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Explore the future of warfare with autonomous and unmanned systems.

From self-driving vehicles and drones to AI-powered robots, this category covers innovations in technology that are reshaping military operations, enhancing efficiency, and reducing risk by enabling machines to carry out complex tasks.

  • Autonomous & Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ideal Aerospace’s Troublemaker Is Built to Complicate Enemy Air Defense

Reusable after missions and capable of swarming, Troublemaker combines long-range surveillance, decoy operations, and one-way strikes in one drone.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 14, 2026
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  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

2,000-Km Deep Strikes: Harmattan AI Presents New Shahed-Style Drone

IRIFI uses AI-powered autonomy with a navigation system that operates without global navigation satellite systems.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 13, 2026
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  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles

The US Marines’ MADIS Air Defense System Is Getting a Driverless Ride

IBEX uses 5 kilowatts of export power to onboard mission equipment.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 13, 2026
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  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Autonomous & Unmanned

Australia’s ‘Most Powerful’ UGV Emerges as a Bushmaster-Inspired 10-Ton Hauler

BladeHAUL combines autonomous operation, hybrid drive, and heavy-lift capability for demanding military logistics missions remotely.
  • Ethan M. Encarnacion
  • October 7, 2026
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  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Logistics & Readiness

Meet ‘Varkhan’ UGV: Ukraine’s New Robotic Answer to Heavy Logistics

Varkhan uses 4×4 all-wheel-drive chassis, independent suspension, and more than 200 millimeters of ground clearance.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 7, 2026
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A Drone That Goes After Other Drones: Kraken-Saab Puts an Uncrewed Hunter at Sea

K3 SCOUT autonomous USV uses Giraffe 1X lightweight 3D surveillance radar to spot and track airborne threats.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 6, 2026
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  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Morocco’s GPS-Free Drone Employs ‘Super Agent’ to Navigate, Strike Targets

Matador combines onboard AI agents and Kalman filtering to navigate independently without relying on GPS.
  • Ethan M. Encarnacion
  • October 5, 2026
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  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

This New Ukrainian Strike Drone Can Fly 600 Km, Then Let AI Finish the Job

Thor Hammer uses satellite and inertial positioning to maintain flight in electronic warfare environments.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 5, 2026
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  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Ukrainian Aerial Drone Maker Tries Ground Warfare This Time With Six-Wheeled UGV

Frodo UGV combines adaptive suspension and redundant mobility for difficult battlefield terrain.
  • Ethan M. Encarnacion
  • October 2, 2026
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  • Autonomous & Unmanned

A Humanoid Robot With Armor and AI Just Caught the US Army’s Eye

Alex humanoid robot uses impact-resilient actuators, ballistic protection, and a hybrid autonomy system.
  • Akhsan Erido Elezhar
  • October 1, 2026
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