Poland WB Group Demonstrates New Drone-Linked Armored Platoon to NATO Delegation.

Polish WB Group staged a live demonstration at the Wesoła training area for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Defence and Security Committee on 28 October 2025, showing a Future Task Force platoon linking FlyEye and FT-5 UAS with multiple Warmate variants and the ZMU-05 RWS.

The Polish WB Group disclosed on October 28, 2025, that the company staged a live demonstration at the Wesoła training area for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Defense and Security Committee. Beyond a product walk-through, the event functioned as a confidence display for Polish-built combat robotics, pairing manned vehicles with loitering munitions and reconnaissance drones on a single digital backbone. WB showed its Future Task Force platoon concept, FlyEye mini UAS, FT-5 tactical UAS, multiple Warmate variants, and the ZMU-05 remote weapon station, including first-time fielding of the Warmate RR relay platform seen at MSPO.
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WB's Future Task Force networks crewed vehicles, UGVs, and UAVs, fusing FlyEye/FT-5 sensing with Warmate strikes and ZMU-05 protection for dispersed, remote-controlled combat (Picture source: WB group).

The Future Task Force is organized around an armored command vehicle integrating communications, battle management, and a compact ZMU-05 for point defense, flanked by crew-optional carriers that switch to remote control for combat. Demonstrators carried palletized Warmate TL tube launchers and lightweight scatterable mine dispensers, allowing the platoon to sense, strike, and shape terrain without exposing crews. The configuration on show mirrors MSPO exhibits and aligns with NATO’s push for distributed, attritable mass at the tactical edge.

FlyEye remains the company’s close-range workhorse. The hand-launched mini UAS features a 3.6 m wingspan, 12 kg MTOW, 2.5+ hour endurance, and a C-band link beyond 40 km line-of-sight, with day/thermal EO in a stabilized gimbal. It operates up to 3,500 m AMSL and packs into two rucksacks, making it a favorite for artillery correction and border patrols. Polish forces continue to add sets, while Ukrainian units have used FlyEye to cue HIMARS strikes, underscoring combat pedigree.

At the next tier, the twin-engine FT-5 delivers 10 hours of endurance, a 6.4 m wingspan, 85 kg empty mass, and operations up to 5,000 m. Polish service fielding spans three sensorized variants under the GLADIUS reconnaissance-strike architecture: FT-5 IMINT, FT-5 ELINT, and FT-5 SAR, each feeding the TOPAZ battle management network. GLADIUS entered Polish programs by contract in 2022 and now links FT-5 sensors to loitering effects from BSP-U and Warmate families.

The baseline Warmate 3 class offers a 60 to 70 minute mission with 30 km RLOS, 1.5 m CEP, and interchangeable HE-FRAG, HEAT, or thermobaric warheads. The tube-launched Warmate TL adds rapid salvo tactics from man-portable or vehicle mounts, while the TL-C combat round accepts modular warheads of roughly 2 kg; the TL-R reconnaissance round uses the same encapsulated airframe for ISR. At the long-range end, Warmate 5 extends reach to about 100 km and carries 5 to 10 kg warheads against hardened targets, with relay and cueing from FlyEye and FT-5. The new Warmate RR serves as an attritable airborne repeater to keep salvos connected in contested RF environments.

For close-in protection, the ZMU-05 remote weapon station pairs a 12.7 mm HMG option with a stabilized EO/IR head and laser rangefinder. Technical data list 190 kg curb weight, 228 kg combat weight, 0.2 mrad stabilization accuracy, and 4K day plus 1280×1024 thermal imagery, enabling precise fire on the move and seamless integration on light 4×4 carriers used in the Future Task Force.

FlyEye scouts and relays targetable coordinates in GPS-contested airspace, FT-5 holds surveillance or signals collection for hours, and Warmate salvos prosecute targets with U-GATE operator control through TOPAZ, PERAD MANET, and FONET vehicular networks. Tests and field use show single operators can manage multiple loitering munitions for coherent attacks, a doctrinal shift already visible in Ukraine and now migrating into NATO training cycles.

Market signals suggest momentum: Poland has layered orders for FlyEye and, in May 2025, signed a landmark framework covering nearly 10,000 Warmate loitering munitions to scale maneuver and territorial defense units. Lithuania previously purchased Warmate sets for transfer to Ukraine. South Korea selected Warmate-3 in 2024 with deliveries in 2025, and Japan’s military has tested Polish drones, pointing to Indo-Pacific traction. Expect near-term tenders among Baltic and Nordic forces seeking rapidly fieldable precision effects.

The industrial backdrop explains why Poland is rising within Europe’s defense economy. NATO figures confirm Warsaw is the Alliance’s largest relative defense spender in 2025 at roughly 4.5 percent of GDP, with a 2026 draft budget targeting 4.8 percent. WB’s joint venture with Hanwha Aerospace to localize guided missile production for HOMAR-K exemplifies a policy pairing high outlays with technology transfer and in-country manufacturing, all nested within national programs like GLADIUS and fortified border initiatives. This mix tightens supply chains, accelerates delivery, and underwrites export credibility.

Taken together, Wesoła offered more than a demo; it previewed how a Polish-built, networked kill chain can scale from platoon to brigade, using attritable airpower to collapse enemy decision time. As NATO retools for dispersed, data-driven warfare, Poland’s blend of autonomy, C4ISR integration, and aggressive reinvestment positions its industry, and WB Group in particular, as a core supplier of the Alliance’s next wave of precision mass.