Belgian army during National Infantry Days in September 2026 conducted range of exercises using ground robotic systems.
For these trainings, ground drones from Polish defense company MACRO-SYSTEM were used, designated Goblin and GNOM. Defence24 Polish portal reports this.
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It is noted Belgian army in its UGV search primarily wants to strengthen its infantry capabilities. From this perspective, it highly values Polish developments.
GNOM is classic ground kamikaze drone weighing just eight kilograms (including warhead mass), with control range up to 500 meters and movement speed up to 50 km/h (optionally up to 80 km/h).
Goblin is assault UGV, whose main armament is remotely controlled module with 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun. Interestingly, controlling such ground drone requires simultaneously two operators: one controls vehicle itself, other controls turret with machine gun.
Maximum movement speed is up to 30 km/h, control range up to 2 kilometers when using radio communications, up to 20 kilometers when using relay, and up to 30 kilometers when controlled via fiber-optic cable. Depending on configuration, Goblin mass may range from 820 kilograms to 1,000 kilograms.
Defense Express draws attention to following points. First that Poland conducts independent developments in unmanned systems segment, specifically UGVs, and also that it is already ready to export corresponding developments.
In turn, Belgian interest in Polish UGVs may directly indicate NATO countries on unmanned systems topic will strive to create own closed loop, where drone producers and suppliers will primarily be specifically among Alliance countries.
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