Top 10 Defense Products of 2025: Next-Gen Combat Vehicles and Military Equipment.

Army Recognition presents its exclusive ranking of the Top 10 Defense Products of 2025, featuring breakthrough combat vehicles, weapons systems, and next-generation military platforms. The selection highlights how automation, AI integration, and hybrid propulsion are reshaping modern battlefield capabilities.

In its latest annual analysis, the Army Recognition editorial team has identified the Top 10 Defense Products of 2025, spotlighting next-generation military vehicles, weapon systems, and digital combat technologies redefining the future of warfare. This year’s ranking emphasizes a clear shift toward integrated artificial intelligence, autonomous operations, and modular platform design across leading U.S., U.K., and European defense manufacturers. According to analysts, these advancements reflect growing defense priorities focused on speed, adaptability, and reduced logistical footprint in future conflicts.
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Top 10 Most Modern Defense Product Innovations 2025 showcased at DSEI 2025. (Picture source: Army Recognition Group)

1. General Dynamics Ajax Infantry Fighting Vehicle (United Kingdom)

The latest evolution of the Ajax IFV represents a key milestone in the British Army’s digital transformation. At DSEI 2025, General Dynamics unveiled major upgrades, including AI-driven situational awareness, hybrid-electric propulsion for reduced thermal and acoustic signatures, and modular armor configurations tailored for multi-domain operations. The platform’s new sensor fusion architecture enables real-time data sharing with drones and command networks, allowing crews to identify and engage targets faster and with greater precision. Ajax now stands not only as a reconnaissance and combat vehicle but also as a networked warfare node, bridging the gap between manned and autonomous systems.

2. FFG Condor Infantry Fighting Vehicle for Air Defense (Germany)

Germany’s FFG introduced the Condor in a new role as a mobile short-range air defense platform. The vehicle integrates a 35mm autocannon with twin missile pods capable of countering UAVs, cruise missiles, and low-flying aircraft. Its advanced radar and electro-optical sensors feed into a digital command network, giving mechanized formations rapid-response air defense capability. Built for modularity and interoperability, the Condor redefines the IFV’s role on the modern battlefield, transforming it into a frontline air shield optimized for counter-drone warfare.

3. Arquimea Grifo Autonomous Loitering Munition Launcher Combat Vehicle (Spain)

The Grifo from Spain’s Arquimea Group captured international attention as one of the first fully autonomous loitering munition carrier vehicles developed in Europe. Built on a compact, high-mobility 4x4 chassis, it deploys a swarm of precision loitering munitions capable of reconnaissance, strike, and suppression missions. Using machine-learning algorithms, Grifo can autonomously identify, track, and classify targets before requesting human authorization to engage. This convergence of robotics, AI, and precision firepower places the Grifo at the forefront of the emerging “autonomous hunter-killer” vehicle class reshaping modern ground combat.

4. Patria TRACKX All-Terrain Armored Personnel Carrier (Sweden)

Patria’s new TRACKX unveiled at DSEI 2025 represents a major leap in mobility and survivability for Arctic and expeditionary forces. Designed in collaboration with Swedish defense partners, TRACKX combines amphibious capability, hybrid propulsion, and modular protection systems optimized for extreme climates and rugged terrain. Its fully digital cockpit integrates real-time diagnostics and drone connectivity, allowing crews to conduct reconnaissance and logistics support in both conventional and asymmetric operations. With NATO-standard architecture and scalable mission modules from troop transport to command post or medical evacuation, the TRACKX delivers unprecedented versatility for modern rapid-reaction units operating in diverse theaters, from the Baltic to the Indo-Pacific.

5. ST Engineering GDAMS Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (Singapore)

Singapore’s ST Engineering showcased its GDAMS system as one of the most compact yet powerful mortar solutions at DSEI 2025. Mounted on a lightweight armored platform, GDAMS features a fully automated loading and targeting mechanism, enabling rapid precision fire from concealed positions within seconds of halt. The system’s advanced recoil management allows high-rate firing without compromising stability, while its digital fire-control suite integrates seamlessly with UAV spotters and forward observers. Capable of firing both conventional and guided rounds, GDAMS gives light and mechanized infantry units organic indirect firepower traditionally reserved for larger artillery systems, making it a true game-changer in mobile fire support operations.

6. MOOG RIWP Reconfigurable Integrated Weapons Platform (United States)

From the United States, MOOG’s RIWP continues to set the standard for modular weapon integration. The 2025 configuration revealed at DSEI features enhanced plug-and-play compatibility, allowing operators to swap between anti-tank missiles, air-defense interceptors, autocannons, or directed-energy systems within minutes. The turret’s advanced targeting software employs AI-assisted fire coordination, providing simultaneous tracking of multiple aerial and ground threats. Its open-architecture control suite allows integration with any NATO vehicle platform, ensuring maximum flexibility across missions. The RIWP demonstrates how the U.S. defense industry is leading the shift toward adaptable, multi-mission weapon stations capable of supporting networked, data-driven operations.

7. Milrem Robotics HAVOC 8x8 Robotic Combat Vehicle (Estonia)

Estonia’s Milrem Robotics introduced the HAVOC 8x8 as its most ambitious unmanned ground combat platform to date. Developed to complement manned armored formations, HAVOC combines heavy firepower, modular mission payloads, and autonomous navigation powered by deep-learning algorithms. The vehicle can perform reconnaissance, electronic warfare, or direct fire support while remaining remotely operated or semi-autonomous. Designed for interoperability with NATO C4ISR networks, HAVOC represents the logical progression from Milrem’s THEMIS UGV family to full-scale robotic combat integration, pushing European defense innovation firmly into the age of AI-enabled warfare.

8. Rheinmetall Fuchs JAGM Mobile Vertical Launching Missile System (Germany)

Rheinmetall’s adaptation of its proven Fuchs platform into the JAGM Mobile Vertical Launch System underscores Germany’s renewed focus on mobile precision firepower. The system integrates the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) in vertical canisters, providing rapid, multi-angle launch capability against armored, maritime, and aerial threats. This configuration allows armored columns to deliver long-range precision strikes without reliance on external artillery or air assets. The Fuchs JAGM’s vertical launch mechanism and onboard targeting sensors signal a paradigm shift toward distributed, network-enabled ground-launched missile systems, a critical response to evolving European deterrence needs.

9. MBDA Stratus-LO and Stratus-RS Future Cruise and Anti-Ship Missiles (Europe)

MBDA’s Stratus family marks the next generation of long-range precision strike weapons for European air and naval forces. The Stratus-LO variant emphasizes low observability and deep-penetration capabilities for land-attack missions, while the Stratus-RS is optimized for sea-skimming anti-ship profiles. Both employ AI-guided terminal navigation and multi-mode seekers designed to counter advanced electronic warfare defenses. These missiles reflect Europe’s push for strategic autonomy in long-range strike capabilities, ensuring parity with U.S. and Asian counterparts in next-decade deterrence strategies.

10. Saab RBS 70 NG Air Defense Missile on Milrem THEMIS UGV (Sweden and Estonia)

Closing the list, Saab’s integration of the RBS 70 NG air defense system onto Milrem’s THEMIS UGV illustrates a powerful vision of robotic air defense. The system provides a mobile, autonomous platform for short-range air protection capable of engaging drones, helicopters, and low-flying aircraft with laser-guided precision. Equipped with autonomous mobility, the THEMIS platform can reposition after each launch to avoid counter-battery detection. This combination of proven missile technology with robotic deployment offers NATO forces a resilient, adaptive air defense layer ideally suited for dispersed, high-intensity battlefields.

The innovations unveiled at DSEI 2025 highlight a defense industry entering a decisive transformation phase. NATO and allied nations are clearly prioritizing autonomy, networked warfare, and digital integration as the new pillars of military superiority. The shift from manned-heavy to hybrid manned-unmanned operations reflects a strategic response to evolving threats, particularly drone swarms, cyber-electronic attacks, and high-intensity peer warfare. With these systems now moving from prototype to operational reality, DSEI 2025 may be remembered as the year the defense sector fully embraced the era of intelligent, connected combat systems, reshaping deterrence, doctrine, and defense procurement for decades to come.

Written by Alain Servaes – Chief Editor, Army Recognition Group
Alain Servaes is a former infantry non-commissioned officer and the founder of Army Recognition. With over 20 years in defense journalism, he provides expert analysis on military equipment, NATO operations, and the global defense industry.