UAS VISION
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After eight days of flight demonstrations at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, USMC evaluators selected First Person View (FPV) platforms from Auterion, ModalAI, Neros, and Nokturnal – as well as one component from Kraken Kinetics – to move from the FPV tactical kinetic effects Phase of Project G.I. Continue reading
An unmanned hydrogen-powered autonomous surveillance airship the size of a small bus has been floating over Portuguese waters, collecting imagery of ships and other objects. The goal of these test flights is to see if this airship can provide NATO with situational awareness of the maritime domain. Continue reading
– BAE Systems and QinetiQ have successfully completed synthetic trials to show how unmanned aircraft can operate alongside existing manned aircraft like Typhoon to provide a more cost-effective and flexible concentration of combat air power. Continue reading
– SwissDrones, an advanced aerial intelligence solutions provider specializing in long-range unmanned helicopter systems and Omni Unmanned, the air transport leader serving the oil sector and part of OMNI Helicopters International (OHI) Group, recently completed an offshore Proof-of-Concept trial for an energy company in Brazil. Continue reading
The U.S. military has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system during multinational drills in Egypt. According to the U.S. Air Force, the 1st Special Operations Wing launched the Edge 130 Blue small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) during BRIGHT STAR 25 at Talet Al Keif, Egypt, on August 30, 2025. Continue reading
– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and AeroVironment collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The flight testing took place from July 22-24 at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds Test Range. Continue reading
Waves of drones tumbled out of the sky above Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on Tuesday, their mechanical death throes punctuating what was otherwise a quiet morning. Continue reading
– ZeroAvia has announced that it has completed a full flight profile ground test of its certification-intent low temperature proton exchange membrane (LTPEM) fuel cell power generation system (PGS) for the ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain. Continue reading