Spotlight on cutting-edge research, AI integration, and technological advances redefining unmanned systems.
industry
DroneShield and UK-based OpenWorks Engineering achieve C2 interoperability, fusing AI machine vision with high-resolution optics for European defense.
unmanned-systems
Quantum Systems scales 15000 STRILA drone interceptors for Ukraine setting a new European standard for c-UAS industrialization.
industry
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innovation
Baykar K2 swarm tests signal a new era of low cost AI driven saturation warfare threatening to displace European defense primes in the loitering munition market
innovation
ABZ Innovation, a Hungarian drone start-up, reports an $8.2m raise to scale and compete with China-led heavy-duty ag/industrial drone makers.
baltics
ScaleWolf founder Edvinas Kerza warned that underground automatic drones could soon pose a new security threat to Lithuania and urged authorities to invest in detection, regulation and international cooperation.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
France's army STAT is trialling Parrot ANAFI micro‑drone swarms controlled by EZ‑Chains to boost ISR and tactical awareness from vessels and armoured vehicles.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Joanna Steidle uses drone photography to create a multi-year visual record of East Coast marine migrations and absences to support conservation research.
industry
Virtual Surveyor 10.2 introduces Local Coordinate System tools so surveyors can author drone-derived models in site-centric grids and streamline integration with CAD and local engineering workflows.
military
A hydrogen fuel-cell hybrid Raybird UAV built by Skyeton has completed combat missions in Ukraine, demonstrating extended endurance and reduced thermal and acoustic signatures.
eu
Azur Drones deployed its Skeyetech autonomous drone system across three field campaigns for the EU MISO project to map methane and CO2 in wetlands and the Arctic.
innovation
A laser power‑beaming system could allow drones to stay aloft for extended periods by beaming energy from ground or airborne transmitters, but technical, safety and regulatory hurdles limit near‑term operational use.