As of the Singapore Airshow debut, EagleStrike remained a prototype rated at Technology Readiness Level 7, following flight trials conducted since early 2025 at an undisclosed offshore location, with ST Engineering targeting early-stage production in 2027.^2,3 No launch customer had been announced at the time of unveiling. Trade press described the program as company-initiated rather than built to a government contract, with Singapore's own military understood to be the customer ST Engineering is primarily courting, alongside export prospects.^5,6

EagleStrike's disclosed performance figures are consistent across the outlets that covered its Singapore Airshow debut: a range of 20 km, an endurance of up to 30 minutes, and a maximum speed of roughly 30 m/s (about 108 km/h, reported elsewhere as 67 mph).^2,6,5 It carries a dual-mode shaped-charge warhead weighing about 200 g (7 oz), optimized for a top-attack profile against lightly protected targets such as soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles rather than main battle tanks.^5,6 ST Engineering describes the payload as customizable, drawing on the company's broader munitions and warhead design work to allow reconnaissance-only or alternative-effect configurations beyond the baseline shaped charge.⁶

Targeting relies on a combined electro-optic/infrared sensor used across the engagement sequence — search, identification, and terminal strike — paired with what ST Engineering describes as proprietary engagement algorithms for autonomous target recognition and tracking.^3,6 Company representatives described the round as operating autonomously in flight while retaining a human role in the loop: Jackson Tean, ST Engineering's assistant vice-president for international business in the advanced material engineering and land systems unit, said "the loitering munition could just loiter around. And when it has found a high-value target, it will just zoom in straight down on it."³ A second company representative, Tack Ching Chan, described a built-in recovery option: "In the event that something happens to the bird itself, there's always a way to recover it and make sure you are able to land safely."³

ST Engineering's development of EagleStrike proceeded largely out of public view before its 2026 debut. Trade press covering the Singapore Airshow unveiling reported that flight trials had been underway since early 2025 at an undisclosed offshore test location, building the munition to Technology Readiness Level 7 — a level generally understood in defense procurement to mean a system has been demonstrated in a relevant operational environment rather than only in a laboratory.^2,3 Janes quoted Jackson Tean describing the round, at the time of the show, as having "now reached technology readiness level (TRL) 7 and is progressing through prototype refinement," and as "a precision, beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) loitering system intended for high-value targets such as armoured vehicles."⁶

EagleStrike made its first public appearance at the Singapore Airshow 2026, held 3-8 February 2026, where ST Engineering displayed it alongside a new family of 5.56mm assault rifles as part of a broader land-systems showcase rather than as a standalone product launch.^1,7 Coverage at the show consistently described the program as a company-funded initiative rather than one built to an existing government requirement, with Jackson Tean indicating ST Engineering was targeting early-stage production in early 2027 pending further testing and certification.^5,2 No operator had placed a confirmed order by the time of the debut; Singapore's own armed forces were named in trade press as the most likely first customer, without an announced contract.⁵

EagleStrike enters a loitering-munition field increasingly split between hand- or backpack-launched systems and larger vehicle- or canister-fired rounds, and it sits closer to the latter category by design. Its 20 km range and 30-minute endurance place it well behind the MBDA Akeron RCH170, a fixed-wing, foldable-wing loitering munition intended for eventual canister launch from a vehicle-mounted container: Akeron RCH170 is reported at roughly 18 kg with a 2 kg shaped-charge warhead, a range up to 50 km, and an endurance up to 60 minutes, giving it more than twice EagleStrike's range and double its loiter time along with a warhead roughly ten times heavier.⁸ AeroVironment's Switchblade 600 sits further still beyond EagleStrike on paper: AeroVironment's own product materials describe a marketed range of "55-plus miles" (about 90 km) when using forward-pass relay handoff, endurance beyond 40 minutes, and a Javelin-derived anti-armor warhead intended for hardened targets, positioning it against heavier armor than EagleStrike's shaped charge is built to defeat.⁹

Against Anduril's Bolt-M, the comparison shifts from range to launch concept. Bolt-M is a vertical-takeoff quadcopter that can be unpacked and launched by a small team in about five minutes, with a reported range around 12 miles (roughly 19 km) — close to EagleStrike's 20 km — and endurance beyond 40 minutes, carrying a warhead of up to three pounds (about 1.4 kg), several times heavier than EagleStrike's 200 g charge.¹⁰ The two systems cover similar operational reach but opposite deployment philosophies: Bolt-M trades a canister and vehicle mount for portability and quick hand assembly, while EagleStrike trades that portability for the higher magazine depth of a 16-round vehicle pod.^5,10 None of these three comparators had a confirmed EagleStrike-style vehicle-and-Singapore-market debut as of mid-2026; the comparison here is limited to disclosed specifications rather than any documented head-to-head test.

MASS Assessment

EagleStrike posts the lowest overall MASS score (53) of any weapon in this batch, and its component breakdown shows a single spec driving most of that result.

Lethality (45) is the clearest driver: EagleStrike's roughly 200 g dual-mode shaped-charge warhead is the smallest of any system in this entire batch by a wide margin — even MBDA's RCX50, the next-smallest, carries 500 g, two and a half times as much explosive. Portability (40) is held down for a related but distinct reason: EagleStrike is fired from a 16-round vehicle-mounted canister pod, not carried or launched by a dismounted soldier, so it scores below backpack-scale systems in this batch despite its own small size. Range (45) and loiter endurance (50) track a modest 20 km/30-minute envelope, and precision (70) credits its autonomous target-recognition-with-man-in-the-loop control scheme, a reasonably current approach even on a small warhead.

Sensors (55), counter-measure resistance (40), autonomy (65), and technology (65) sit in the middle of this batch's range, consistent with a company-funded prototype (TRL 7, unveiled at Singapore Airshow 2026) with credible but not yet independently verified capability claims — no government test report or contract exists yet.

Cost-effectiveness (70), notably EagleStrike's single highest component, aligns closely with the separate 70/100 overall price-performance rating shown in the sidebar. Neither figure rests on a disclosed unit price — ST Engineering has not published one — so both should be read as reflecting EagleStrike's small warhead and 16-round vehicle-pod magazine depth (trading per-shot lethality for volume of fire) rather than a confirmed cost figure, the same caveat that applies to the Rafael L-Spike 4X elsewhere in this batch.

What is the ST Engineering EagleStrike? EagleStrike is a vehicle-launched loitering munition developed by Singapore's ST Engineering, unveiled at the Singapore Airshow 2026 as the company's first product in the loitering munition category.^1,3

What are the EagleStrike's specifications? Disclosed figures are a 20 km range, up to 30 minutes of endurance, a maximum speed of about 30 m/s (roughly 108 km/h), and a dual-mode shaped-charge warhead of about 200 g, launched from canisters carried in pods of up to 16 rounds on a wheeled or tracked vehicle.^2,6,5

Is EagleStrike in service? No. As of its Singapore Airshow 2026 debut, EagleStrike was a prototype at Technology Readiness Level 7, with no confirmed operator and an early-stage production target of 2027.^2,3

Who is expected to buy EagleStrike? No contract had been announced as of mid-2026. Trade press reported Singapore's own armed forces as the most likely first customer, alongside export prospects, though the program was described as company-initiated rather than tied to an existing government order.⁵