Israel Aerospace Industries and SIG Sauer tested a reusable heavy-lift quadcopter (Fire Storm 250) with a stabilized remote weapon station firing the new M250 light machine gun. The system demonstrated airborne target identification and engagement from varying distances/altitudes with human-in-the-loop fire control, indicating a move toward armed multirotor “gunship” drones rather than one-way FPVs.
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IAI Fire Storm 250 quadcopter fires SIG M250 machine gun in test
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- Defense News · https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/13/drone-carrying-m250-machine-gun-completes-firing-test/Drone carrying M250 machine gun completes firing test