Norwegian Army reveals UAVs integrated into Valkyrie swarming system for latest testing
A UAV operator from Six Robotics preparing to launch SkyRobot FX10NG VTOL. (Espen Hofoss/FFI)
Norwegian company Robot Aviation's vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) SkyRobot FX10NG unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and Norwegian company Six Robotics' quadcopter Spectre UAS were integrated with the Norwegian Army's Valkyrie swarming system during testing in the fourth quarter of 2025, a senior Norwegian Army representative told Janes on 7 November.
“It [Valkyrie] has been tested within several army units including the Telemark Battalion at early stages, and lately within the Finnmark Land Defence unit [Finnmark landforsvar: FLF] (now the Finnmark Brigade) during [Exercise] ‘Nordic Response' in Finnmark in 2024,” the army representative said, adding that by the end of November 2025, “most army manoeuvre units will have swarm drones available for use”. The Norwegian Army said it would not comment on the number of UASs integrated in the Valkyrie swarm.
The software platform for autonomous UAS operations, called Valkyrie, is part of an ongoing research project by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Research Establishment (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt: FFI) and the Norwegian Army. “It [the Valkyrie project] is still ongoing and will hopefully never end, thus ensuring that we are able to stay at the forefront of development,” the army representative added. The developments and testing of Valkyrie now fall under the Norwegian Army land drone programme, according to the army representative. The Norwegian Army is expected to receive additional deliveries of other surveillance UASs with a swarm from Six Robotics, according to a 27 October news story from FFI.
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