Unmanned systems

On the first day of the Africa International Defence Exhibition (AFRIDEX) 2026 in Lagos, a Nigerian company showed a type...

According to Unmanned Africa, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is planning to add more than the 12 Turkish Aksungur combat...

First published on Unmanned Africa South African aerospace and defence company Incomar used the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition...

The Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) opened a national pavilion at the Marrakech Airshow in Morocco on 8 October 2026,...

First published on Unmanned Africa Emerging technologies such as unmanned systems may help African militaries fight non-state armed groups, but...

Egyptian defence firm Tornex has aggressively promoted its domestically developed Jabbar drone family across major international defense exhibitions, marking a...

According to Unmanned Africa, Morocco has awarded its first confirmed domestic contract for loitering munitions, with Rabat-area manufacturer Aerodrive Engineering...

Ukrainian military intelligence has sent drone specialists to Mali, Libya and Sudan to help local forces fight Russian troops and...

Russia has offered its "Bizon" counter-drone system to Egypt, an approach that comes weeks after Cairo confirmed what it described...

ShadowfaxUAS has launched the SF45, the first and largest of three new-generation unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the South African...

PRETORIA, Sept 19 — Paramount unveiled a new family of reusable unmanned aircraft called V-Raven at the Africa Aerospace and...

The United Arab Emirates' EDGE Group has delivered six ANAVIA HT-100 NAVAL unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Angolan Navy,...

Turkish defence company Havelsan and Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) signed a sales agreement for the Hamza-1 unmanned aerial...

Russia's state-owned Kalashnikov Group used the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 in Egypt to promote its newest loitering munition, the...

The Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (FACI) have confirmed they now operate Chinese-made Wing Loong II drones, becoming the second...

Babasky Technologies, the defence subsidiary of Nigerian technology conglomerate UNICCON Group, says it has demonstrated an upgraded counter-unmanned aerial system...

On July 30, 2026, Mali's armed forces received a new batch of Turkish Akinci combat drones at Sévaré Air Base....

Paramount Aerospace Industries has added a new sensor to the counter-unmanned aerial systems (counter-UAS) configuration it unveiled for its Mwari...

https://youtu.be/HXqEx9a5Wz0 BabaSky Technologies, a Nigerian firm specializing in unmanned systems, showcased Africa's first fibre-optic guided loitering munition at the third...

The Malian government forces, in collaboration with their Russian allies, utilized Shahed-136-type loitering munitions in northern Mali during July 2026....

Open-source analysts identified wreckage of a Turkish-made HİSAR-A surface-to-air missile in Khartoum in June 2026, the first documented evidence that...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) used a Turkish-made Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to destroy an FK-2000 air...

In response to the sudden emergence of the long-range drone threat from Iran, many Gulf states scrambled to bring in...

Paramount Aerospace Industries has unveiled a dedicated counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) configuration for its Mwari multi-mission aircraft, releasing details of...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) shot down a Chinese-made CH-95 (FH-95) strategic drone on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, using a...