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swarmside: natofirst seen 2026-05-01

Havelsan unveils Barkan 3 UGV for autonomous swarm operations

Turkey’s Havelsan revealed the Barkan 3 unmanned ground vehicle and an AI-enabled combat management system intended to enable coordinated autonomous “swarm” employment as part of a broader digital troops concept. The novelty is the explicit integration of AI C2 with multiple UGVs for coordinated battlefield teaming rather than single-platform remote control.

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