According to information gathered by Army Recognition on October 2025 at AUSA 2025 in Washington, L3Harris's Diamondback is a rapidly scalable, highly mobile autonomous reconnaissance and security vehicle built to push sensors forward while keeping soldiers out of first contact. The system, developed with Carnegie Robotics, leans on a modular open-systems approach and a common autonomy stack so payloads, control interfaces, and mission kits can be swapped quickly to suit tempo and terrain. The company’s AUSA materials explicitly pair Diamondback with the AMORPHOUS control architecture, signaling an intent to manage mixed teams of uncrewed systems from a single user at scale.

Lockheed Martin unveils Sanctum counter-UAS system at AUSA 2025 in Washington, DC. The American company positions Sanctum as a software-forward counter-drone layer designed to run on existing customer infrastructure. It is described as an open, modular architecture that fuses RF and electro-optical inputs, ranks threats, and coordinates non-kinetic and kinetic effectors through a single operator display, with learning updates applied after each engagement.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington, D.C., Lockheed Martin unveiled the Next Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI), marking a decisive step in the modernization of U.S. Army air defense capabilities. Presented alongside the Marine Portable SHORAD “ready round,” the system drew attention for its ability to replace the long-serving FIM-92 Stinger with a common, modular interceptor designed for both dismounted and mounted operations. With the U.S. Army already committing $312 million for prototype development, NGSRI stands as a tangible symbol of the Army’s push toward a networked, 21st-century air defense ecosystem capable of countering increasingly sophisticated aerial threats.

At the AUSA annual meeting in Washington, Saronic is pitching a workhorse rather than a showpiece, the Marauder, a 150-foot modular USV that accepts two 40-foot or four 20-foot ISO containers and is aimed at logistics support and at-sea payload deployment. Company materials cite a 3,500 nautical mile range, a top speed above 18 knots, and a 40 ton payload, parameters that align with the firm’s spring unveiling and subsequent keel-laying this August at its newly acquired Franklin, Louisiana yard. The message to naval and joint buyers is straightforward, move sealed, pre-tested modules without tying up manned hulls, and do it with a platform built around common interfaces for power and data

AeroVironment lifted the curtain on the Switchblade 400 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting, presenting a “lightweight tank destroyer” that pairs a sub-40-pound all-up round with a 65 km engagement envelope and 35 minutes of endurance. Company materials describe a rocket-launched, tube-packaged munition that a single operator can set up in under five minutes, then hand off across the network if needed to extend useful distance. The 400 adds a gyrostabilized EO and IR sensor suite with aided target recognition, day identification at 5.5 km and night identification at 1.4 km, plus a MOSA-based open compute environment intended for rapid upgrades and easy interoperability with soldier systems like Nett Warrior and ATAK via the TA5 controller.

Washington D.C., United States, October 14, 2025 – At the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2025 exposition in Washington, D.C., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) unveiled the Gray Eagle STOL, a new variant of its long-serving unmanned aircraft system. This updated configuration marks a significant departure from traditional runway-dependent operations, featuring a redesigned wing, enhanced flight control surfaces, and a ruggedized airframe optimized for takeoff and landing in austere environments. GA-ASI stated the development responds directly to the U.S. Army’s demand for distributed, survivable drone operations in contested future battlefields.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington D.C., Northrop Grumman presented the Precision Grenadier System (PGS), a lightweight, shoulder-fired 25 mm weapon conceived to give dismounted soldiers enhanced firepower without sacrificing mobility. The concept centers on pairing a compact launcher with a programmable ammunition family to defeat targets in defilade, in close quarters, and in the small-UAS threat set. By aligning the weapon with existing U.S. Army fire control and proven ammunition manufacturing practices, the program positions itself as a practical path to frontline relevance. For infantry units tasked to maneuver under drone observation and in complex terrain, this combination is timely and consequential.

At AUSA 2025 in Washington, D.C., Oshkosh Defense introduced the Medium Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle (M-MAV), an optionally manned launcher derived from the production Oshkosh FMTV A2 and designed to employ the MLRS Family of Munitions (MFOM). Purpose-built for optionally manned or fully autonomous launcher operations, the production-based platform integrates advanced navigation, remote operation, and automated resupply to reduce crew burden, increase survivability, and enable dispersed, resilient fires formations. By pairing the FMTV A2 medium truck base with scalable autonomy, the M-MAV offers a ready, logistics-compatible path to turn familiar MLRS effects into an optionally manned, networked fires node without relying on a clean-sheet vehicle.

At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Oshkosh Defense unveiled a Light Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicle, a compact member of its new Family of Multi-Mission Autonomous Vehicles, designed as production-ready and payload-agnostic. Company materials and the event program describe a supervised autonomy and teleoperation chassis that accepts mission kits for counter-UAS, electronic warfare and logistics, with the show configuration pairing AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600 and the Titan RF counter-drone system. The package reflects a wider Army and joint trend toward quickly fielded unmanned ground systems that plug into existing command architectures.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington, Oshkosh Defense unveiled the X-MAV, an autonomous-capable heavy launcher configured with four Tomahawk missiles, introducing a highly mobile land-based deep-strike option to the Army’s modernization roadmap. The reveal coincides with U.S. consideration of supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine, a step that would let Kyiv threaten distant logistics and command hubs while sharpening escalation dynamics with Russia. Anchored to priorities for long-range precision fires and the CAML-H concept, X-MAV blends off-road survivability, integrated power and a payload-agnostic architecture built for contested terrain. Its debut reframes the cruise-missile conversation around mobility and dispersion, shifting emphasis from containerized launchers to purpose-built platforms that can hide, fire and reposition quickly.

On October 13, 2025, during AUSA 2025, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled the L-Spike 4X as a new “launched effect” built around the Spike missile lineage. Army Recognition photographed the system on the show floor in Washington, confirming a design that marries missile-class dash speed with on-station loiter, a profile aimed squarely at contested air defense environments. Rafael describes a 40 km engagement envelope, a time to reach that envelope of roughly five minutes, and up to 25 minutes of persistence for target confirmation and strike authorization. Warhead options include tandem HEAT and a multi-purpose blast/fragmentation payload to handle armor, vehicles, and fortified points.

Washington D.C., October 13, 2025 — RTX unveiled its newest Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting 2025, presenting a radar designed to transform Patriot air defense performance. Developed under the U.S. Army’s modernization portfolio, the LTAMDS delivers 360-degree coverage using an advanced gallium nitride (GaN) active electronically scanned array, enabling Patriot batteries to detect, track, and engage next-generation threats such as low-flying cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington DC, SIG Sauer unveiled the M250 Enhanced Light Machine Gun, a Product Improvement Effort developed with the U.S. Army for the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) program. The update responds to soldier feedback gathered during recent touchpoints and live-fire schedules. It matters because the M250 is slated to replace a large share of M249 SAWs, tying weapon, ammunition and fire-control changes into a single system that will shape infantry tactics for the next decade. The Army is now evaluating which enhancements will be adopted program-wide, while the XM157 fire-control remains a cornerstone of the package. These developments come after the M7 rifle and M250 achieved formal type-classification in May 2025.

At AUSA 2025, held October 13 to 15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, SIG SAUER detailed Product Improvement Effort variants of the M7, saying user feedback and Soldier Touch Points drove targeted weight reductions and simplified ergonomics. The show floor brief put the current 13.5 inch M7 at 8.3 pounds unloaded without optics or suppressor, with the new Enhanced Rifle listed at 7.6 pounds and the Carbine at 7.3 pounds, while the program office continues to evaluate lethality and range with the shorter barrel. PEO Soldier’s spring Type Classification for M7 and M250, reiterated publicly in September, underpins these iterative changes inside the NGSW framework.

Washington D.C., United States, October 13, 2025, at the opening of the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduced the S-70UAS U-Hawk, its first fully autonomous version of the legendary Black Hawk helicopter. Built on the proven UH-60L platform, the U-Hawk integrates Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy suite and modular open systems architecture, enabling uncrewed missions for combat support, logistics, reconnaissance, and coordinated drone swarm operations. Company officials described the aircraft as a key step toward a future where U.S. Army rotorcraft can operate independently in high-risk environments while reducing crew exposure and expanding mission endurance.

During AUSA 2025 in Washington D.C., Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unveiled the Nomad family of vertical-takeoff, runway-independent drones, formally announced by the company on October 6, 2025. The concept leverages a twin-proprotor “rotor-blown wing” configuration to combine helicopter-like access with fixed-wing reach, promising long endurance and small-footprint operations on land or at sea. The reveal follows a year of progressively more ambitious trials and arrives as U.S. forces push distributed operations concepts where logistics, ISR and strike need to launch from almost anywhere. By aligning autonomy, hybrid-electric propulsion and a scalable airframe architecture, the Nomad proposition speaks directly to Indo-Pacific distance, contested logistics and rapid maritime dispersion requirements. Company officials frame it as a force multiplier that complements crewed platforms such as the Black Hawk while expanding options for units at the tactical edge.

According to information gathered by Army Recognition at AUSA 2025, on October 14, Kymeta’s Osprey u8 flat panel SATCOM terminal was spotted on the show floor during recent U.S. defense exhibitions. The field-proven Ku band system, built for communications on the move, has since been chosen by the U.S. Army for its Next Generation Command and Control pilot, the service’s primary effort to modernize and harden tactical networks. That selection moves Osprey u8 from demonstration status to a central node in the Army’s evolving multi-orbit transport layer and signals growing confidence in commercial SATCOM at the tactical edge.

According to information published by Firestorm and company materials shared with Army Recognition on October 14, 2025, the firm’s Tempest modular UAS is positioned as a Group 2 / 3 workhorse designed for rapid reconfiguration at the point of need. The aircraft uses a truly open architecture that extends beyond payloads to the airframe, letting units swap propulsion modules, wings and mission kits without returning to depots. The system packs into a single-person hard case and can be launched in under ten minutes, a timeline aimed at distributed operations where setup time is tactical risk. Firestorm underscores a patented quick connect and disconnect method that simplifies field assembly and repair. The company frames Tempest as a bridge between small quadcopters and larger Group 3 platforms, but with the production speed and cost profile of a commercial design.

Moog unveiled on October 12, 2025, during AUSA defense exhibition, its Lightweight Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform. The new LW RIwP is pitched for light tactical vehicles, including the Infantry Squad Vehicle, while preserving the signature RIwP mix of a 30 mm cannon paired with multiple missile effectors. Moog emphasizes compact dimensions for rapid airlift and sling-load mobility, along with higher onboard ammunition for longer stints on station. In short, it is a smaller turret designed to deliver the same layered punch the Army wants against drones and helicopters.

According to information gathered by Army Recognition in AUSA 2025 in Washington, on October 13, 2025, Global Ordnance presented its Scorpion Light mobile mortar set up on a Humvee, a configuration the company is showcasing as the U.S. services expand experiments with fast, digitally controlled indirect fire for light units. The display dovetails with near-term trials under the Army’s Transformation in Contact 2.0 effort and follows recent Marine Corps evaluations, signaling a broader push to make shoot-and-scoot mortars organic to small formations.