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WARMATE 30 / GLADIUS 2

Turbojet-powered Polish flying-wing aircraft unveiled in September 2026 with a manufacturer-confirmed national order.

Role & capabilities

  • Loitering munition programme
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Loitering munition
Developer / manufacturer
WB Group
Origin / production countries
Poland
Other names
Gladius 2; Warmate 30
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Polish Armed Forces — 2026 order reported by manufacturer

Evidence & current status

Primary manufacturer release confirms a 2026 order. Delivery and operational acceptance are not established.

WARMATE 30 is the aircraft identified in WB Group’s GLADIUS 2 announcement at MSPO in September 2026. The manufacturer describes a turbojet flying-wing design and explicitly states that the Polish Armed Forces ordered GLADIUS 2 during 2026. This resolves the earlier uncertainty based on secondary reporting about whether an order existed.

The system label and aircraft designation are retained together for discovery, without counting them as two separate vehicles. A programme order still does not establish delivered quantities, completed acceptance or operational deployment. The release does not provide a complete flight-performance table.

Values for the original GLADIUS or smaller WARMATE products are therefore not carried into this record. Nor is a claim of reduced observability treated as proof of a measured signature or guaranteed survivability. The profile establishes the new design and its procurement maturity while making the remaining technical and acceptance questions visible.

Sourced specifications

Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.

SpecificationReported valueContext & source
AirframeFlying wingSeptember 2026 unveiling. Source ↗
Launch / recoveryContainer or ground launcher; expendable aircraftGeneral architecture, not an employment procedure. Source ↗
PropulsionTurbojetManufacturer identifies propulsion type. Source ↗
DimensionsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
MassNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
EnduranceNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
RangeNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SpeedNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
AltitudeNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
PayloadNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SensorsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
Communications / navigationNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗

Documented milestones

  1. Manufacturer unveiling

    WB Group identified the WARMATE 30 aircraft and reported a Polish GLADIUS 2 order.

    Read the announcement ↗

Publication history

  • — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. WB Group MSPO unveiling and Polish order statement, 8 September 2026 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

Explore the connections

Manufacturer indexPoland

WB GROUP / Flytronic

Aircraft and programme links: FLYEYE, WARMATE family, FT-5 / GLADIUS reconnaissance component, GLADIUS BSP-U / WARMATE 5–10.

Reviewed 20 Sept 2026Read