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US Special Operations Command Buys Tekever Drones After Acceptance Trials

Tekever's AI-enabled surveillance drones move from a 2025 exercise with US special operators to a purchase, a month after the Portuguese company's $580 million raise.

Oct 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Europe

Tekever Raises $580 Million as Its AR5 Heads Into British Army Service

The Portuguese-founded drone maker is now valued at $6.4 billion, roughly five times its 2025 mark, and plans to spend part of the round buying rivals.

Sep 23, 2026

EuropePro

Britain's £400 Million CORVUS Deal Buys Tekever's Update Cycle. The AR5 Still Has to Survive.

CORVUS replaces Watchkeeper's 54-aircraft buy with up to 24 AR5s, a contract built for service-life updates and a Swindon line. Another 1,025 small drones hedge the question of whether the larger aircraft can survive.

Sep 17, 2026

Europe

Arkeus Adds a UK Workshop for the Sensor It Already Flew in Europe

Arkeus and Tanglewood Group will build and sustain the Warden hyperspectral sensor in Malvern, England. The Melbourne startup already sells to the Australian Army and the US Department of War, and flew Warden in Europe last November. It still has no British customer.

Sep 10, 2026

EuropePro

Tekever AR3

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.

Jun 11, 2026