AI-Enabled Drone and Rafale Jet Demonstrate Collaborative Electronic Warfare Strike
2026-07-13 | FRA | hazard | incident
Our take
A drone found the radar and a Rafale killed it, with AI doing the finding. A successful demo, which is exactly why it's a hazard entry. It worked.
The facts
Dassault Aviation and Harmattan AI successfully demonstrated a collaborative mission where an AI-powered NAMIB electronic warfare payload on a drone detected and geolocated enemy radar, relaying the data to a Rafale F4 fighter for a simulated strike. The test highlights future risks of autonomous AI in military targeting operations.