UAS

Investors were widely disappointed with UAV pioneer AeroVironment's financial results for the fiscal second quarter.

British uncrewed aircraft system developer Rotron Aerospace is set to work with South Korea’s LIG Nex1 to develop a new generation of UAS engines.

AeroVironment should secure deals for its P550 vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed system from abroad within the next six months, CEO Wahid Nawabi says.

Saab plans to fly an uncrewed aircraft in 2026 using a software-defined fuselage as part of an initiative to optimize processes to field equipment faster.

Swiss startup Jekta has completed its second 1:9-scale prototype amphibious seaplane and is preparing to launch into a flight test campaign in January.

Taiwan's Thunder Tiger plans to participate in the U.S. Army’s Drone Dominance program.

The much-anticipated first flight of the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray for the U.S. Navy has been pushed to early 2026.

Beehive says Frenzy test results for performance, ignition at altitude, operability, and durability “met or exceeded challenging Air Force requirements.”

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A job advert posted by Anduril indicates that work is underway on a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS in the Group 5 size category.

The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.

The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has set a goal of acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones by 2028, positing major price drops as production ramps up.

U.S. Central Command plans to use one-way attack drones based on a copy of the Iranian Shahed-136, and has set up a new task force to deploy them.

Strategic decisions loom for some of the biggest Western airlift programs.

Daher has tested a modified TBM turboprop single to demonstrate autonomous flight capability.

The D18, with a 4,350-kg gross weight, is a member of Tengden’s Twin-Tailed Scorpion family of twin-boom uncrewed aircraft.

China’s state-owned engine manufacturer unveiled all-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-combustion powerplants at the Aero Asia 2025 show in Zhuhai on Nov. 27-30.

Turkish industry has claimed a world first with the successful engagement of an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from a UAS.

Sweden has awarded GKN Aerospace a contract to build a clean-sheet turbojet-powered uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrator within 18 months to validate rapid development techniques.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on the Pentagon to increase UAV collaboration with Ukraine.

The Netherlands is looking to add up to $4 billion to its counter-drone investment plan in response to a number of sightings of unidentified UAS in Europe.

A half century later, the channel wing aircraft concept has been revived by Maryland-based startup HopFlyt.

Sikorsky’s CEO discussed the company’s new uncrewed H-60 Black Hawk and the Nomad, a scalable rotor-blown-wing uncrewed system.

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has put development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofit for the Britten-Norman Islander on hold.

Beta Technologies has selected Near Earth Autonomy to support development of its MV250 autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.