News, product launches and technical guides on components for professional drones and eVTOL aircraft, from the editorial team and from the companies in the directory.
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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.
