Cobra Warrior saw record land forces and autonomous aircraft
Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 included its largest land-force contribution and highest participation by autonomous collaborative aircraft, alongside naval units operating in friendly and adversary roles. The three-week activity at RAF Waddington comprised 14 missions, including two scenarios addressing detection, tracking and responses to drones and simulated cruise missiles. Training company Inzpire supported a year of planning and coordinated opposing aircraft, electronic jamming and simulated cyber activity in the exercise's Red Chair role. NATO naval vessels joined during the second week, while synthetic-training specialists supplied real-time intelligence and surveillance role-play to support the combined air, land and maritime scenarios.