German Armed Forces turns to Tekever heavy lift drone for frontline resupply

The German Army's 131st Supply Battalion at Bad Frankenhausen received its first TEKEVER heavy-lift unmanned aircraft in October 2026 for trials of autonomous frontline resupply. The unit, part of the 37th Armoured Infantry Brigade, will evaluate delivery of ammunition, spare parts and medical supplies to dispersed positions without exposing every shipment to vulnerable road convoys. Reporting associates the aircraft with TEKEVER's AR6 family, whose advertised development targets include a 200 kg payload over 500 km, although the manufacturer has not confirmed the delivered variant's performance. This is a unit-level evaluation, not a Bundeswehr-wide production purchase.