UAS

Valued at $26.3 million, the orders included 200 medium-altitude, 100 heavyweight and 100 lightweight logistics drones.

Nordic Air Defence (NAD) is developing the first in a family of modular interceptors that could engage rapidly proliferating small drone threats.

Delair’s DT46 long-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has been equipped with a version of Ascendance’s Sterna hybrid-electric propulsion system.

Saab is ramping up staffing on a Swedish military project to devise future combat aircraft capabilities and expects to fly several UAS in the coming years, CEO Micael Johansson says.

Automotive software startup Applied Intuition acquired EpiSys Science (EpiSci), forming a new powerhouse in the defense market for autonomy programs.

U.S. startup Pivotal announced plans for a larger, longer-range version of its Helix eVTOL to be an uncrewed or optionally-piloted craft for defense missions.

The service on Feb. 4 released a solicitation to identify small UAS that can identify isolated personnel in areas where combat aircraft are denied.

Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.

Even if the Middle East is no longer the only game in town for defense exports, it still has ample appetite for advanced equipment, from drones to transports.

Spain’s Satnus joint venture, established to develop autonomous remote carrier technologies for the European FCAS, has completed its first flight test campaign.

Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.

Unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow in November, the CH-YH1000 is a medium-altitude multipurpose aircraft for civil and military missions.

A crippling lack of key indigenous infrastructure and skills continues to hold back India’s defense industry, despite rising investment.

Lithuanian startup Airvolve has adopted horizontal-axis cyclorotor propulsion to develop a compact middle-mile logistics uncrewed air system.

The company has not set a timeline for the operational rollout of deliveries.

Test flights of the tiltwing aircraft from Zurich have included transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.

The Albatroz UAS is a 500-kg, fixed-wing, twin-boom UAS that the company hopes to embark on the ship for trials as soon as June.

Airbus and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have agreed to explore the navalization of the Sirtap UAS, potentially enabling it to operate from Juan Carlos I.

The deal will net the UK startup $84 million after deducting fees related to the transaction.

The Italian company revealed the discussions after Baykar announced it had hosted a delegation from Leonardo.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The acquisition is being driven by the U.S. Defense Department Joint All-Domain Command and Control (known as JADC2) strategy.

Taiwan’s nascent drone sector has encountered a setback.

Data from payloads fitted to the aircraft, including electro-optical cameras and radar imagery, will be sent from the UAS to a Geo-Information Center.

India has become an observer on the Eurodrone program, the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation, which oversees the effort, said Jan. 21.