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STARK Defence

Products: uas. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 14.1/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 92th percentile of 118 defense space companies.

Analyst brief

The record consists of a single entry from October 31, 2025, reporting that the Virtus loitering munition failed all four strikes in military trials, with severity rated 3 of 5. This is a single-event, press-reported test-performance record rather than an operational or safety incident involving injury. STARK Defence's index of 14.2 places it at the 92.3rd percentile within defense-space despite the low band, indicating the entry's failure-rate characterization carries more weight than its single-row volume. No recall, malfunction pattern, or casualty entries accompany this record.

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012025 S3: 1125
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Incident log (1 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S310/2025 malfunction Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed DroneXL

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