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 "title": "HX-2 and Virtus Loitering Munitions Weeks From Qualification — Pistorius Wants Drone Regiment to Support Panzerbrigade 45",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/hx-2-virtus-loitering-munition-qualification-weeks-drone-regiment-panzerbrigade-45-lithuania/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-29T19:45:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-11-05T19:45:29.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMunich, 29 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Visiting Helsing in Munich on 29 October, defence minister Boris Pistorius said the technical qualification of the Bundeswehr's loitering munitions was close to completion, \"a few weeks\" away, with the warhead under test\n * On 2 October the ministry said Helsing's HX-2 and STARK's Virtus had reached a comparable qualification status, with only remaining work to do\n * Pistorius said he wants to build a drone regiment to be assigned to Panzerb",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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