ARMMO's Bandit-X interceptor is launched from a GDELS ASCOD vehicle during Spain's Atlas 26 exercise

TLDR

• ARMMO and GDELS say they launched the Bandit-X interceptor from an ASCOD vehicle at Atlas 26.¹²
• ARMMO says Bandit-X exceeds 360 km/h, flies 20 to 25 minutes and holds a NATO Stock Number.¹
• Both outlets repeat the companies' joint announcement; no independent test data is reported.¹²

ARMMO and GDELS Santa Bárbara Sistemas announced on 27 October a cooperation agreement and said they had integrated, launched and flown the autonomous Bandit-X interceptor from the ASCOD HMC vehicle during Atlas 26 in Huelva, Spain, an exercise run by the Spanish Army's Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command.¹² EDR Magazine reports that Adm. Gen. Manuel Teodoro López Calderón, Spain's chief of defence staff, and Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, were present.¹ Defence Blog dates the exercise 19 to 23 October at Médano del Loro and notes the launcher had been spotted at the exercise earlier.²

ARMMO says Bandit-X exceeds 360 km/h, with a roadmap to 420 km/h, flies for 20 to 25 minutes, has an estimated range of 40 to 50 km, navigates in GNSS-denied conditions, resists interference and has autonomous terminal guidance.¹ The company also says it was validated in NATO experimentation in Slovakia in 2026 and has been assigned a NATO Stock Number.¹ EDR Magazine adds that the ASCOD HMC uses the NEVA architecture, built to the NGVA standard.¹

Every performance figure above is ARMMO's own claim. The two reports rest on the same joint announcement, so the second is not independent corroboration.

Why it matters: mounting an interceptor on a tracked infantry vehicle points to a mobile counter-drone layer for armoured units, but the speed, range and validation claims come only from the companies and no test results were published.¹²