{"id":7086,"date":"2026-03-19T08:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7086\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:09:29","slug":"belgium-showcases-a-new-take-on-loitering-munitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7086\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Showcases a New Take on Loitering Munitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga-asi.com\/remotely-piloted-aircraft\/gambit-series\" aria-label=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-01-20 at 02.12.26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-20-at-02.12.26.jpeg\" alt=\"\"   class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"1470\" height=\"620\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A next-gen loitering munition from Belgian firm ALX Systems took center stage at the Brussels European Defence Exhibition (BEDEX) 2026, pointing to a shift toward more flexible, multi-role operations.<\/p>\n<p>Operating at ranges beyond 50 kilometers (31 miles), the system\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/alx-systems_bedex-activity-7437501338936262657-e9y-\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACee0soBTNx4-yshoRzQzN3fhu4M-nywSJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">offers<\/a>\u00a0an endurance of about 35 minutes, giving operators time to find, verify, and strike targets within a single mission cycle.<\/p>\n<p>It can cruise at 108 kilometers (67 miles per hour) and accelerate further for rapid engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on NextGen Defense: <a href=\"https:\/\/nextgendefense.com\/belgium-showcases-loitering-munitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Belgium Showcases a New Take on Loitering Munitions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A next-gen loitering munition from Belgian firm ALX Systems took center stage at the Brussels European Defence Exhibition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[5176,5177,5178,7,5179,5180],"class_list":["post-7086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-autonomous-aerial-vehicle","tag-autonomous-drone","tag-autonomous-drone-flight","tag-belgium","tag-kamikaze-drone","tag-loitering-munition"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116254825875972487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}