Rheinmetall arrived at the Parc des Expositions de Villepinte for Eurosatory 2026 with an upgraded Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle family, the centrepiece of a cross-domain stand that also includes the Skyranger 30 mobile air defence turret and new battlefield networking layers. The Düsseldorf group is pitching its UGVs as the answer to amphibious manoeuvre in Europe's drone-saturated battlefields.
Mission Master SP2 And CXT2 Take Centre Stage
The new Mission Master SP2 is a 6x6 amphibious Class 2 unmanned ground vehicle for combat support; the larger Mission Master CXT2 is a Class 3 amphibious UGV expanding payload capacity to 1.5 tonnes for fire support, casualty evacuation and logistics. Both run Rheinmetall's PATH autonomy kit, letting operators switch between teleoperation and waypoint navigation. Live demonstrations at the show pair both vehicles with armed remote weapon stations and ISR payloads.
Skyranger 30 Headlines The Counter-Drone Arsenal
Eurosatory is also Rheinmetall's stage to push the Skyranger 30 short-range air defence turret with its 30mm KCE revolver gun firing programmable AHEAD ammunition. The system mounts on Lynx KF41, Boxer, Leopard 2 and Pandur chassis. Rheinmetall is bringing the Skyranger 30 here a week after pairing it with MBDA's DefendAir at ILA Berlin 2026 and after expanding the Mission Master family with American Rheinmetall's Harbinger for the U.S. Department of War.
Eurosatory 2026 Is The Autonomy Showcase
Eurosatory 2026 runs June 15-19 with 2,600-plus exhibitors from 68 countries, the largest in the show's 59-year history. June 18 is dedicated to land robotics, autonomous platforms and AI applied to combat systems, with industrial demonstrations covering robotic demining, transport, logistics, and ISR. Rheinmetall's Mission Master demos share the autonomy spotlight with the AM General-Carnegie Robotics UGV and the Ondas Iron Wave counter-drone.
Reporting based on coverage from Defence-Industry.eu, Shephard Media, and Army Recognition.