Unmanned Systems Technology
Technical fundamentals, components and innovation: autonomous navigation, sensors, datalinks and propulsion of unmanned systems.
Drone technology and robotics: Quantum Systems and ARX join new innovation platform in Bavaria
The University of the Bundeswehr Munich and TechHUB SVI are bringing research and industry together: the new platform for drone technology and robotics launches with Quantum Systems and the UXS Alliance of Stark, ARX Robotics and ACS.
Drone swarm via optical fibre: Russia develops the Cerberus system
Six to twelve multicopter drones linked by fibre-optic cable and controlled by a single person with the help of artificial intelligence: Russian developers are working on a drone swarm called Cerberus. A prototype is to be shown at the “Army-2025” forum.
F-35 drone control: Lockheed Martin lets the fighter command drones
With its stealth characteristics, extensive networking and state-of-the-art sensors, Lockheed Martin's F-35 is regarded as the combat aircraft of the future. An AI-supported interface now also enables drone control directly from the cockpit of the F-35 and the F-22.
Drone technology and middleware: Quantum Systems and Blackned network unmanned systems
Multi-sensor drones on one side, tactical communication middleware on the other: Quantum Systems and Blackned are combining their drone technology to transmit data securely and across domains in combat environments.
Drone operating system: Rheinmetall and Auterion conclude multi-year agreement
A common drone operating system is to unify unmanned systems in the air, on land and at sea: Rheinmetall contributes experience from Luna NG and Aladin, Auterion its field-proven software.
Camcopter S-100: Schiebel and MDA Space test IMSAR’s NSP radar in western Canada
For one week, trials in western Canada examined what IMSAR’s NSP radar adds to the Camcopter S-100 in reconnaissance. Schiebel reports radar imagery and target tracking at more than 100 nautical miles – by day, by night and in difficult weather.
AI drones in series production: Ukrainian makers and Helsing bring autonomous strike drones to the front
Jam-resistant, cheap and in large numbers: according to the Wall Street Journal and Bild, AI drones in Ukraine are moving from trials to mass production. At the centre are Auterion's Skynode S module and 4,000 drones from Helsing.
Military drone Integrator: Insitu adds P-LEO satellite control for up to 2,000 nautical miles
Controlled via satellites in proliferated low Earth orbit, the Integrator military drone from Boeing subsidiary Insitu is set to stay on mission for up to 27.5 hours – without occupying any of its six payload bays.
AI drone swarm: Thales tests COHESION demonstrator in flight trials
One operator per drone and a permanently stable data link – Thales wants to overcome these two limits with artificial intelligence. In flight tests on 16 October, the COHESION demonstrator showed how autonomously an AI drone swarm could operate.
FPV drones on a cable: Russia increasingly deploys wire-guided drones
What began in February as a wreckage find and was still seen as an experiment in summer now worries Ukrainian drone experts: wire-guided FPV drones are immune to jammers, deliver better images and hit extremely accurately.
AI-controlled drone swarm: Airbus, Quantum Systems and Spleenlab demonstrate autonomous swarm technology
A drone swarm of Vector, Scorpion and Airbus drones flew under the control of a mission AI at the Airbus Drone Center near Manching. The results of the Bundeswehr study KITU 2 are also to support major programmes such as MGCS and FCAS.
Shahed drone with Ukrainian SIM card: why Russia builds 4G modems into the Geran-2
Commercial 4G modems, Ukrainian SIM cards, even a Wi-Fi camera taped on: what the wreckage of the Shahed drone reveals about data transmission and navigation – and where the system's weak point lies.
MQ-9B SkyGuardian flies for the first time with PT6 E engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada
A 44-minute first flight is said to have proven the suitability of the new powerplant: General Atomics has tested the MQ-9B with a PT6 E turboprop that promises one third more power. The SeaGuardian is also set to receive the engine.