Unmanned Systems Technology
Technical fundamentals, components and innovation: autonomous navigation, sensors, datalinks and propulsion of unmanned systems.
Maritime drones: Eviden unveils SMX, an electromagnetic navigation sensor
Eviden has developed the SMX speed sensor for surface and underwater maritime drones. It works electromagnetically, emits no acoustic signals and is designed to make autonomous navigation more accurate and reliable.
Drone electronics from Finland: Arctic Ravn secures 2.5 million euros within five days
Instead of the targeted two million euros, Arctic Ravn received commitments of 2.5 million euros in five days. The Finnish company intends to use the funds to advance the production and development of its drone electronics.
Early warning radar on the MQ-9B: Saab and General Atomics flight-test LoyalEye
Over Southern California, Saab’s LoyalEye early warning radar on board an MQ-9B detected, tracked and classified air targets. For Saab and GA-ASI, the flight test marks a further step towards unmanned early warning systems.
Interceptor drone Skyron set to benefit: Quantum Systems flies Apex Recordhunter at 777 km/h
On a military training area in central Germany, the Apex Recordhunter breaks 777 km/h, but the flight in the opposite direction fails. For Quantum Systems, more than a world record is at stake: the know-how is to flow into a faster interceptor drone.
Counter-UAS with microwaves and hypervelocity projectiles: BAE Systems presents MDACS and HPM
At AUSA 2026 in Washington, BAE Systems is pursuing two paths against drone swarms and missile attacks: kinetic effect with MDACS and directed energy via HPM – a dual approach to counter-UAS for which no orders or timelines have yet been named.
Grille drone: Steyr Motors generators secure the power supply for Avilus
While Avilus’s Grille drone is in the air, the next battery set is already charging on the ground, made possible by the M12 Power Unit from Steyr Motors. The cooperation targets military field operations; the generators are already in use with the Bundeswehr.
Counter-UAS with shotgun ammunition: CSG develops autonomous Swarmshot system with US partners
Shotgun ammunition from the air against small, low-cost drones: for counter-UAS, CSG is combining ammunition, a weapon module and swarm software with Mossberg and Palladyne AI. The timeline, customers and financing of the Swarmshot project remain open.
Counter-UAS in Denmark: DALO orders AI-ready C2 system from Systematic
Denmark is the first known NATO member to award a contract for a C2 system prepared for AI-supported analysis. The counter-drone solution is to link sensors, data and personnel nationwide and integrate the Terma system.
XL-UGV Bladehaul: Thales Australia and 3ME Technology make the Bushmaster driverless
Ten tonnes of payload, hybrid drive, power for field hospitals: the XL-UGV Bladehaul from Thales Australia and 3ME Technology is being built in Bendigo and Newcastle on the basis of the Bushmaster – as a transporter, command post or carrier for counter-UAS.
Dronamics: PR director Severina Grozeva Patrone in conversation
Dronamics, the Bulgarian company and world's first airline to build cargo drones, was also the first licensed to fly cargo drones over long distances in the EU. In an interview, Global Communications and PR Director Severina Grozeva Patrone gives an insight.
Triada Robotics CEO Artem Veselov: “The market is turning away from expensive legacy systems”
In summer 2026, first information and sighting reports of a new Ukrainian jet drone appeared on social media. We spoke to Artem Veselov, CEO of Triada Robotics, about the company, its team and the future of long-range strike.
VTOL drone Evo-LE: Delta Quad promises eight hours of endurance for ISTAR missions
Delta Quad presented the Evo-LE at the first Eudex in Essen and the JAPCC held in parallel. According to the manufacturer, the electric VTOL drone stays airborne for up to eight hours, covers 480 kilometres and is available immediately.
Unmanned ground vehicles with a driver's seat: Eiselin Landsystems shows Sand-X DOV at the KSK symposium
Drive it crewed, control it remotely from a backpack or let it run autonomously: at the KSK symposium, Eiselin Landsystems uses the Sand-X DOV to show how unmanned ground vehicles for the “last 100 miles” can be designed – operable from minus 45 to plus 50 degrees Celsius.