{
 "slug": "germany-50000-skyfall-shrike-fpv-drones-ukraine-auterion-terminal-guidance",
 "title": "Germany Funds 50,000 Skyfall Shrike FPV Strike Drones for Ukraine, Running Auterion Terminal-Guidance Software",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-50000-skyfall-shrike-fpv-drones-ukraine-auterion-terminal-guidance/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-50000-skyfall-shrike-fpv-drones-ukraine-auterion-terminal-guidance/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-13T23:42:35.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:22:51.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 13 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Germany is financing 50,000 Shrike first-person-view strike drones, built by Ukrainian firm Skyfall and running terminal-guidance software from Auterion — a contract of roughly EUR 90 million, with deliveries under way\n * Auterion's Skynode guidance uses computer vision to lock a moving target in the final phase and continues to impact after the control and video links are jammed\n * Auterion, founded in Zurich in 2017 and now headquartered in A",
 "countries": [
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
 "domains": [
  "industry"
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 "capabilities": [
  "uncrewed-autonomy"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "drones-uav",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "rheinmetall",
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
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  "countries": [
   "germany",
   "russia",
   "ukraine"
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  "domains": [
   "industry"
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 }
}