The first BLAZE User Club meeting was held in Latvia on 9-10 June, fostering international collaboration among BLAZE users to share operational feedback and guide future development.

Military & Paramilitary OperationsHigh-Tech Military ToolsDrone swarms & UAV surveillance

Defense

Summary

Origin Robotics announced that BLAZE has evolved from a system delivered to individual customers into an international capability developed collaboratively with its users. On 9-10 June, Latvia's Autonomous Systems Competence Centre (ASCC) and Origin Robotics hosted the first BLAZE User Club meeting in Latvia. Attendees included BLAZE user nations and observer countries who exchanged operational feedback, reviewed the future development roadmap, and discussed system evolution based on military needs. This new user club enables continuous improvement and capability enhancement for all countries operating BLAZE, allowing system upgrades post-procurement.

Classification

Confidence: High

The post describes multinational defense collaboration focused on improving a military unmanned system's capabilities, highlighting defense preparation and capability enhancement rather than hostile actions.

Source URL

https://linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7471097289370095616

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Jun 12, 2026, 09:31 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 18:46 UTC
Event time: Jun 9, 2023, 00:00 UTC

Published as a Defense Preparations signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "event_time_utc": "2023-06-09T00:00:00.000Z",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: MinorAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Regional

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Jun 9, 2023, 00:00 UTC

End time

Jun 11, 2023, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

Latvia

Primary actor

Latvia’s Autonomous Systems Competence Centre (ASCC)

Country

Latvia

Countries

Latvia

Tags

latvia, defense preparations, c-uas, origin robotics, community, blaze, autonomous systems competence centre, user club, international military collaboration, military technology, drone systems, capability development

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