At Milipol quite a few companies offered drone specific load carriage packs like this example from Ukraine’s M-TAC for 7″ drones with capacity for seven and controller. I expect to see a lot more of this in the near future.
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Milipol 25 – M-TAC Drone Pack
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025Milipol 25 – Snigel Designs
Monday, December 1st, 2025Swedish gear manufacturer Snigel Designs has been around for quite awhile and they shared this example from 1990.
Made from Woodland camouflage parapack, which was the material du jour, this light pack looks to have seen quite a bit of use.
Milipol 25 – EZRaider HD4
Monday, December 1st, 2025The EZRaider HD4 offers off-road travel with a minimum of training. It’s as easy as riding a scooter, an all-terrain scooter.
The largest model in the line, the EZRaider HD4 is a 4-wheeled electric off-road vehicle with a range of 80 km on a single charge. It is capable of carrying a heavy load on sandy and rocky terrain. It also offers a patented “floating” suspension system.
Specifications:
Weight: 130 kg
Height: 135 c m
Height folded: 75 c m
Width: 74 c m
Length: 170 c m
Battery: 60V 3000w/h
Motor: 4X1200w
Max speed: 45 kph
Max Range: 8 0 k m
Max useful payload: 200 kg
Suspension travel: F/R 5 0 c m
It can also be equipped with a trailer which they call a cart.
bretholz.solutions/products/ez-raider
Milipol 25 – EO Spectre Tactical SIGINT System
Monday, December 1st, 2025
The EO Spectre Tactical SIGINT System from EO Security packs a lot of capability into this tablet. One of the main points I like about it is that it can be used threat collection as well as OPSEC awareness.
It can collect against Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, PTT, and Cellular as well as other signals of interest.
Technical Specifications:
- Frequency range: 9 kHz up to 18 GHz
- Sweep speed: up to 3,000 GHz/s
- Instantaneous bandwidth: up to 490 MHz
- Advanced analysis: deep insight into Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz)
- On-device AI: voice detection and transcription including translation
- IMSI-catcher countermeasures: passive detection (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G-NSA, 5G-SA) and offensive countermeasures (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G-NSA)
eo-security.com/info-protect/eo-spectre-tactical-sigint-solution
Milipol 25 – Savotta Trifold E-Tool Pouch
Monday, December 1st, 2025
Finland’s Savotta showed me their e-tool cover. Made from wide webbing, it’s a simple, effective and robust way to carry the entrenching tool.
The war in Ukraine has remedied us of how essential an entrenching tool is to digging a shell scrape or more elaborate fighting positions. PALS compatible, the pouch keeps your e-tool handy. The flap features a tuck under tab which can be backed up with Velcro for times when you need a little extra security.
Offered in Green and Brown (shown).
www.savotta.fi/products/trifold-e-tool-pouch
Milipol 25 – Kaptrek Pro Pilot Defense
Friday, November 28th, 2025
The Kaptrek Pro Pilot was developed as the first French (and European) IOT/connected wrist mounted platform for defense applications.
Capabilities:
- Advanced Tactical Navigation
- Real-Time Mission Tracking
- Secure Communications
- Health Status Management
- Connected Device Control
- Communication Security
- Emergency Response System
- Virtual Training
- Resource Management
- Interoperability with External Systems
Technical Specs:
- Screen: 2,4 inches / 52.32 (H) x 31.392 (V) mm
- Resolution: 800(RGB)*480
- Battery: 1800 mAh
- MPU: ARM Cortex-A5 / 32bit / 500MHz
- Operating System (OS): Proprietary KAPTREK-OS
- IMU: 3 axis
- Wi-Fi: Radio 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4 & 5.0 GHz
- Bluetooth: BR/EDR/LE 5.1
- GNSS: GPS / GLONASS / GALILEO / BEIDOU
- SDRAM: 4 Go
- eMMC: 8 Go
- Flash memory: 16 Mb
- IP Rating: IP67
It is available in two versions:
- A 100% Made-in-France version,powered by a proprietary, secure Linux-based OS
- An integrated version built on Android solutions
Milipol 25 – FN Herstal
Friday, November 28th, 2025Since readers are generally keen to know what is going on with European small arms manufacturers I snapped some photos for you in the FN stand and will be using the French designations for these weapons to broaden your horizons.
Let’s start off with the Fusil de précision, the FN SCAR H TPR in 7,62 x 51 mm OTAN.
Next up is the Fusil FN SCAR L MK2 chambered in 5,56 x 45 mm OTAN and equipped with the FN SMARTCORE ballistic computer.
This is the FN SCAR SC Carbine in 5,56 x 45 mm OTAN (.223).
We’ll wrap this up with one of my favorites, the Mitrailleuse ultralégère FN EVOLYS in 5,56 x 45 mm OTAN with FN ELITY LITE IR pointer/illuminator.
NATO Allies Demonstrate Counter-UAS Capability During Live-Fire Demonstration in Poland
Friday, November 28th, 2025
NOWA DUBA, Poland — U.S., Polish and Romanian Soldiers demonstrated a new counter-unmanned aircraft system capability on Nov. 18, underscoring how allies are adapting to the growing drone threat along NATO’s eastern flank.
The live-fire event at the Nowa Duba Training Area capped a two-week course that brought together air defenders from all three nations. Soldiers trained on a mobile system that uses radar, electro-optical sensors and a small interceptor drone to detect, track and defeat hostile unmanned aircraft.
All major components fit on a light tactical vehicle or pickup truck, allowing a four-person crew to move, emplace and reload the system in minutes. During the demonstration, crews used a truck-mounted launcher to fire interceptors against surrogate “enemy” drones and recover them by parachute for reuse in training.
“It’s very lethal, very effective, but the key piece here is that it’s cost effective,” said Brig. Gen. Curtis King, commanding general of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command.
King noted that the same type of interceptor has already been used in combat in Ukraine against Russian unmanned systems. There, he said, the capability has been “highly effective and lethal against one-way attack drones in Ukraine,” and is part of “the latest technology that’s being fought in Ukraine right now.”
Because the interceptor is designed as an expendable munition, the system allows commanders to engage low-cost drones without expending long-range interceptors needed for aircraft, cruise missiles or ballistic missiles. Combat use in Ukraine has provided Allies with real-world performance data before fielding the capability on NATO soil.
Polish and Romanian officers at Nowa D?ba said recent airspace violations and drone incidents over their territory accelerated efforts to field practical counter-UAS options.
The course followed a train-the-trainer model. U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment trained alongside Polish and Romanian counterparts through classroom instruction, simulator work, and live launches. Graduates are expected to form the core of future national training teams.
The training and demonstration in Nowa Duba support NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry and the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line, which seeks to link ground-based air and missile defense, aviation, sensors and fires into a layered architecture along NATO’s flank. Short-range counter-UAS systems like the one exercised in Poland provide a first line of defense against unmanned aircraft and help preserve higher-end interceptors for more complex threats.
By integrating this capability with allied training and planning, U.S., Polish, and Romanian air defenders are improving readiness and reinforcing deterrence, ensuring NATO can detect, track, and defeat the growing drone threat across the eastern flank.
By CPT Alexander Watkins
