Ahead of the Paris Air Show, Airbus Helicopters has unveiled HTeaming, its brand new modular crewed-uncrewed teaming solution. HTeaming is a range of systems that allows helicopter crews to take full control of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) in flight. The first version of HTeaming can be used as a standalone
* A bird’s nest incorporating fiber optic cable is a striking sign of how much debris from fiber-guided FPVs now litters the landscape of Ukraine. Other images show fields glittering with fibers like spiderwebs where dozens of drones have passed overhead. Meanwhile social media fills with hide-and-seek videos as Ukrainian
The ZALA T-20 unmanned aircraft system underwent a comprehensive modernisation, during which a number of design and technological improvements were implemented to improve its flight performance and expand its operational capabilities. A key change was the optimisation of the fuselage design, which reduced aerodynamic drag and improved overall flight efficiency.
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* L3Harris Technologies has received a new contract through the U.S. Department of Defense for additional VAMPIRE systems, which neutralize unmanned aerial threats. The new order builds on the first delivery and installation of the VAMPIRE systems in 2023 in support of European operations. VAMPIRE, or Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized
BVLOS
* Intellition, an emerging innovator in drone services for mountain resort operations, has achieved a critical milestone with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by securing its first waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations. This regulatory approval includes the integration of uAvionix’s Casia G ground-based detect-and-avoid (DAA)
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* Altitude Angel has announced that it has been awarded a United States patent for its pioneering ground-based detect and avoid (DAA) technology, ARROW, the foundational innovation behind the UK’s first drone superhighway. The newly U.S. patented ARROW system enables drones to safely operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight
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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has signed a support and sustainment contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. for logistics and maintenance of the Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft system. The contract — known as the UK Protector Availability and Support Solution or UK PASS — will provide ongoing
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-Skyways, a designer and manufacturer of long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft systems, announced that it has received an award for a total amount of $37 million from the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) AFWERX to transition its existing V3 aircraft from prototype to full-rate production. With the funding,
At the recently held MADEX2025 International Maritime Defense Exhibition in Busan, South Korea, South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries unveiled for the first time a conceptual design model of a new drone carrier called HCX-23 Plus. Compared with the Turkish Anadolu drone carrier, which was a "half-baked"
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An autonomous drone carrying water to help extinguish a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada might encounter swirling Santa Ana winds that threaten to push it off course. Rapidly adapting to these unknown disturbances inflight presents an enormous challenge for the drone’s flight control system. To help such a drone
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The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking industry input for a new rapid-launch drone system under “Project VOLLEY”, aiming to field multiple mobile launchers capable of deploying five drones in under four minutes - with each drone launched at one-minute intervals. Described in a newly published Prior Information Notice, the
C-UAS
The Sentinel Counter-UAS System is an air-to-air sensor & interceptor network designed to detect, classify, and intercept unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including small drones, micro-UAVs, and loitering munitions. It provides early warning against hostile UAS and enables their interception at a stand-off distance. Equipped with onboard AI software and high-performance