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Aernnova signs a deal to take over GE Aviation's Hamble site in the UK, its first operating base in Britain. The deal brings about 700 employees, the A350 XWB wing fixed trailing-edge program and roughly $200 million in additional yearly…
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Hitec Commercial Solutions releases the DPC-20, a USB-C programmer that configures and tests its digital servo actuators over PWM, TTL, RS-485, CAN and DroneCAN. It replaces three earlier programmers, the DPC-11, DPC-485 and DPC-CAN, so…
Aernnova partners with Radia on the wing and engine pylons of WindRunner, the cargo aircraft Radia is developing to carry wind turbine blades. Leonardo and AFuzion join the same ecosystem for fuselage engineering and for safety and…
Ultra Motion presents its B1 series, a parallel-mount electric linear actuator that is 50% smaller than the company's standard B2 series. The reduced size addresses control surfaces, unmanned vehicles and robotics, where size and weight…
Ouster's REV7 lidar family, built on the L3 digital chip, spans the OS0, OS1 and OS2 plus the new 180° hemispherical OSDome. Ouster claims higher range and finer precision with no change in sensor size or weight.
Shield agrees to buy Echodyne, the Kirkland-based radar maker, in a deal valued at $5.3 billion. The purchase brings software-defined MESA radars, used in counter-UAS systems and for UAS detect-and-avoid, into Shield's Mission Systems…
Ouster releases Firmware 3.2 for its lidar sensors, adding on-sensor 3D zone monitoring, optical window blockage detection and time-synchronized IMU data. The update shifts occupancy logic and motion compensation from the host computer to…
Ultra Motion's Servo Cylinder line has offered an Industrial Controller and a CAN Controller since August 2019, alongside the Classic controller. The two boards give integrators a choice between 4–20 mA and serial control and networked…
Shield has agreed to buy Echodyne, the Washington-based maker of MESA radars for counter-UAS and airspace sensing, for $5.3bn. Echodyne's radars stay available as standalone products, and the deal adds production capacity for the sensor…
Falcon is a reusable supersonic uncrewed aerial target for missile-defense training, and its propulsion is the subject of a partnership between Safran Power Units and UVAD Technologies. Safran supplies two turbojet engines, and flight…
Volz Servos' depth-rated actuators move the control surfaces of Boaty McBoatface, the Autosub Long Range AUV run by the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton. The vehicle surveys beneath ice shelves near the Thwaites…
Thales selects Volz Servos to provide certifiable actuators for its UAS100 long-range drone, a platform on the path to becoming the first EASA-certified UAS. The servos are to meet EASA and FAA requirements at design assurance level B…
Volz Servos supplies the swashplate actuation for High Eye's Airboxer unmanned helicopter, using five DA 15-N-ISS servos in a redundant layout. The arrangement keeps the helicopter controllable even if two actuators fail.
Gremsy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean UAV manufacturer NINANO to explore integrating Gremsy's EO/IR camera payloads into NINANO's unmanned platforms. The agreement sets a framework for technical collaboration…
Honeywell Aerospace detailed on May 5, 2022 a test of a Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency (PACE) satcom scheme on its Boeing 757-200 flying testbed, which switched between commercial and military satellite networks in flight…
SimActive launches an integrated workflow that brings Phase One aerial imagery into its Correlator3D photogrammetry software for large-scale defense mapping. The link targets the processing stage, where users who collect tens of thousands…
Teijin Carbon Europe unveils Tenax Next HTS45 E23 24K, a carbon fiber filament yarn with a potential 35 % CO₂ reduction against regular filament yarn, at JEC World 2025. The yarn targets industrial, automotive and aerospace buyers who…
Teijin Carbon Europe has passed a Nadcap audit and receives accreditation for non-metallic material manufacturing and testing. For integrators of eVTOL and large-UAS structures, the carbon fiber supplier now holds an aerospace-recognized…
AeroVironment (AV) will fit Elsight's Halo multilink unit to its Mayhem 10 launched effects system under a new partnership. The aim is to keep the system's communications working in contested environments by combining satellite, cellular…
Mobilicom reports nine tier-1 design wins for its SkyHopper datalinks and ICE cybersecurity software, plus $2.2 million in purchase orders tied to a U.S. loitering munition program of record. One program already ships monthly, and the…
Honeywell Aerospace presents results from demonstrations of celestial-, vision- and magnetic-aided navigation that support inertial systems when GNSS signals are lost. Its star-tracker based system matches GNSS-INS performance under…
Honeywell Aerospace tests a 1 MW generator in a Mexicali test cell, and Flying Whales will integrate it into the hybrid-electric powertrain of its LCA60T airship. The unit reaches 1 MW steady state at 97% efficiency, giving…
For tactical UAS, two new HD59 variants from Trillium Engineering, the HD59-MVV-C and the HD59-MLVV-C, pair MWIR imaging with a built-in laser rangefinder and laser pointer. Trillium puts system cost more than 30 percent below traditional…
YellowScan and VisionAir Production AB join SeaDeep, a European aquaculture project, to study the Navigator topo-bathymetric LiDAR on sea farms and algae production sites. The drone-borne sensor maps above and below the waterline within a…
YellowScan joins the SeaDeep project with VisionAir Production AB to study how its Navigator topo-bathymetric LiDAR can monitor sea farms and seaweed production sites. The EU co-funded programme, which links 30 partners, aims to develop…
Aernnova signs a deal to take over GE Aviation's Hamble site in the UK, its first operating base in Britain. The deal brings about 700 employees, the A350 XWB wing fixed trailing-edge program and roughly $200 million in additional yearly…
Hitec Commercial Solutions releases the DPC-20, a USB-C programmer that configures and tests its digital servo actuators over PWM, TTL, RS-485, CAN and DroneCAN. It replaces three earlier programmers, the DPC-11, DPC-485 and DPC-CAN, so…
Aernnova partners with Radia on the wing and engine pylons of WindRunner, the cargo aircraft Radia is developing to carry wind turbine blades. Leonardo and AFuzion join the same ecosystem for fuselage engineering and for safety and…
Ultra Motion presents its B1 series, a parallel-mount electric linear actuator that is 50% smaller than the company's standard B2 series. The reduced size addresses control surfaces, unmanned vehicles and robotics, where size and weight…
Ouster's REV7 lidar family, built on the L3 digital chip, spans the OS0, OS1 and OS2 plus the new 180° hemispherical OSDome. Ouster claims higher range and finer precision with no change in sensor size or weight.
Shield agrees to buy Echodyne, the Kirkland-based radar maker, in a deal valued at $5.3 billion. The purchase brings software-defined MESA radars, used in counter-UAS systems and for UAS detect-and-avoid, into Shield's Mission Systems…
Ouster releases Firmware 3.2 for its lidar sensors, adding on-sensor 3D zone monitoring, optical window blockage detection and time-synchronized IMU data. The update shifts occupancy logic and motion compensation from the host computer to…
Ultra Motion's Servo Cylinder line has offered an Industrial Controller and a CAN Controller since August 2019, alongside the Classic controller. The two boards give integrators a choice between 4–20 mA and serial control and networked…
Shield has agreed to buy Echodyne, the Washington-based maker of MESA radars for counter-UAS and airspace sensing, for $5.3bn. Echodyne's radars stay available as standalone products, and the deal adds production capacity for the sensor…
Falcon is a reusable supersonic uncrewed aerial target for missile-defense training, and its propulsion is the subject of a partnership between Safran Power Units and UVAD Technologies. Safran supplies two turbojet engines, and flight…
Volz Servos' depth-rated actuators move the control surfaces of Boaty McBoatface, the Autosub Long Range AUV run by the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton. The vehicle surveys beneath ice shelves near the Thwaites…
Thales selects Volz Servos to provide certifiable actuators for its UAS100 long-range drone, a platform on the path to becoming the first EASA-certified UAS. The servos are to meet EASA and FAA requirements at design assurance level B…
Volz Servos supplies the swashplate actuation for High Eye's Airboxer unmanned helicopter, using five DA 15-N-ISS servos in a redundant layout. The arrangement keeps the helicopter controllable even if two actuators fail.
Gremsy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean UAV manufacturer NINANO to explore integrating Gremsy's EO/IR camera payloads into NINANO's unmanned platforms. The agreement sets a framework for technical collaboration…
Honeywell Aerospace detailed on May 5, 2022 a test of a Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency (PACE) satcom scheme on its Boeing 757-200 flying testbed, which switched between commercial and military satellite networks in flight…
SimActive launches an integrated workflow that brings Phase One aerial imagery into its Correlator3D photogrammetry software for large-scale defense mapping. The link targets the processing stage, where users who collect tens of thousands…
Teijin Carbon Europe unveils Tenax Next HTS45 E23 24K, a carbon fiber filament yarn with a potential 35 % CO₂ reduction against regular filament yarn, at JEC World 2025. The yarn targets industrial, automotive and aerospace buyers who…
Teijin Carbon Europe has passed a Nadcap audit and receives accreditation for non-metallic material manufacturing and testing. For integrators of eVTOL and large-UAS structures, the carbon fiber supplier now holds an aerospace-recognized…
AeroVironment (AV) will fit Elsight's Halo multilink unit to its Mayhem 10 launched effects system under a new partnership. The aim is to keep the system's communications working in contested environments by combining satellite, cellular…
Mobilicom reports nine tier-1 design wins for its SkyHopper datalinks and ICE cybersecurity software, plus $2.2 million in purchase orders tied to a U.S. loitering munition program of record. One program already ships monthly, and the…
Honeywell Aerospace presents results from demonstrations of celestial-, vision- and magnetic-aided navigation that support inertial systems when GNSS signals are lost. Its star-tracker based system matches GNSS-INS performance under…
Honeywell Aerospace tests a 1 MW generator in a Mexicali test cell, and Flying Whales will integrate it into the hybrid-electric powertrain of its LCA60T airship. The unit reaches 1 MW steady state at 97% efficiency, giving…
For tactical UAS, two new HD59 variants from Trillium Engineering, the HD59-MVV-C and the HD59-MLVV-C, pair MWIR imaging with a built-in laser rangefinder and laser pointer. Trillium puts system cost more than 30 percent below traditional…
YellowScan and VisionAir Production AB join SeaDeep, a European aquaculture project, to study the Navigator topo-bathymetric LiDAR on sea farms and algae production sites. The drone-borne sensor maps above and below the waterline within a…
YellowScan joins the SeaDeep project with VisionAir Production AB to study how its Navigator topo-bathymetric LiDAR can monitor sea farms and seaweed production sites. The EU co-funded programme, which links 30 partners, aims to develop…
Honeywell Aerospace marks five years of its HGuide Industrial Navigation group, which adapts inertial navigation technology from the company's defense and aerospace lines for industrial platforms. MEMS inertial measurement units such as…
Honeywell Aerospace offers the HGuide o480, a 26-gram INS/GNSS navigator for attritable military platforms and industrial uses. The unit pairs an IMU and a GNSS receiver with AIM+ anti-jamming, and it is available globally without export…
Honeywell Aerospace presents the HON1600, a small turbine engine it positions for the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, after a core engine run in September 2025. The Air Force has issued a request for proposals…
Gremsy launches its Elite Integrators Program, giving a select group of system integrators early access to KESTREL, its ultra-lightweight, ultra-compact payload, before market release. Applications open now, and KESTREL is set for display…
Teijin Carbon details two rapid cure material routes for composite aircraft structures: Tenax Q-183, a fast-curing epoxy prepreg, and TR022, an epoxy resin system for liquid molding with dry fiber. Both address eVTOL, hybrid-electric and…
Mobilicom launches SwarmiX Suite, a family of mesh communications products for drone swarms and autonomous fleets, with anti-jamming and cybersecurity running on the module. The NDAA-compliant, U.S. production-ready line targets defense…
The INS-NV is a new programmable platform from Inertial Labs, which belongs to VIAVI, and it pairs an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module with an inertial navigation system and an AHRS. Developers of alternative PNT and visual navigation systems…
Evolito submits a type certificate application to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for its E800 electric engine, initially intended for Electra's EL9 hybrid-electric aircraft. The company describes it as the first certification application…
A&P Technology braids Tenax TPUD thermoplastic tape into IMS65 PAEK Bimax, a biaxial fabric 65 inches wide, and the product is introduced jointly with Teijin Carbon. It targets aerospace, space and defense manufacturers that need faster…
Auterion and Project Q have connected Auterion Mission Control with the HYDRIS integration layer, the first milestone of an agreement signed in August 2026. The connector passes tracks, drone positions and tasking commands in both…
Elsight has added a Positioning capability to its Halo unit that fixes the location of uncrewed systems from cellular network measurements when GPS is jammed, degraded or spoofed. The company unveils it at AUSA 2026 as a software unlock…
Connect Tech adds four camera platforms and JetPack 7.2 board support packages to its EdgeAI Stack. The Guelph company also lengthens its limited warranty to two years on eligible products.
Teledyne FLIR OEM launches Prism A-ISR, embedded software that finds, classifies and follows ground objects live aboard UAS and other airborne ISR platforms. The module extends the company's Prism perception portfolio to airborne payloads…
CAMINUS, the Indianapolis cell maker formerly known as EnPower, signs a contract manufacturing agreement with Amprius Technologies to build Amprius-designed silicon-anode pouch cells in the United States. Amprius gains a US production…
Amprius Technologies is granted up to $75 million by the U.S. Department of War to convert an American EV battery line to cells for unmanned aircraft. The line will make Amprius pouch cells compliant with NDAA sourcing rules for drones in…
Septentrio adds Hoverfly and CUAV as hardware partners for its mosaic-G5 GNSS modules and publishes four open-source reference designs. The additions give drone and robotics developers more ways to integrate the 23 mm by 16 mm receivers.
Hexcel is adding US production of its HexPly M901 fast-curing prepreg at its Salt Lake City facility, transferring a material now made in France. The company expects shorter cycles and higher volumes for UAV airframes and other structural…
Trillium Engineering says its HD80-MLVS-LD-LRF-LP gimbal flew on a Textron Systems Aerosonde UAS during a Taiwan Army first: a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operation that worked. The Aerosonde teamed with an AH-64E Apache in the Divine…
Doodle Labs unveils Mesh Rider Dual Radio, a kit that puts two Mesh Rider OEM modules, each on its own band, into a single node. It addresses users under heavy jamming, for whom reliance on one band is a weak point.
Gremsy presents its camera gimbals and EO/IR payloads at Commercial UAV Expo 2026 in Las Vegas, mainly through partner booths. Sony Electronics hosts the largest display, with other UAV makers showing the payloads on their own platforms.
Amprius launches SiCore500, a silicon-anode cell rated at 500 Wh/kg under a 1C continuous discharge. Standard lithium-ion production lines can build it, and sales are expected to start in late 2026.
Indian developer ePlane Company, also known as Ubifly Technologies, orders avionics from Hensoldt, a firm commitment, for its e200X electric air taxi. The order arrives as the full-scale prototype starts ground testing.
ZeroAvia leads HyPRIME, a project backed by the UK Department for Transport to develop, build and demonstrate liquid hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for commercial aircraft. The demonstration takes place in a live airport environment…
Elsight, a connectivity supplier for uncrewed systems, adds production capacity in the US and Germany. It acts after its Halo unit was cleared for the Blue UAS list. The statement is dated 18 August 2026.
Trillium Engineering switches its gimbal software from calendar versioning to the X.Y.Z semantic scheme, beginning with release 3.1. The change lets customers judge the scope of each update from its number.
Doodle Labs launches Boost, a gallium-nitride amplifier that raises the transmit power of Mesh Rider radios on demand. The C-Band version targets longer range and better resistance to jamming on small drones without a constant drain on…
Gremsy has secured Blue List status from the Defense Contract Management Agency for the ORUS L NDAA payload, the LYNX NDAA payload and the LYNX Mainboard, all sold through Gremsy USA. The Vietnamese gimbal maker says it is the only…
GKN Aerospace supplies the wings, fins and control surfaces of Brontanax, the UK's first Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype, which BAE Systems unveils. The company covers engineering, manufacture and integration of these flight-ready…
Embention USA and SkyRunner announce an integration that puts the Veronte Autopilot into the FAA-certified SkyRunner MK 3.2 dual-mode air-ground aircraft. The result is an unmanned version of a vehicle that has so far flown with a pilot…
Hexcel finishes qualifying its carbon fibre epoxy prepreg HexPly M91 through NCAMP and publishes the resulting data. Aerospace manufacturers can use it for design and certification.
Intelligent Energy unveils the IE-FLIGHT 120, a 120 kW hydrogen powertrain for large uncrewed aircraft with wings. The UK manufacturer pairs the launch with the biggest UAV order it has received, for its IE-SOAR systems.
Vigilant Aerospace is flight-testing two versions of FlightHorizon PILOT, its detect-and-avoid system carried on the aircraft: a light civilian unit with a transponder receiver and a heavier one with radar. The tests support BVLOS…
H55 delivers battery modules to Pratt & Whitney Canada for the RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator. The Swiss company says they were built to production standard in a regulator-approved plant, marking its move from development to…
VectorNav Technologies releases a development kit that brings Iridium positioning data into its VN-210E inertial navigation system, built with NAL Technologies. The company says the extra input keeps navigation going where GNSS is…
Septentrio, part of Hexagon, launches the mosaic-G5 P8, a multi-frequency GNSS module of 23 x 16 mm that weighs as little as 2.2 g. It targets UAVs, marine vessels, rail and other mission-critical devices that must keep positioning under…
GKN Aerospace joins Anduril UK's team for the next phase of Project NYX after the UK Ministry of Defence picks Anduril to continue in the British Army programme. GKN supplies aerostructures and manufacturing capacity for autonomous…
Motorola Solutions earmarks $100 million to scale up manufacturing and supply at Silvus Technologies, starting with a new plant in Salt Lake City, Utah. The aim is to match StreamCaster MANET radio output to rising orders from defense and…
H55 reports that its aviation energy storage system has passed verification of its safety functions as a complete assembly. The Swiss company calls the result a major step in reducing certification risk.
VectorNav Technologies raises the measurement limits of its Tactical Series IMUs and inertial navigation systems to 95 g and 250 g for accelerometers and 4,000 °/s for gyroscopes. Programs for interceptors, missiles and hypersonic…
Syensqo brings a Vertical Aerospace eVTOL rotor blade to JEC World 2026, built from MTM 45-1 materials in a single compression-molding operation. The company says the route removes secondary bonding from blade production.
Vertical Aerospace names Evolito as the supplier of the electric engines for its Valo eVTOL. The pair intend to certify them together, in support of a 2028 target.
Silvus Technologies, a Motorola Solutions company, has the StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced (SC4400E) MANET radio added to the Defense Innovation Unit's Blue UAS Framework. AUVSI also lists the NDAA-compliant radio among its Green UAS Cleared…
