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• Jaroslaw Adamowski
Estonian company KrattWorks plans to show its products at this year’s AUSA conference in Washington, including a Shahed-like dummy drone designed for target practice. The announcement puts the company’s offering in view at a major U.S. Army-focused defense gathering.
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Estonian company KrattWorks plans to show its products at this year’s AUSA conference in Washington, including a Shahed-like dummy drone designed for target practice. The announcement puts the company’s offering in view at a major U.S. Army-focused defense gathering.
Airbus Helicopters is preparing to offer HTeaming, a system that enables UAV control from helicopters, as it explores drone teaming and connectivity building on the H225M’s success. Separately, French drone specialist Reflet du Monde is nearing the end of research and development on a scouting drone commissioned by the Army’s airborne troops school in Pau.
Under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP Element 2 Programme, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía is researching whether signals of opportunity from low Earth orbit communications constellations can support resilient navigation for unmanned aircraft systems. The work explores an alternative navigation input for UAS operations.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries expects defense aerospace to support higher defense revenue and profit margins, identifying uncrewed aircraft and small turbofans as growth priorities. The outlook puts these programs at the center of the Japanese conglomerate’s expansion plans, though the company’s reported summary provides no targets or timing.
Officials said experiments in Arizona expose forces to intense heat, wind, dust and glare—the conditions they face in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility. The trials are intended to draw operational lessons for countering drones in an environment where those factors can challenge personnel and equipment.
Sikorsky’s planned UH-60 upgrade suite includes new engines, greater range, launched effects and expanded autonomy, alongside the uncrewed U-Hawk. The company’s “Black Hawk 2070” strategy calls for the pilotless aircraft to fly this year, extending the platform’s role beyond crewed helicopter operations.
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