Land Forces 2026: Australia's edge-AI push goes comms-free on Day One

Land Forces 2026 opened in Perth for the first time in Western Australia, drawing 964 exhibitors (758 Australian). Day One platforms — the 10-tonne BladeHAUL UGV, the OWL-B loitering munition and the Arkeus HSOR hyperspectral sensor — all process data and act without a back-end communications link.

• BladeHAUL: Bushmaster-based hybrid with over 600 km range and 10-tonne payload
• The 660-volt platform can power a field hospital, radar or command post
• KONGSBERG and Zone 5 to explore mass long-range and counter-drone missiles
• The expo drew 258 delegations from 60 nations and 66 conference sessions