UAS VISION
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At the Partner 2025 defense exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia unveiled its latest unmanned aerial system (UAS): the domestically developed PEGASUS drone equipped with the Emirati-made RASH-2M guided munition kit. This pairing signals a notable evolution in Serbia’s indigenous UAV capabilities and reflects growing cooperation between Serbian and Middle Eastern defense industries. Continue reading
– Schiebel once again showcased the unrivalled versatility of its CAMCOPTER S-100 at NATO’s annual REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) exercise, hosted by the Portuguese Navy. Over the course of the large-scale multinational trials, the S-100 flew multiple missions with advanced payloads, underscoring its role as a maritime-proven solution, designed for naval combat system integration and as a proven multi-mission asset in complex maritime environments. Continue reading
From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter into the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a versatile autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that has 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk. Continue reading
– Boeing has announced plans for a family of new, tiltrotor drones that are intended to support existing crewed military helicopters, especially those of the U.S. Army, providing something like an equivalent to the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). Indeed, the company describes the drones as “collaborative rotorcraft” and expects them to serve alongside more conventional helicopters undertaking attack, logistics, and other types of missions. Continue reading
– AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in all-domain defense systems, has announced the release of its newest all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform–the VAPOR Compact Long Endurance (CLE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Russia’s Azimut company, part of the state-owned Rostec defense conglomerate, has begun field testing a new domestically developed reconnaissance drone produced with additive manufacturing technology. Continue reading
– AeroVironment, Inc., a leading global provider of loitering munition systems, announced the expansion of its combat-proven Switchblade family of precision loitering munitions with three new systems: the Switchblade 600 Block 2, the Switchblade 400, and the Switchblade 300 Block 20 equipped with a modular explosively formed penetrator (EFP) payload. Continue reading
While pilots have sought to maintain maneuverability-based right-of-way rules, along with shared responsibility for see-and-avoid, as drones are integrated into the national airspace system, the nascent drone industry has struggled to develop cost-effective ways to enable unmanned aircraft to detect other objects around them. Continue reading