Product profile
Cascade OWE-T
Cascade OWE-T is STARK’s tube-launched effector for attritable day and night precision strikes. It is designed for simultaneous launches from tubes, integr...
Facts
- Company
- STARK
- Product type
- unmanned_aerial_system
- Status
- active
- Website
- https://stark-defence.com/en/systems/stark-cascade
About Cascade OWE-T
Cascade is a folding-wing one-way effector designed for individual or simultaneous tube launch. Battery configurations provide published ranges of 40, 60 or 100 km and flight time up to 60 minutes, while the vehicle cruises at approximately 100 km/h and reaches up to 220 km/h in its terminal dive. Modular payload capacity extends to 4.5 kg.
The system can launch from a standalone tube, integrated rack or container mounted on a ground vehicle, vessel or forward position. Onboard sensor fusion supports object recognition, terminal tracking and navigation using visual references when GNSS is denied. A software-defined architecture allows capability updates, while a launcher and effector together weigh under 20 kg for rapid handling by smaller units.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Tube-launched effector
Core: Mass precision strike
Function: Attritable strike
Audience: Defence forces
Specifications
- aircraft_class
- Tube-launched one-way effector
- communications
- EW-resilient data link for low-connectivity and denied environments
- deployment_time
- <1 minute
- endurance_minutes
- Up to 60 minutes depending on battery configuration min
- launch_method
- Tube or canister launch integrated into platforms across domains
- max_speed_mps
- 61.1 m/s dive speed / 220 km/h m/s
- navigation_method
- AI and sensor-fusion support for GNSS-free navigation, object recognition and terminal tracking
- payload_capacity_kg
- Up to 4.5 kg kg
- range
- 40, 60 or 100 km depending on battery configuration
- speed_range
- 100 km/h km/h
Operations
- Environment
- contested_electromagnetic_environment, multi_domain_battlefield
- Primary user
- military_operator
- Role
- precision_strike, mass_effects
- Mobility class
- tube_launched_fixed_wing
- Product detail
- drone_platform, bd9f0d0c95f571505f86bfd8ae84933723d2ac13818345ad1e8738956dc2c011, STARK Defence official system image, https://stark-defence.com/en/media, https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/stark-official-media-2026-06-23/cascade-nav.jpg, products/stark-official-media-2026-06-23/cascade-nav.jpg, strike_drone, clean_official_product_media, drone, Tube-Launched Effector, loitering_munition, 2026-06-23T18:32:00.313Z
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- STARK raises EUR 500M at about EUR 3.5B valuation — 2026-06-23
- STARK demonstrates Virtus and Minerva drone-swarm integration in Bundeswehr exercise — 2026-04-29
- STARK and INLEAP Photonics partner on laser-based C-UAS — 2026-04-23
- STARK and Six Robotics partner on recce-strike capability — 2026-03-12
- STARK to deliver Virtus loitering munition system to the Bundeswehr — 2026-02-26
- STARK opens Ukraine R&D hub and Greece office — 2026-02-13
- STARK wins first major international contract with a NATO member — 2026-02-04
- STARK expands to the Nordics with Stockholm presence — 2026-01-28