American Rheinmetall unveiled a new variant of the Skyranger 762 ultra-short-range air defense (U-SHORAD) system during AUSA 2025 in Washington, mounted on GM Defense’s ISV-Cargo (ISV-C) tactical vehicle. The Skyranger 762 is designed for mobile ultra-short-range air defense against unmanned aerial systems and light armored threats. It combines twin 7.62×51 mm Dillon Aero M134D Miniguns with the Echodyne EchoShield radar and a multispectral electro-optical suite, connected through the Skymaster command network.

Washington D.C., United States, October 21, 2025 - At the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., defense industry giants unveiled a striking lineup of next-generation land warfare systems. From autonomous combat vehicles to extended-range artillery prototypes, this year’s displays reflected a unified modernization push across Army programs. Editorial coverage from Army Recognition noted that the 2025 event feels markedly different, with technology maturity and integration taking precedence over concept demonstrations.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington D.C., AimLock and Overland AI announced a partnership that integrates AimLock’s autonomous targeting and engagement technology with Overland AI’s fully autonomous tactical unmanned ground vehicle. The collaboration addresses a central challenge of modern operations: delivering precision effects in GPS-denied and communications-degraded environments while keeping humans in control. It reflects the broader shift toward modular, scalable robotics that can sustain tempo, protect personnel, and adapt quickly to evolving threats.

Washington, D.C., United States, October 13, 2025 - AM General introduced a major redesign of its Hawkeye 105mm Mobile Howitzer System during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting, showcasing a blend of precision firepower and tactical flexibility. The updated platform features a reengineered chassis and powertrain, plus an advanced digital fire-control system aimed at boosting accuracy, reducing crew workload, and enabling faster repositioning in high-tempo combat environments. Company officials described the new variant as a decisive step in adapting light artillery to multi-domain operations and evolving U.S. Army mobility standards.

Anduril used the AUSA 2025 floor to show EagleEye, a headborne, AI-enabled kit that fuses a wide-field mixed-reality display, spatial audio, and networked sensors so dismounted troops can plan, maneuver, and coordinate effects without dropping their head from the fight. Company materials and partner statements describe multiple configurations, including a full-face ballistic variant that reprojects the scene for night and degraded visibility, as well as lighter daytime HUD options. The debut tracks with the Army’s decision to shift IVAS work toward Anduril and fund a fresh $159 million prototyping effort under Soldier Borne Mission Command, with industry partners like Gentex and Meta contributing optics, helmet integration, and AR components.

Washington, D.C, Oct 16: During AUSA 2025, ARX Robotics’ Combat Gereon unmanned ground vehicle platform was shown on the RENK America booth fitted with Dedrone’s Defender 2 payload, signaling a turn toward organic counter-UAS capability on a compact tracked robot. Dedrone describes Defender 2 as an AI-powered precision jammer able to target drones even beyond visual range while minimizing collateral effects in dense urban terrain.

On the AUSA show floor in Washington on October 14, 2025, BAE Systems is pitching an IFV-style evolution of the U.S. Army’s AMPV, pairing a remotely operated 30 mm turret with a networked architecture that treats each vehicle as a tactical node. Company officials have signaled this direction over the past two show cycles, first with a counter-UAS AMPV prototype and then with a 30 mm-equipped AMPV using the common top plate for rapid turret swaps, a path that set the stage for this year’s infantry support configuration. The five member AMPV family already anchors multiple roles in the ABCT, and the IFV demonstrator is framed as a logical extension that preserves common logistics while adding organic direct fire and drone defeat options.

Washington D.C., United States, October 13, 2025 - Bell Textron’s MV-75 took center stage at the 2025 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exposition, symbolizing a major step forward in Army air mobility. Developed through the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the MV-75 represents a revolutionary evolution in vertical lift that blends helicopter agility with the speed and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft. Army and industry officials say the platform will redefine how forces deploy and sustain operations by enabling faster insertions across greater distances while reducing exposure to enemy threats.

Washington, D.C, Oct 16: During AUSA 2025, Dedrone by Axon announced a strategic partnership with Germany’s Tytan Technologies to fuse Dedrone’s AI-driven detection with Tytan’s high-speed kinetic interceptors for Group 1 to Group 3 threats. The integrated concept appeared on the AUSA 2025 show floor in Washington, offering a glimpse of an end-to-end counter-UAS chain from detect to destroy. The companies say the solution aims to give NATO forces a unified air picture and a fast, automated response against Shahed class one-way attack drones that have challenged traditional defenses.

At the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., DZYNE Technologies introduced Dronebuster Vehicle Kits that extend the firm’s handheld and fixed-site counter-UAS portfolio to mounted operations. The company says the kits can be set up in minutes, run in autonomous or operator-controlled modes, and, when required, plug into mesh networks for layered protection of vehicles and convoy elements.

On the AUSA show floor, Epirus and General Dynamics Land Systems introduced a remotely operated counter-UAS platform that marries Epirus’ Leonidas high power microwave module with GDLS’ TRX robotic chassis. Company materials describe a one-to-many defeat effect against small uncrewed aircraft, with operators able to notch protected bands, shape waveforms, and set software geofences to limit collateral electromagnetic effects. GDLS positions TRX as a hybrid electric, autonomy-ready carrier with 360-degree sensing, onboard compute, a listed 45 mile per hour top speed and more than 300 miles of range, intended to keep soldiers out of the threat envelope.

At AUSA 2025 in Washington, Flyer Defense introduced the Flyer 72-HD, a high-mobility 4×4 platform equipped with the Rafael C-UAS Force Protection System. Purpose-built for mobile counter-drone operations, the vehicle integrates a full-spectrum kill chain capable of detecting, classifying, and neutralizing aerial threats while on the move. The system combines radar, EO/IR sensors, SIGINT, electronic warfare jamming, and a 30×113 mm remote weapon station to address the growing threat of small UAVs on modern battlefields. Designed for air-transportable convoy and perimeter defense, the Flyer 72-HD offers both soft- and hard-kill options in a compact, expeditionary package.

Washington D.C., United States, October 14, 2025 - At the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2025 exposition in Washington, D.C., General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) unveiled the Precision Effects & Reconnaissance, Canister-Housed (PERCH) system, a breakthrough concept aimed at giving the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks the ability to launch loitering munitions such as the AeroVironment Switchblade 300 and 600. Designed as a modular, non-invasive integration kit, PERCH mounts to existing hardpoints and interfaces with vehicle power and control systems, allowing tank crews to conduct beyond-line-of-sight reconnaissance and precision strikes without dismounting or relying on external support vehicles.

Washington, D.C., United States, October 13, 2025 — At AUSA 2025, the annual defense exhibition organized by the Association of the United States Army, General Dynamics Land Systems revealed its new MUTT XM, a next-generation robotic vehicle designed to combine counter-drone capability with expanded ground mobility for future U.S. Army formations. Building on the fielded Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) platform, the MUTT XM introduces what the company calls “eXpanded Mobility,” offering increased power generation, higher payload capacity, and faster ground speeds to handle more demanding missions across complex terrain.

Hanwha Aerospace USA is presenting a demonstrator of its K9A2 Mobile Howitzer at the AUSA 2025 annual meeting in Washington, positioning the 155 mm, 52 caliber automatic turret on a heavy 8x8 truck as a truck-agnostic, quick-to-deploy option for U.S. formations. Company materials and media briefings say the wheeled variant, now in production, is aimed at Army evaluation with trials planned in early 2026, while the AUSA display underscores Hanwha’s push to localize U.S. content across guns, charges, and resupply. The showing comes as the Army reorients artillery modernization after discontinuing the ERCA 58 caliber prototype in 2024 and exploring common gun approaches and longer-range munitions.

MSI Defense Solutions is debuting the EAGLS Scout system on ARA’s Sapper unmanned ground platform at the Association of the United States Army 2025 meeting, a company and partner showcase that emphasizes modular launchers, networked sensors, and autonomy for counter-UAS missions in contested terrain. The effort builds on MSI’s EAGLS program activity with U.S. customers and on ARA’s fielded Sapper platform, which supports ROS2 and IOP, waypoint navigation, and teleoperation, allowing the launcher and sensors to integrate into layered air defense and ground maneuver formations.

Washington, D.C, Oct 16: During AUSA 2025, Israel Aerospace Industries displayed the Mini Harpy, a tactical loitering munition that blends an electro optic and infrared seeker with an anti radiation homing capability. The system resurfaced in Washington during AUSA 2025, where Army Recognition photographed it suspended over IAI’s stand, a timely appearance as the U.S. Army and its allies reassess how to suppress air defenses and strike fleeting targets in contested airspace. The Mini Harpy is purpose built for that problem set, offering a dual seeker and man in the loop control in a compact, canister launched weapon.

Washington, D.C., Oct 15 : At AUSA 2025, Rafael showcased its Iron Beam, a high-energy laser effector built to punch a clean hole in the hardest problem facing modern air defenses: massed, low-cost aerial threats at short range. The system is advertised as a 100 kW class laser with an engagement envelope out to 10 km, designed to burn through rockets, mortars, artillery rounds, drones, and even cruise missiles while keeping collateral damage to a minimum. In a year when munition stockpiles are tight and budgets are stretched, the appeal is straightforward. A magazine measured in electrons, not interceptors, changes the math for any force that must defend airfields, depots, and cities day after day.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington, KNDS introduced a tracked configuration of its RCH 155, extending the concept beyond the 8×8 Boxer and directly addressing a central dilemma for modern artillery: how to preserve tempo and crew protection while operating under relentless counter-battery pressure. The debut places a fully automated 155 mm/L52 gun module on a cross-country chassis to meet the needs of heavy brigades and mixed formations. Audiences focused on mobility, survivability and digital fire control will recognize the implications for NATO forces adapting to dispersed operations and sensor-saturated battlefields. By unifying automation, protection and mobility in a single package, the tracked RCH 155 aims to compress kill-chains and complicate enemy targeting.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington, Kratos placed the XQ-58 Valkyrie at the center of its message to the land forces community, underscoring how an attritable “loyal wingman” can expand magazines, sensors, and reach for joint operations. The timing amplified the impact: days earlier Kratos unveiled the Ragnarök low-cost cruise missile and said the design is ready for production, positioning Valkyrie as both a teaming asset and a launcher for a new class of affordable precision effects. The AUSA setting, held from 13 to 15 October at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, further highlighted the Army’s appetite for autonomous teaming and dispersed airpower concepts.