“Introducing MATARIS: KNDS France Unleashes Next-Gen Remote Munitions at IDEX 2025”

• Short, medium, and long-range: KNDS introduces a suite of four vectors designed to meet various operational demands.
• MATARIS is the result of unmatched acceleration in development timelines for initiatives such as COLIBRI and LARINAE.

KNDS France: Trailblazing entity to provide an extensive range of remotely controlled munitions.

At the IDEX event, KNDS France displays its state-of-the-art remotely controlled munitions solutions: the MATARIS drone series, inspired by the ancient Gallic projectile systems crafted to penetrate enemy lines. MATARIS includes four classifications of remotely operated munitions, catering to short, medium, and long-range specifications: MT-10, MX-10, MV-25, and MV-100 (the latter currently in the prototype stage).

The MT-10 and MX-10 signify short-range choices: a bi-rotor contra-rotating UAV and a quadcopter, respectively. They can deploy a 550g controlled fragmentation military payload at approximately 10 km, showcasing a flight duration of 40 minutes. The MV-25, designed for hand deployment, can also launch the same payload but extends its reach to 25 km due to its fixed-wing configuration. The MV-100 prototype further extends this range to 100 km, driven by a turbine for enhanced velocity and featuring a 2.5 kg anti-tank warhead. This prototype is designed not only to neutralize well-fortified targets but also to conduct reconnaissance missions.

Versatile, user-centric, and capable of engaging a wide variety of adversaries, MATARIS marks the latest innovation from KNDS France in the domain of remotely controlled munitions.

The outcome of a revolutionary development era

Only two years elapsed from the conception of the MV-25’s development to its deployment in Ukraine. Selected in 2022 as part of the COLIBRI project initiative by the French Defense Innovation Agency, the MV-25 successfully completed a live-flight evaluation with an operational warhead in June 2024.

Acknowledging the deficiency of remotely operated munitions within the French military arsenal, the Ministry of the Armed Forces recognized a crucial need for such technologies. Leveraging its munitions expertise, KNDS responded promptly, emerging as the first French entity—in collaboration with DELAIR, EOS, and TRAAK—to create and unveil this lineup of solutions, now collectively known as MATARIS.