Singaporean defence company ST Engineering unveiled a number of new items at Singapore Airshow 2026, including assault rifles, an armoured vehicle, a loitering munition, counter-drone system and manned-unmanned teaming management.
The largest exhibit was a Terrex s5, with ST Engineering showing a hybrid electric drive version that differed from the diesel-engined example unveiled at Singapore Airshow 2024. It is still unclear which propulsion mode the Singapore Army will choose for its Titan 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle, which is based on the Terrex s5.
The vehicle was displayed alongside an example of the Leonardo 30mm X-Gun and with an Adder remote turret. Again, this does not necessarily mean this is what the Singapore Army will choose for the Titan, though the Ministry of Defence has confirmed it will feature a 30mm cannon.
Turning to small arms, ST Engineering revealed its AME family of 5.56mm rifles to the Singapore public for the first time. A spokesman said these are aimed mostly at the export market, and that sales have already been achieved.
The family of AR15-style rifles is designed to equip an army squad. The smallest is the AME-A510 with a 10.5-inch barrel, ideal for a vehicle crewman, for example. Next up, the standard squad rifle is the AME-A514 with a 14-inch barrel. It is 820mm long and weighs 2.9kg unloaded.
An underslung and side-loaded 40mm grenade launcher can be added to create the AME-A514GL. There is also the AME-A516L with a 16-inch barrel to act as a light machine gun. Finally, the family boasts the AME-A520SS designated marksman rifle with a mounted bipod.
A representative said the rifles are designed to be reliable, simple and cost-effective. The selector features single, auto and safe modes, while the trigger has a two-stage action. They all have a muzzle brake, and their bolt release, magazine release and selector switch are ambidextrous.
Moving to the new loitering munition, ST Engineering debuted the EagleStrike, which has a listed range of 20km and a 30-minute loitering time. It possesses a dual-mode, shaped-charge warhead optimised for top attack.
The EagleStrike is canister launched, and a loadout of 16 could be carried on a vehicle, for example. This loitering munition was initiated as an internal company project, but Asian Military Review surmises that the primary customer being courted is the Singaporean military.
Jackson Tean, Assistant Vice President, International Business, Advanced Material Engineering, Land Systems, said the EagleStrike is currently at Technology Readiness Level 7. After more testing and certification, Tean said the airborne weapon should be ready for production in early 2027.
ST Engineering also offers the Ares, Artex and Artos quadcopter-style micro-drones for reconnaissance. However, the Artos can also carry a munition payload if desired.
Turning to counter-drone systems, ST Engineering has greatly enlarged its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) family to include a laser, drone and high-powered microwave to its existing jammers and radio frequency sensors.
If jamming fails, the 5kW laser has a 1km range and it takes around five seconds to disable a flying drone by targeting its rotors. The next layer of defence comes from a pair of airborne drones – one carrying a radar and the other a hit-to-kill kinetic effector in the form of a small drone.
Meanwhile, the high-power microwave forms the last line of defence against hostile drones. It has a 300-500m range and is particularly suited to targeting drone swarms. This is still at the prototype stage, whereas other elements in ST Engineering’s C-UAS family are already fully developed.
As militaries or public security agencies adopt more and more unmanned systems, ST Engineering perceived the need for an overarching operating system to manage and control them all. This is the purpose of MOMTOS, which stands for Manned-Unmanned Teaming Operating System.
Zhang Guirong, Head Unmanned C3 and C2 Wargaming, Special Programme Office, explained that unmanned systems are typically in separate stovepipes. MOMTOS helps to coordinate these unmanned systems in air, land and sea environments. The company stated MOMTOS is “a force multiplier command and control AI-powered platform that unifies crewed and unmanned platforms to operate seamlessly as a coordinated team”.
The system is fully developed, Guirong acknowledged, and it is already being used by an unspecified customer.
Another unmanned system shown by ST Engineering was the Taurus unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). This 4×4 UGV was shown with an Adder C-UAS remote weapon system integrated aboard its cargo deck. This features an electronic jammer, electric-optic system, a 500W laser and a 40mm automatic grenade launcher that can fire airburst rounds against drones to an effective range of 400m.
Countering drones is just one example of a mission for the Taurus UGV, with Ian Lai, Vice President/General Manager Robotics Solutions Business, Land Systems listing other potential applications as logistics, patrol, ISR, drone launcher and medical evacuation.
The Taurus has an electric motor on each axle, and the vehicle can travel at speeds of 40km/h on roads carrying a 1.2-tonne payload. It has a range of around 50km.
by Gordon Arthur
