The Portuguese Army is testing so-called "attack drones" in a NATO exercise to modernise and innovate its weaponry, in line with other armed forces in the Atlantic Alliance. The Strong Impact 2026 exercise has been taking place in recent days at the Santa Margarida Military Camp, in Constância, and ends this Wednesday.
As part of the exercise, which also involves testing what are known as "suicide drones", the army has used loitering munitions developed under the "Robotics and Autonomous Systems" project of the Military Programming Law, a collaboration between the Army and Portuguese company UAVision.
