero-120Pro A canister-launched, electric-propulsion loitering munition for precision anti-armor strikes with man-in-the-loop control, adopted by the US Army and Marine Corps. Israel · missiles · loitering-munition
  8. SkyStrikerPro Elbit Systems’ SkyStriker — a canister-launched, electric loitering munition with a 5–10 kg warhead, 100–200+ km range, abort-and-relaunch capability, and tight integration with the PULS rocket launcher. Israel · missiles · loitering-munition
  9. PULSPro Israel’s multi-caliber precision rocket launcher — a wheeled, pod-based system that spans 12 km to 300 km with a single vehicle and has become Europe’s leading non-US alternative to HIMARS. Israel · Land · mlrs
  10. Rheinmetall, Mercedes and a printing-press maker bolt German factories onto drone startups Three ILA Berlin deals in one day put Germany's idle industrial capacity behind drone startups, from a 250-kilogram cargo hauler to interceptors already flying in Ukraine. Europe · drones · Rheinmetall
  11. US bombs Iran a second day and Tehran orders the Strait of Hormuz shut Forty-nine Tomahawks in one night, eight tankers disabled and oil above $93: the April ceasefire survives mostly as a phrase both sides keep citing. Iran · USA · Policy
  12. Airbus will hang Quantum Systems' drone interceptors on the H145M A cooperation deal signed at ILA Berlin would turn Airbus military helicopters into airborne launch platforms for counter-drone interceptors, starting with the H145M. Europe · air defense · Quantum Systems
  13. Ukraine's drone branch turns one, claiming $40 billion in Russian losses Zelensky made June 11 the official day of the Unmanned Systems Forces as its mid-range campaign works through Russian logistics, but test pilots say many new drones arrive broken. Ukraine · Russia · drones
  14. Heron TPPro Israel's heaviest operational MALE UAV — a turboprop-powered, satellite-linked strategic surveillance and strike platform with 30-plus-hour endurance, now also flown by Germany in NATO missions. Israel · drones · male
  15. Hermes 900Pro Israel's workhorse multi-role MALE UAS — 36-hour endurance, multi-sensor ISR, and a broad export footprint from Switzerland to Singapore, with a growing combat record over Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. Israel · drones · male
  16. SPYDERPro Israel's mobile, quick-reaction surface-to-air missile family built around Python-5 and Derby interceptors, spanning short-range slant-launch to extended-range vertical-launch and a single-vehicle All-in-One variant, now featuring a counter-tactical-ballistic-missile option. Israel · air defense · sam
  17. Barak MXPro Israel's modular, multi-layer air and missile defense system — a single battle-management core that mixes short-, medium- and long-range interceptors for land and naval deployments, now combat-proven and rapidly expanding its export footprint. Israel · air defense · sam
  18. LORAPro Israel's long-range precision strike missile — a theater quasi-ballistic system launched from mobile ground launchers, ships, or fighters, delivering a 570 kg warhead with 10-meter accuracy up to 430 km. Israel · missiles · ballistic-missile
  19. RampagePro Israel's supersonic stand-off missile — a low-cost, quasi-ballistic strike weapon derived from the EXTRA artillery rocket that lets fighters engage high-value fixed targets from outside enemy air defenses. Israel · missiles · air-launched
  20. SPICEPro Israel's GPS-independent electro-optical bomb kit and glide-weapon family — a scene-matching system that converts unguided bombs into precision stand-off munitions, proven from Balakot to Tehran. Israel · missiles · precision-bomb
  21. HaropPro Israel Aerospace Industries' canister-launched, man-in-the-loop loitering munition — built to hunt and kill air defenses, high-value targets and radars after hours of silent search. Israel · missiles · loitering-munition
  22. SpikePro Israel's multi-platform electro-optical anti-tank and precision-strike missile family — from the shoulder-fired Spike SR to the 50 km helicopter-launched Spike NLOS, the most-exported Western ATGM, in service with 39 nations. Israel · missiles · atgm
  23. Dolphin classPro Israel's Dolphin-class submarines — German-built diesel-electric attack boats with air-independent propulsion, a reported nuclear second-strike role, and a history wrapped in operational secrecy that only occasionally lifts. Israel · Sea · submarine
  24. Sa'ar 6 MagenPro The Sa'ar 6 Magen class consists of four multi-mission corvettes built for the Israeli Navy to defend offshore gas fields and shipping lanes, armed with Barak-8 area-defense missiles and the shipborne C-Dome point-defense system, and recently employed in long-range strikes against the Houthis. Israel · Sea · corvette
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