UAVs

Dossier

Certo Aerospace Capstone VTOL UAV

Vertical lift stands out as an especially interesting technical arena for competitions between differing uncrewed aircraft configurations, with many impending examples such as the UK government’s Project NYX...

Insight

UAVs

While a great many innovations and milestones are touted across conference halls, expo floors and product websites pertaining to uncrewed aircraft, military uses are a standout hotbed at present. Regrettably, warfare is rife...

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...

Digest

Censys Technologies Sentaero 6 UAS

Although the general public may occasionally lack awareness of how ubiquitous UAVs may become in the future, those in the industry understand how dramatically autonomous aerial surveillance is changing the game of asset intelligence...

In Operation

Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor

As the name suggests, combat search and rescue (CSAR) is an inherently risky kind of mission for a helicopter. It involves flying over and landing in hostile or contested territory, most likely in a race against both time and an adversary alerted...

In Operation

Everdrone E3 UAV

Thanks primarily to a widespread prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle habits, cardiac arrests are on the rise across much of the world, especially among younger demographics. Mounting obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes...

Dossier

Avilus Grille

Modern defence forces are built upon concentrations of professional soldiers, and their effectiveness depends not on hitting recruitment quotas, but upon keeping highly trained personnel at fighting fitness. Before the fight, it means...

Digest

Hecto Drone HD-606

Back in 2017, the team behind Denmark-based Hecto Drone was performing aerial mapping services using COTS drones and equipment – and rapidly finding such work to be both laborious and unpleasant, as CEO Andreas Siggaard recounts...

Dossier

Tekever AR3

There is nothing like a modern high-intensity conflict for shaping military technologies, and the war in Ukraine has impacted uncrewed systems like no other. Tekever’s AR3 Evolution – the latest iteration of the Portuguese company’s 25 kg...

Insight

UAVs

While much experimentation and novel approaches were applied to crewed aerospace throughout the 20th century, including sleeve-valve engines, tilt-wing aircraft configurations and supersonic jets, most of professional aviation across industry...