Platform One

June 15th 2026

Development work in the US has produced a low-power millimetre-band radar sensor that can provide radar-equipped autonomous vehicles with critical inputs about surrounding traffic without adding additional communications overhead...

June 15th 2026

Researchers in China have used the rear lights of vehicles to communicate in a platoon. Vehicle platooning allows vehicles to travel in tightly coordinated congestion...

June 15th 2026

A chip that integrates reconfigurable solid-state batteries could enable nanoUAVs and microrobots to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and and...

June 15th 2026

A solid-state ornithopter with no moving parts has been developed by researchers in the US. The ornithopter uses induced-strain actuators based on composite piezoelectric electromagnetic...

June 15th 2026

In the UK, researchers have developed a robot for hostile environments that is powered by wind energy. WANDER-bot is a low-cost, 3D-printed robot that such...

Dossier

Dossier

FCT Sweden Lamina fuel cell

The world of uncrewed systems is, in many ways, a critical beachhead market for hydrogen power solutions. Despite their detractors, we have unpacked major success stories such as Canada’s Cellula Robotics and Zepher Flight Labs...

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Image sensors

Jun 2026

Propellers

May 2026

Data / connections

Apr 2026

Dossier

BushRanger UAV

All around the world, rangers responsible for protecting vulnerable wildlife and ecosystems are being murdered by those who profit from poaching, with one charity estimating that as many as 150 rangers annually are killed in the line of duty...

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Gimbals

Feb 2026

AI

Feb 2026

Electric motors

Feb 2026

Dossier

H3X HPDG-30 hybrid

The company H3X is an aerospace-focused e-powertrain developer and manufacturer, which was founded in 2020 primarily out of a desire to take on a challenge set (unofficially) by the US’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in 2019...

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Sense and avoid

Feb 2026

AI certification

Oct 2025

Composites

Feb 2026

Dossier

MooVita MooBus-7

While much of the buzz throughout the self-driven vehicle world has historically focused on robotaxis, sized for autonomously transporting one-to-four people along sporadic routes, our investigations have revealed that other...

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Performance monitoring

Feb 2026

Machine tools

Aug 2025

ECUs

Feb 2026

Dossier

Edge Performance ThrustVik X3 & X5

BRP-Rotax is a trusted name in engines, not only across UAVs but also motorsport and general aviation (GA), but a variety of companies have long offered improved versions of (or performance upgrade kits for) Rotax engines...

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Video systems

Feb 2026

Motor controllers

Feb 2026

Lidar

Feb 2026

Focus on...

Servo actuators

Jun 2026

Image sensors

Jun 2026

Propellers

May 2026

Data / connections

Apr 2026

Gimbals

Feb 2026

AI

Feb 2026

Electric motors

Feb 2026

Sense and avoid

Feb 2026

AI certification

Oct 2025

Composites

Feb 2026

Performance monitoring

Feb 2026

Machine tools

Aug 2025

ECUs

Feb 2026

Video systems

Feb 2026

Special Reports

In Operation

Ocean Aero Triton

As an Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV), Ocean Aero’s Triton is at home in two domains: surfacing to exploit solar and wind energy, and then folding its wing sail and submerging to avoid detection, harsh weather...

PS

Iran’s asymmetric survival strategy

Iran’s so far successful defence and counterstrikes against prolonged attacks by the US and Israel is paradigm-shifting in many ways. One of them is that it has moved low-cost, mass-produced uncrewed aerial and maritime vehicle systems...

Show Report

XPONENTIAL Europe 2026

With the applause for last year’s inaugural Xponential Europe still resonating, uncrewed systems companies coalesced once again in the Messe Düsseldorf to unveil, discuss and promote their latest innovations. All counted, 360 exhibitors came together...

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Motor controllers

Feb 2026

Lidar

Feb 2026

Connectors

Feb 2026

Swarming

Feb 2026

Launch & recovery

Feb 2026

Embedded computing tech

Feb 2026

Sense and Simulation

Feb 2026

Ground control stations

Feb 2026

Transponders

Feb 2026

UTM

Feb 2026

Antennas

Feb 2026

Data Storage

Feb 2026

New Products

New Product

AUV for long-duration subsurface missions

Cellula Robotics has demonstrated its Envoy Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, capable of travelling for over 2000 km using a hydrogen fuel cell. The 1.5 kW fuel cell was developed with Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen using its Mystic 2000...

New Product

High-speed interface for integrating AI chips

ZF and SiliconAuto have developed an interface chip with companion microcontroller for automated driving. The specialised I/O chip performs data acquisition and preprocessing in real time for automated driving and is tightly...

New Product

In-line architecture transforms fuel flow measurement

Sentronics has launched its range of next-generation fluid flow sensors, the RealFlow D‑Series, incorporating several innovations previously unseen in flow sensor products and of particular benefit to precise fuel monitoring...

New Product

Morphing wings adapt to flight conditions

DLR in Germany has developed new aircraft wings capable of changing shape during flight. An AI model controls the wings and automatically adjusts them, even in the event of disturbances. The system has...

New Product

Vectored thrust for UAVs

Aerix Systems has developed an omnidirectional propulsion system that gives any propelled vehicle new flying capabilities. The T-16 is used in the AXI-M1 and u1 UAVs to provide vectored thrust to decouple the drone’s orientation...

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Data Storage

Feb 2026

Autopilots

Feb 2026

Battery technology

Feb 2026

IMUS, gyros and accelometers

Feb 2026