Archive: US Navy LaWS aboard USS Ponce, 16 November 2014. This illustrates laser technology; it is not the EOS Apollo system. Photo: John F. Williams / US Navy · Public domain.
A new letter of intent links Apollo laser development to a possible Dutch manufacturing base. Further purchases remain conditional, and performance claims need scrutiny.
Published 25 September 2026Source date: 24 September 2026
The 23 September agreement covers technology sharing and joint manufacturing. Patria links it to planned Finnish drone production, but quantities and delivery dates remain undisclosed in the announcements.
Published 24 September 2026Source date: 23 September 2026
From disrupted oil routes to damaged refineries: how conflicts reach the petrol pump, why diesel is under pressure, and what drones can—and cannot—explain.
Published 23 September 2026Source date: 23 September 2026
Two cockpit algorithms have been flight-tested, Dassault says. The announcement does not establish autonomous drone control or an operational deployment.
Published 23 September 2026Source date: 22 September 2026
