Thales Bushmaster Dual Cab Gets C-UAS Rockets and 100 km Loitering Munitions

Thales Australia unveiled a Bushmaster Dual Cab demonstrator combining its RapidStriker counter-UAS launcher with STARK’s Cascade tube-launched loitering munition at Land Forces 2026. Cascade is offered in 40, 60 and 100 km range variants with endurance of up to one hour and payloads up to 4.5 kg, while RapidStriker provides a mobile rocket-based counter-drone effect. Thales and STARK also signed a memorandum covering development, manufacture and potential deployment of loitering munitions in Australia. The displayed configuration is a technology demonstrator and has not been identified as part of Canberra’s separate order for 268 next-generation Bushmasters.