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Mini drones used in SAF exercise in US to boost battlefield resilience
September 11, 2025
|The Straits Times
New drones featured can move and work together autonomously, dodge obstacles
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho - Moving about and working together autonomously, dodging obstacles and resisting disruptions to communications - these are features of three new drones making their debut at the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) ongoing overseas training exercise.
The Ascent Spirit, Skydio X10 and Neros Archer are micro or mini drones deployed by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) at Exercise Forging Sabre - one of the armed forces' most complex overseas drills - to raise operational efficiency during missions.
The drones work as part of what Lieutenant-Colonel Tay Cheng Chuan described as a "multi-tier concept" - the use of various drones with different capabilities alongside manned platforms, which brings complementary strengths to the field.
LTC Tay is the commanding officer of SAF's new drone unit Droid, or Drone Rapid Operationalisation, Integration and Deployment. Formed in July, the unit researches, experiments with and tests small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for SAF operations.
This marks Droid's first participation in Exercise Forging Sabre, a biennial exercise that runs from Sept 6 to 21 at Mountain Home Air Force Base in the US state of Idaho - where the airspace for the training area is more than 20 times Singapore's size.
Ten Ascent Spirit drones, as well as four Skydio X10 and four Neros Archer drones, will be used in the 2025 exercise, out of a total of 24 drones deployed.
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