STARK Defence
Robot types: Uas, Loitering munition. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 23.2/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 1 of 3 among Defense / space companies with incidents (310 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record consists of a single entry from October 31, 2025, reporting that the Virtus loitering munition failed all four strikes in military trials, with severity rated 3 of 5. This is a single-event, press-reported test-performance record rather than an operational or safety incident involving injury. No recall, malfunction pattern, or casualty entries accompany this record.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Defense / space (primary), Drones / eVTOL · Sectors: Armed Forces
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Loitering munition | 100% | 1 of 2 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtus | Loitering munition | early-access | 1 | 23.2 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Oct 2025 | malfunction | — | Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed | DroneXL |
S3 ~Oct 2025 · malfunction · Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Oct 2025 | Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials | DroneXL |
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