Unmanned Systems Technology
Technical fundamentals, components and innovation: autonomous navigation, sensors, datalinks and propulsion of unmanned systems.
Drone start-up Pleno goes to Stark: Berlin specialist in autonomous flight control acquired
Navigation software for drones that work without satellite reception: with Berlin drone start-up Pleno, Stark brings in know-how for AI-driven autonomy and swarm behaviour – including for the Virtus platform.
Drone detection: MyDefence adds first wideband antenna for 350 to 1,300 MHz to Wingman
Adversaries are increasingly shifting their drones to low frequencies. MyDefence responds with a compact wideband antenna that extends drone detection with Wingman and ATAK to precisely these bands.
Drone manufacturer Quantum Systems and Fraunhofer FHR pool radar research in strategic partnership
A millimetre-wave SAR sensor on the Trinity Pro and a future R&D office in Rheinbach: at the Wachtberg Forum, drone manufacturer Quantum Systems and Fraunhofer FHR made their cooperation official.
Surveillance drone MAPS: Skydweller integrates Thales AI radar Air Master-S
Airborne for weeks to months, with a payload of up to 400 kilograms: Thales is now supplying the MAPS surveillance drone with a radar that calibrates itself and classifies targets using artificial intelligence.
Electronic warfare for light drones: Thales presents EW solution at the Paris Air Show
Units without electronic warfare specialists should in future be able to detect, locate and analyse electromagnetic activity themselves: that is the aim of a compact EW payload for light drones that Thales is bringing to the Paris Air Show.
Border surveillance from space and air: TRL combines satellite, drones and AI into one system
A microsatellite, two drones and a cloud platform: at IDET in Brno, TRL Space, TRL Drones, Zaitra and Corac Engineering show a border surveillance solution that became operational in seven months and already has its first customer.
Unmanned systems technology: Quantum Systems' Mosaic UXS software suite unites platforms from several vendors
One operator, many platforms: Quantum Systems presents Mosaic UXS, a command-and-control solution in unmanned systems technology to control its own and third-party drones and unmanned ground and maritime platforms together – without vendors disclosing their intellectual property.
Underwater drones from Helsing: AI system Lura to monitor the oceans with the SG-1 Fathom glider
With Lura and SG-1 Fathom, Helsing aims to reshape maritime surveillance: underwater drones in swarms, an acoustic AI model and a single operator. The system has already been demonstrated in Portsmouth, and deployment is planned for this year.
FPV drones from 800 kilometres away: Russia tests “Orbita” control system
Test flights near Mariupol, controlled from Tula, and a hit in Ukraine triggered from a civilian office complex in Moscow: Russia wants to steer FPV drones over hundreds of kilometres. How the link is established remains unclear.
UAVs in a team: Airbus controls Primoco drones autonomously with Teaming Intelligence
In the Czech Republic, two Primoco One 150 aircraft shared surveillance areas and tasks – coordinated by Airbus’s Teaming Intelligence software. This is to allow operators to command several UAVs at once; the next step is to turn it into a product.
Unmanned systems instead of soldiers: Ukraine bets on AI-supported autonomous warfare
Two million drones in 2024, five million planned for 2025: a CSIS report shows where Ukraine already uses AI and unmanned systems – from reconnaissance and acoustics to navigation without GPS.
Drone technology: Sikorsky tests “rotor blown wing” prototype in helicopter and aeroplane mode
52 kilograms, two propellers, more than 40 take-offs and landings: Sikorsky has successfully tested new drone technology, a rotor blown wing prototype. The company sees potential for larger models with hybrid-electric propulsion.
Drone technology from Lithuania: Mitekas Systems turns drones into weapon carriers
Upgrading freely available components and drones into weapon carriers without putting operators at risk from improvised fuzes: this is the drone technology Mitekas Systems from Lithuania presents. Mindaugas Milasauskas explains the system.