Unmanned Systems: Air, Ground & Maritime
Unmanned systems across all domains: aerial, ground and maritime drones in defence and security.
Counter-UAS in Hamburg: police procure A1 Falke counter-drone systems from Argus Interception
Following the attempted attack in Leipzig, Hamburg is stepping up its counter-UAS capability: the police are receiving systems from Argus Interception whose technology goes back to a Hamburg research project. They are due to enter service this year.
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.
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.
Heron MK II from IAI: MALE UAS with 45 hours' endurance, 490 kilograms of payload and open architecture
Heron MK II is the latest generation of IAI's Heron family: a MALE UAS with a 160 hp engine, altitudes up to 35,000 feet, up to 45 hours' endurance and the Unified Control System as its ground segment. A look at airframe, sensors, data links and control.
Geran-5 and Geran-4: Chinese Telefly small turbojets power Russia's jet drones
Two small turbojets from Shenzhen-based manufacturer Telefly turn the Geran-5 and Geran-4 into jet-powered missiles that electric interceptor drones can barely catch. What Ukrainian wreckage analyses reveal about the engines and why Beijing finds the deliveries ever harder to deny.
Tactical drones for Spain: Indra to deliver 147 Tarsis aircraft under the Santam programme
With Tarsis-W and Tarsis-VTOL, Spain's Army, Air and Space Force and Navy will receive domestically developed tactical drones from 2028. Indra is relying on Spanish technology, around a dozen partner companies and 500 new jobs.
Drone production in Europe: Highcat presents modular systems and microfactories at KSK Symposium
Moving away from Asian supply chains: Highcat wants the hardware, batteries, electronics and software of unmanned systems to be made largely in Europe. How the German company plans to scale drone production and what is planned for Ukraine.
Bayraktar Akinci shoots down target UAV over the Black Sea with Roketsan Sungur missile
After Kemankes 1 and Eren, now Sungur: in the test off Sinop, the Roketsan air defence missile scored a direct hit on the target aircraft. Baykar's Bayraktar Akinci thus adds a further munition class to its arsenal against aerial targets.
Interceptor drone Drizzle: Indra relies on carrier drones against drone swarms at UNVEX
Faster than 400 km/h, up to 130 kilometres range with a carrier drone and designed as an expendable: with the Drizzle interceptor drone, Indra aims to protect convoys, infrastructure and units against mass drone attacks.
Interceptor drones: Terra Drone bets on Kurin Technologies, TRL Drones and its own flight controller
Interceptor drones are becoming a growth area in Terra Drone’s defence business. The Japanese group is showing the FPV interceptors KT-1 and KT-2, is exploring a jet variant with TRL Drones and builds its own Terra DFC flight controller. Whether the joint venture will materialise remains open.
Reconnaissance drone Wingcopter 262: six hours of flight time and 150 kilometres of tactical range
Wingcopter is launching a reconnaissance drone for defence and security with the electric eVTOL Wingcopter 262. The aircraft is designed to operate without launch infrastructure and to navigate without GNSS; Wingcopter is also cooperating with TAF Industries.
Loitering munition Skystriker: Diehl Defence and Elbit Systems demonstrate hand-over at 80 kilometres
Loitering munition for Germany: following the agreement signed at ILA Berlin in June 2026, Diehl Defence and Elbit Systems have demonstrated Skystriker live. Launches from the Europuls rocket artillery system and production in Germany are in view.
Unmanned helicopters for Angola: Edge Group hands over six HT-100 Naval after acceptance trials
Following the Factory Acceptance Trials in Switzerland, six Anavia HT-100 Naval unmanned helicopters have been handed over to the Angolan Navy. Integration on three corvettes and sea trials in Angola are next.