RII on European ground: Blue Arrow demonstrates multi-drone missions at Drone Shield 2026 in Czech Republic
KYIV, Ukraine, and PITTSBURGH, Pa., US — October, 2026 — Blue Arrow’s “RII” fleet management system gets evaluated at Drone Shield 2026 exercise in Czech Republic.
The advanced command and control system RII is engineered to enable a single operator to command multiple drones through coordinated sub-missions. During the exercise Blue Arrow successfully demonstrated a multi-UAV mission controlled by a single pilot under jamming and spoofing conditions.
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Blue Arrow’s drones take off in a multi-UAV mission executed through RII
The feedback from the field highlighted the platform’s explicitness. Military personnel of the Czech army tested RII and were quickly and easily able to run a successful mission, returning home safely.
“RII was intuitive and quite easy to learn, significantly cutting down training time and complexity for the training for drone pilots,” shared the pilot of the Czech army after trying the system firsthand.
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Czech military pilot tests RII firsthand
The Drone Shield Experimental Exercise 2026 brought together more than 50 companies from Ukraine, Europe, and the United States to demonstrate and evaluate unmanned aerial systems in realistic conditions. For Blue Arrow, the exercise provided an opportunity to showcase RII to potential customers and partners as part of its expansion into the European market.
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About Blue Arrow Defense
Blue Arrow Defense develops software for autonomous multi-drone operations. Its RII platform combines fleet command and control with onboard autonomy, enabling a single operator to coordinate multiple distributed unmanned aircraft simultaneously. Blue Arrow’s capabilities include multi-platform mission management, remote control, and the integration of advanced GPS-denived navigation systems.
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