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Estonian drone maker KrattWorks brought its target drones to Africa for the first time at the Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos, pitching systems that let armed forces train against the kind of drone attacks now seen on battlefields from Ukraine to the Lake Chad Basin. "Our main business here is to display our target drones, which are mainly meant for target practice for armed forces, or also weapon testing for counter-UAS manufacturers," Ranno Pajuri, the company's business development manager, told Military Africa at the show. "This is our first time here." Counter-unmanned aircraft system (counter-UAS) manufacturers need something to shoot at when they test their weapons, and soldiers need realistic threats to practise against. KrattWorks, based in Tallinn, builds drones that play the role of the enemy. "One of our main product lines is target drones. That means that the drones are meant to simulate actual threats," Pajuri said.
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Estonian intelligence software company SensusQ, now part of the German drone maker Quantum Systems, is working with governments in Africa to build national systems that bring all of a country's sensor data together in one place, its chief executive Villiko Nurmoja told Military Africa at the Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos. Nurmoja, who co-founded the company in 2020, described SensusQ as "the European flagship company in the area of intelligence fusion and sensor fusion." Speaking on the exhibition floor at Eko Atlantic, he said the company's main project on the continent is supporting several governments with crisis management and embedded fusion. He would not name them. "I cannot disclose yet the governments we're working with, but not far from here," he said. "That will be very unique in Africa, where all the sensors in one country are coming together. It's like a national fusion cell. That's the technology we're providing."
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AFRIDEX 2026: UAE’s Resource Industries Eyes African Market With Drones, MRAPs. Resource Industries, an Abu Dhabi-based defence and security company that designs, manufactures and integrates military vehicles, unmanned systems and tactical equipment, used the inaugural Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos to introduce itself to African buyers. The visit was the company’s first to Nigeria. Speaking to Military Africa at the show, Mohammed Ayesh, Resource Industries’ Chief of Corporate Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions, walked through the company’s display. It covered armoured vehicles, three classes of unmanned aircraft, electronic warfare (EW) equipment and subsystems. “We have different kind of products. We have the land system on our right. We have the aerospace on our left. We have some EW [Electronic Warfare] and some subsystems as well. Now our land department, we are displaying different variety of vehicles,” Ayesh said. Resource Industries is not new to the trade show circuit. At the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) 2023 in Abu Dhabi, EDR Magazine described it as a company with two arms: a commercial side that represents foreign producers through licences and joint ventures, and a research and production side that designs and builds its own systems. It has strong links to French industry and builds vehicles on Tatra chassis for the UAE Armed Forces. Lagos gave it a first look at a market where Emirati groups are increasingly active, from EDGE Group’s proposed $300 million equipment deal with Nigeria to Elmirate Capital’s $200 million pledge for Nigerian defence and aerospace.
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Airbornics Defence & Space Pvt Ltd (ADSL)—the defence and aerospace division of India's JCBL Group—participated in the inaugural Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 held from October 26–29, 2026, at Eko Atlantic in Lagos, Nigeria.
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HAVELSAN Demonstrates Coordinated Unmanned Air and Maritime Operations The field demonstration showcased the integration of an unmanned surface vessel and an embarked UAV through HAVELSAN’s command and control, mission management and autonomous capabilities. HAVELSAN has demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned air and maritime platforms for coordinated missions. The demonstration brought together the USV-12 unmanned surface vessel (USV), manufactured by VN MARITIME, and the SAGAN unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed by ASİSGUARD. During the demonstration, the USV navigated autonomously. The UAV took off autonomously from the vessel, released a 60 mm mortar round onto a designated target and successfully completed its mission. Supported by HAVELSAN’s command and control, mission management and autonomy capabilities, the activity demonstrated the coordinated operation of different unmanned platforms, integrated management of the mission area and target engagement under operator control. It also showed how unmanned surface vessels can operate with aerial assets as part of an integrated operational system.
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ASELSAN’s LGK 82, LGK 84 and GÖZDE demonstrated their precision strike capabilities
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