When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat. Continue reading
Refunds Demanded After ‘Awful’ Christmas Drone Show
People who travelled to a Christmas drone show in West Sussex in England are demanding refunds after describing the event as “awful” and “shockingly poor”. Continue reading
NAVAIR Selects 4 Vendors to Compete for Drone ISR Basic Ordering Agreements
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command’s program executive office for unmanned aviation and strike weapons has revealed plans to issue delivery orders under four basic ordering agreements to support land and sea-based unmanned aerial system contractor-owned, contractor-operated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, services. Continue reading
Russian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones now Armed with Air-to-Air Missiles
Russia has fielded a new version of the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone armed with a single R-60 air-to-air missile. In principle, the heat-seeking R-60 would give the one-way attacker a way to engage Ukrainian fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and creates a deterrent threat, but the effectiveness of this combination is unclear. Continue reading
Croatia’s Orqa Scales Production Capacity to 280,000 Drones, Eliminating Chinese Drone Tech
– Orqa, a leading European developer of FPV (first-person view) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has significantly expanded manufacturing at its headquarters in Osijek, Croatia. The facility can now produce up to 280,000 NDAA-compliant drones per year using Orqa’s proprietary components, eliminating dependence on Chinese supply chains. Continue reading
Heven AeroTech Raises $100M in Series B, Reaching $1B Valuation
– Heven AeroTech, a pioneer in hydrogen-powered Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), has announced a $100 million raise through a Series B round that values the company at $1 billion. Continue reading
Russian Shahed and Gerbera Drones Form Radio Network for Real-Time Control
Russia is installing radio modems on Shahed and Gerbera loitering munitions, forming a network that complicates Ukrainian countermeasures. The devices run on different frequencies. Continue reading
HENSOLDT’s New TAERVUS EW System with Integrated AI
Sensor solution provider HENSOLDT presents TAERVUS, a fully integrated system for Electromagnetic Warfare (EW). Among other things, it combines state-of-the-art radio direction finders, receivers and jammers/exciters with powerful signal processing software and HENSOLDT’s own Spectrum Battle Management Suite (SBMS). Continue reading