Innovations

Tactical and technological innovations in drone warfare — what showed up first, where, and what it changes. Each entry is sourced, dated, and linked to the drones involved.

ASELSAN unveils KILIÇ kamikaze AUVs and TUFAN swarm-capable USV

ASELSAN is introducing new unmanned naval strike systems: KILIÇ 10 and KILIÇ 200 expendable “kamikaze” autonomous underwater vehicles with RF/wire-guided control options, acoustic comms, low-signature design, and autonomous/swarm modes, plu…

Drones: Wing Loong-10 (CH-AS-1 / WJ-700)

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Türkiye unveils MILSAS synthetic aperture sonar for high-res seabed imaging

Meteksan introduced MILSAS, a national synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) system that coherently combines measurements along a platform’s track to produce much higher-resolution underwater imagery than conventional sonar. The capability is rele…