French-made combat drone disrupts industry.

French-made Aarok combat drone, designed and made by Turgis & Gaillard, has been revealed at the Paris Air Show. The drone is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) system that can carry up to 6,000 lbs of payload and fly for up to 24 hours. The Aarok is designed to carry out a wide range of missions, including strike operations, land and maritime surveillance, and anti-submarine warfare. The drone has sparked a debate across the drone industry regarding the extent to which it will compete with same-category systems like the notional Eurodrone and the U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper.