Orqa, Europe’s premier developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) engineered entirely free of Chinese-sourced components, unveiled its new drone called MRM2-10AI. The innovative system has been specifically designed to cope with extreme RF jamming and GNSS spoofing as well as complex electronic attacks in modern peer-to-peer combat scenarios.
In light of the challenges that today’s military face in electronic warfare operations, MRM2-10AI marks a paradigm shift in the realms of resilient communication, on-board machine intelligence, and autonomous missions. By removing supply chain reliance on foreign-controlled electronics, Orqa provides Western allied defense forces with a fully auditable, secure hardware and software stack capable of operating where conventional commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) drones fail.
Dual-Layer Hybrid Communications and Failover Logic
To circumvent modern broadband jamming blocks, the MRM2-10AI features a unique hybrid communications architecture. The system natively integrates Orqa‘s combat-proven IRONghost radio control link alongside a ruggedized, high-bandwidth fiber-optic tether.
This dual-layer framework allows defense teams to deploy the platform across various mission profiles without physical re-configuration. If the physical fiber-optic connection is severed during tactical maneuvers, the drone’s control system instantly executes an automatic communications failover, shifting telemetry and control feeds to the secure IRONghost RF link without dropping the flight loop.
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Onboard AI Autopilot for GNSS-Denied Terminal Guidance
The heart of MRM2-10AI is the newly designed and high performance Auto Pilot Board which provides for essential edge-AI computing functionality that ensures that the drone can operate with full situational awareness and stability in navigation irrespective of GPS/GNSS networks being fully jammed.
Such capabilities as follow are provided by the hardware:
Vision-Based Terminal Guidance: Using advanced optical flow and image matching algorithms for approaching preassigned coordinates without using satellite data.
Edge Computer Vision: Analysis of battlefield events in real time, classification of objects and tracking of targets using onboard processors.
Distributed Swarming: Support for decentralized swarming operations for sharing search/reconnaissance tasks between drones.
Open-Architecture Integration and Tactical Interoperability
Built to adapt to rapidly evolving field software, the MRM2-10AI features a completely open development architecture. Independent software developers and defense research institutions can leverage the official Orqa Third-Party Developer Program (developer.orqafpv.com) to code, simulate, and flash custom AI models and electronic warfare packages directly to the flight controller.
Furthermore, the drone features native compatibility with the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK). This ensures that live video telemetry, target coordinates, and system health indicators stream directly into existing battlefield management networks, enhancing real-time situational awareness for ground teams.
“As the nature of warfare continues to evolve, drone operators require systems that can remain effective in contested spaces,” said Srdjan Kovacevic, co-founder and CEO of Orqa. “The MRM2-10AI combines resilient communications, onboard intelligence, and autonomous capability in a platform designed to meet missions moving. It represents the next step in tactical drone capability for today’s armed forces.”
