At 14:03 CET on December 10, over a restricted test range near Munich, ten drones—FPV kamikazes, fixed-wing scouts, and VTOL strike platforms from three different manufacturers—executed a synchronized kill chain without a single human command during terminal phase. Two armored vehicle surrogates were struck within 1.8 seconds of each other. No radio chatter. No emergency overrides. Just software acting as a single mind.
The demonstration, observed by defense attachés from NATO and U.S. European Command, marked the world’s first interoperable hybrid drone swarm strike—powered by Nemyx, the new AI-driven swarm engine from Auterion.
“By combining real-time AI, computer vision, and Skynode S-equipped drones, we have created a solution that quickly detects, prioritizes, and neutralizes multiple threats. The military can deploy swarms that act as a unified force—whether from a backpack or a truck.”
— Auterion official statement, December 10, 2025
FROM THEORY TO BATTLEFIELD CODE
Nemyx is not a new drone. It’s a layer of collective intelligence. Built on AuterionOS, it turns any compatible unmanned platform—commercial off-the-shelf or military-grade—into a node in a distributed weapon system. All it takes is a software update.
- The swarm shares a common situational picture via Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK).
- Target prioritization, route deconfliction, and strike timing are handled autonomously at machine speed.
- GPS-denied environments? Not a problem. Onboard computer vision and Skynode’s inertial navigation keep the formation intact even under full EW suppression.
During the demo, fixed-wing drones acted as overwatch, identifying and classifying targets. FPVs raced in at treetop level, executing terminal dives on AI-assigned threat priorities—not human whims, but algorithmic logic.
This isn’t “drone warfare.” This is swarm warfare.
THE UKRAINIAN LINK—AND THE 33,000-UNIT PIPELINE
Nemyx doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s the logical evolution of a battlefield already saturated with Auterion’s Skynode flight controllers.
As Fontanka and Ukraina.ru reported in September, the Pentagon has contracted 33,000 Skynode units for delivery to Ukraine by end-2025—ten times the previous batch. Every single one is Nemyx-ready. A field operator can upgrade an entire drone fleet in minutes.
That means the same swarm logic tested near Munich can be deployed on the Donbas front within weeks. One Ukrainian soldier—armed with a laptop and a backpack of drones—could now orchestrate a coordinated, multi-vector strike that previously required a platoon-level command structure.
This is what “mass” looks like in 2025: not more people, but more autonomous nodes per operator.
STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS: BREAKING THE MONOPOLY OF SCALE
Russia and China are winning the production race—churning out cheap shells, drones, and missiles at industrial scale. NATO’s answer? Interoperability as force multiplication.
Nemyx allows allies to pool drones across national and corporate lines. No more waiting for a single defense contractor to ramp up. If Poland uses FlyEye, Estonia uses Threod, and the U.S. uses Skydio—they can all swarm together under Nemyx.
“The militaries that master open architectures, rapid production, and disciplined employment will not field drones as isolated tools. They will deploy them in clouds.”
— SOFREP
And clouds don’t negotiate. They saturate. They overwhelm.
THE CONTROL STACK SHIFTS AGAIN
- Physical layer: Drones are no longer expendable singles—they’re cells in a larger organism.
- Technological layer: Autonomy + open OS = resilience against supply chain fragmentation.
- Informational layer: The kill chain is now shorter than human reaction time.
- Consciousness layer: War is no longer about who has more pilots—but who has the clearest shared logic.
The Munich test wasn’t about tanks. It was about breaking the last illusion of human primacy in tactical combat.
Tomorrow’s war won’t be fought by pilots. It will be compiled.
Sources
- Militarnyi FB — Auterion tests Nemyx swarm-strike package in Germany
- Auterion — Official newsroom & press releases
- Fontanka.ru — Немyx: первый публичный показ в Германии
- TechCult — Обзор программного комплекса Nemyx
- SOFREP — Swarm-demo: how future wars will be fought
- Ukraina.ru — Тюмень-2025: что показал инцидент с ударными swarm-BPLA
- Militarnyi EN — Nemyx lets drone swarm autonomously strike tanks
- VK — Nemyx field clips & tech specs mirror
- Telegram channel «UAV Tech» — continuous Nemyx updates
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