autonomous aerial vehicle

Swarm Aero’s Missile-Carrying ‘Gamera’ Drone Joins Race to Replace MQ-9 Reaper

A new contender to succeed the MQ-9A Reaper has taken shape, with Swarm Aero pitching a low-cost autonomous aircraft designed to carry bomber-class missiles on long-range strike missions.

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Embention’s 190-Gram Device Keeps Strike Drones on Target Without GPS

A new flight control computer from Spanish firm Embention is designed to give one-way attack drones greater autonomy while carrying out missions in GPS-denied environments.

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Hermeus Targets Faster, Cheaper High-Mach Testing With ‘Ramjet-X’

US startup Hermeus aims to make high-Mach flight testing more accessible with Ramjet-X, a low-cost, expendable test vehicle powered by a ramjet engine.

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Elbit Unveils AI-Powered Operating System to Orchestrate Air and Ground Assets

Bringing large formations of autonomous aircraft and ground vehicles under real-time coordinated control was the driving concept behind Dominion-X, a new AI-powered operating system from Elbit Systems’ FUSE.

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Quantum Sensing Steers Northrop’s Lumberjack Drone Through GPS Denial

Cut off from GPS, Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack drone turned to Earth’s magnetic field in a milestone navigation test conducted over land and open water.

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Meet ‘Warmate 30’: Poland’s New 250-Km Strike Drone With Jet Power

Polish defense firm WB Group has rolled out Warmate 30, a new jet-powered loitering munition built to hunt targets hundreds of kilometers away.

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New Polish Loitering Munition Packs Near-Vertical Sting at 300 KM/H

A new loitering munition from FlyFocus combines long-range reach with advanced targeting capabilities to hunt emerging battlefield threats.

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Hanwha Teases Drone-Enabled Combat Concept for K9 Howitzers

At a K9 User Club gathering in Estonia, Hanwha Aerospace outlined a new operational concept for howitzers aimed at enabling faster and more accurate artillery strikes on the battlefield.

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Israeli Tech Gives Drones a Way to Confirm What They See at 1 Kilometer

Israeli firm Sodyo is tackling a key hurdle in autonomous identification: enabling drones not only to see objects, but also to determine exactly what they are on the battlefield.

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Israeli Firm Gives Rifles a Smarter Trigger for Shooting Down Drones

A new fire-control system from Israel Weapon Industries is designed to improve rifle accuracy against small, fast-moving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

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