Jammer resistant drone designs spark search for countermeasures
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
Kittyhawk has introduced flight profiles, a new feature for its UAS management platform, the company announced on 5 December.
The new feature is designed to allow fleet operations managers and pilots to automatically set and enforce a set of flight standards across their flight teams. Profiles can be set to prevent take-offs in ‘attitude mode’ set a standard ‘return to home’ height, and restrict power exhaustion behaviors like return to home or land in place.
The flight profiles can also set limits to how high and how far a UAS can fly, ensuring compliance with Federal Aviation Administration and internal company standards.
The new capability will also help provide greater transparency into the status of the aircraft’s control system before a flight. It will allow pilots to see any part of the flight control system that is not functioning correctly and be able to make decisions about how to proceed.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
The new Amorphous software is a universal controller that would allow a single operator to control a swarm of “thousands” of uncrewed systems, from drones to underwater platforms.
India UAV supplier ideaForge has launched the Netra 5 and Switch V2 drones at Aero India 2025, boasting of enhanced endurance, AI-driven autonomy and improved operational capabilities.
The UAV market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with innovations in technology and battlefield applications driving demand across military sectors. From the battlefields of Ukraine to NATO exercises and beyond, drones are transforming how wars are fought and supported.
Launched at AUSA in October, the company’s multi-stream video codec is attempting to bring a new lease of life to drone technology through its AI accelerator.
Quantum-Systems has been upgrading its UAS family, with new versions of the Vector, Reliant and Twister drones set for release throughout 2025.