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US Army shows off its in-house 'Dragoons' drone with 3D-printed bombs which can fly up to 12 miles

US soldiers in Germany built and flew an armed drone without contractors
The live strike took less than five minutes from launch to impact
Officers say the 3D-printed casing can carry almost two pounds of explosives

The US Army has tested an attack drone assembled and operated by soldiers, marking an unusual step toward independently produced battlefield systems.

The 2nd Cavalry Regiment conducted the live-fire exercise on September 30 2026, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.

It used an Orqa MRM2-10 aircraft carrying a custom 3D-printed explosive container that soldiers designed and prepared themselves.

Soldiers build and operate the strike system

According to unit company commander Capt. Michael Bapp, the exercise followed more than two years of development.

The soldiers assembled the aircraft from manufacturer-provided components before adding an electronic safety mechanism and their printed explosive housing.

The regiment named the device “Dragoon bomb” after its nickname, with the...

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