STM’s TUNGA-X High-Speed Interceptor Drone Proves Türkiye’s Counter-Drone Edge with a Perfect Intercept

STM's TUNGA-X interceptor destroyed a representative hostile UAV during Türkiye's TURNAs-2026 naval exercise, the company announced on October 25, 2026. The engagement in the Gulf of Antalya and eastern Mediterranean linked radar tracking with image-based guidance to conduct an airborne interception. STM describes the vertically launched rotary-wing system as capable of 300 kilometres per hour, up to 25 kilometres of operational range and 15 minutes of endurance, carrying a 750-gram lethal payload. The demonstration tested its sensor-to-effector chain for protecting military units and infrastructure, while those performance figures remain manufacturer specifications rather than disclosed results from this engagement.