A Hunter unmanned air vehicle has successfully air-dropped a Northrop Grumman Viper strike munition against a variety of armoured and soft ground targets. Viper is a rapid adaptation of the company's earlier acoustically guided BAT anti-tank mun- ition, developed for deployment in Iraq against urban targets.
Source: Flight International
EHang’s EH216-S autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) has completed its first test flight using solid-state lithium batteries.
Chinese aerospace firm Air White Whale has assembled its first unmanned cargo aircraft – also the world’s largest – as it works towards eventual certification and delivery in 2026.
UK regulators have set out the steps needed to open the country’s airspace for widespread operation of uncrewed air systems (UAS) by 2027 to “maximise [their] economic and social benefits”.
