IDEX 2025: Heven Drones launches ‘The Raider’, its new hydrogen-powered UAS
The Raider is a new platform intended to deliver longer endurance flights for its operators. (Photo: Heven Drones)
The new uncrewed aerial system has been designed to address multiple mission requirements, building on its H2D family of drones with an extended range and payload capacity.
Heven Drones has unveiled ‘The Raider’ – its new hydrogen-powered uncrewed aerial system (UAS) ahead of IDEX 2025.
According to the company, this new UAS builds on its H2D family of drones and offers extended endurance, versatile payload options and higher payload capacity, compared to its H2D55 drone which was announced at IDEX two years previously.
Heven Drones disclosed to Shephard that it was working on an “entirely new design”, with a next-generation aircraft of this H2D55 model that could lift heavier payloads, referred to in 2023.
“The launch of the Raider reflects our mission to enhance operational capabilities for a
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