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Armed Forces

Military users of uncrewed aircraft, loitering munitions, maritime drones and ground robots. Sector index 9.2/100 · 29 incidents · 23 companies with incidents of 295 tracked.

Robot types involved

Uas 12Satellite servicing 5Automation operator 3Loitering munition 2Orbital transfer vehicle 2Drone 2USV 1Debris removal 1VTOL drone 1

Most-involved companies

Katalyst Space TechnologiesTekeverGeneral Atomics Aeronautical SystemsMomentusBaykarGeneral Atomics / U.S. Air ForceSpace Machines CompanySTARK Defence

Incidents

29 of 29 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S419 Aug 2026Katalyst Space Technologies mission-loss Earth orbitNASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link) Bloomberg
S413 Aug 2026General Atomics Aeronautical Systems mission-loss —US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war · 25% of US Reaper fleet (~45 aircraft) lost The Washington Post / Je
S404 Aug 2026Kratos Defense & Security Solutions crash Dugway Proving Ground, UT, USAXQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused · 1 aircraft TWZ
S403 Aug 2026Tekever mission-loss Russia-Ukraine borderTekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces · 1 UAV (AR3 StormShroud) Euronews
S426 Jul 2026Baykar crash —Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss) Defence Security Asia
S4~Jul 2026Katalyst Space Technologies malfunction —Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescue Mission) Ars Technica
S3~Jul 2026Indian Navy malfunction Porbandar, Gujarat, IndiaIndian Navy Drishti-10 surveillance drone crashes near Porbandar · 1 UAV; 2nd mishap in 2 years India Sentinels
S2~Jun 2026Royal Navy malfunction Portsmouth, England, UKRoyal Navy autonomous drone boat malfunctions, collides with yacht in Portsmouth Harbour · 1 unmanned surface vessel GB News
S404 May 2026Skydweller Aero crash Gulf Of MexicoSkydweller UAS crash attributed to turbulent weather · 1 prototype aircraft (converted Solar Impulse 2) Aviation Week / Popular
S4~Nov 2025General Atomics / U.S. Air Force crash Yellow Sea, Off South KoreaU.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea · 1 aircraft lost CNN / The New York Times
S3~Oct 2025STARK Defence malfunction —Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed DroneXL
S216 Sep 2025Northrop Grumman disruption —NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issue · Cygnus XL cargo mission Google News aggregated
S431 Aug 2025General Atomics Aeronautical Systems crash —MQ-9 Reaper lost in Middle East due to chafed wire · 1 aircraft Air & Space Forces Magaz
S323 Jun 2025U.S. Navy malfunction Ventura, CA, USANavy unmanned surface vessel malfunctions during tow test, capsizes support boat · 1 unmanned surface vessel, 1 support boat capsized DefenseScoop
S323 Jun 2025Maritime Applied Physics Corporation malfunction —Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat DefenseScoop
S4~Jun 2025Turkish Aerospace Industries crash Konya, TurkeyTAI Anka-3 UCAV prototype lost in hard-landing crash near Konya Aviation Week / Militarn
S4~Jan 2025Baykar crash LibyaBayraktar Akıncı drone crashes in Libya Military Africa
S416 Dec 2024General Atomics / U.S. Air Force crash Mediterranean Sea$13 Million Military Reaper Drone Lost After Propeller Fell Off · $13M aircraft, total loss Business Insider / Air F
S412 Dec 2024AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China) crash ChinaYilong-2H drone crashes into Olympic Sports Center in Jingzhou, China Militarnyi
S422 May 2024Space Machines Company mission-loss —Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite psnews.com.au
S412 Jun 2023Starfish Space mission-loss —Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfinder) GeekWire
S314 Jun 2022Momentus malfunction —Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride) Spaceflight Now
S2~Jan 2022Astroscale malfunction —Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly SpaceNews
S313 Jul 2021Momentus regulatory —Stable Road and Momentus reach SEC settlement over false claims SpaceNews
S408 Mar 2021STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik) regulatory LibyaUN report: STM Kargu-2 loitering munition may have autonomously engaged targets in Libya NPR / New York Times
S329 Dec 2020Tekever malfunction Kent, England, UKAAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent GOV.UK / AAIB
S3~Dec 2019Safran crash —Safran works to correct Patroller UAV after December crash FlightGlobal
S302 Aug 2017DJI regulatory —US Army orders fleet-wide ban on DJI drones over cyber vulnerabilities · fleet-wide (US Army) Defense One
S5~Dec 2016Schiebel fatality South KoreaSchiebel S-100 crash kills engineer in South Korea · 1 fatality suasnews.com
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