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An 18-month-old Berlin startup is now a Bundeswehr strike-drone supplier

STARK Defence, founded 18 months ago, is scaling into a core Bundeswehr loitering-munition supplier, and says a European NATO buyer just quadrupled its Virtus order.

Jun 3, 2026 · 4 min read

Europe

Germany's 18-month drone certification fields obsolete kit, a CDU lawmaker warns

Roderich Kiesewetter says Berlin certifies weapons one at a time while Ukraine runs ten to fifteen design cycles in the same window, leaving the Bundeswehr's drones outdated on arrival.

Jun 3, 2026

Air

AVILUS completes first flight of its Wespe cargo and medevac helicopter drone

AVILUS's new coaxial-rotor drone is built to carry up to 200 kg of cargo or casualties as far as 300 km with no crew aboard.

Jun 1, 2026