IDEX 2025 – RC Direction: Ukrainian UAVs easy to produce
When in February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine, it was clear that UAVs would have a key role in…
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IDEX 2025 – First public appearance for AeroVironment Jump 20-X marinized VTOL UAV and first international appearance for its P550
IDEX 2025 marked the first appearance at a defence exhibition of the Jump 20-X, the marinized version of…
IDEX 2025 – Benelli M4 AI Drone Guardian; a last-ditch C-UAS effector for dismounted infantry
Although not entirely new, it was developed for the civilian market, the Advanced Impact concept developed by Benelli,…
IDEX 2025 – Heven Drones Raider: flying silent, at long-range carrying 23 kg payload
Heven Drones, the Miami-based company specialised on hydrogen powered drones, which R&D centre is however located in Israel,…
IDEX 2025 – First international appearance for Russian Forpost-RE UAV
The Forpost-RE medium-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was presented for the first time in the Middle East during…
IDEX 2025 – MATV, a new 4×4 multirole all-terrain vehicle from Calidus
At IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi the local company Calidus showcased a series of new vehicles, among which…
IDEX 2025 – Alwashag, the Calidus proposal to UAE Special Forces
Among the many new vehicles unveiled by Calidus at IDEX 2025, the first one that could be met…
IDEX 2025 – Israel Aerospace Industries looks to the future
IDEX 2025 saw considerable participation of Israeli defence companies, many of them unveiling new products, showing that the…
IDEX 2025 – Arquimea: after loitering munitions come C-UAS, the Spanish company unveiling its SkyBlock family, and announcing the development of a longer-range LM
Well known for its Q-SLAM loitering munition (LM), which can reach targets at 15-20 km with an endurance…
IDEX 2025 – Kalashnikov presents its latest attack UAVs
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian military conflict is characterized by the massive use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various…
IDEX 2025 – Anavia, part of the EDGE Group, unveils the HT-750 heavy lift unmanned helicopter
Following the success of its HT-100 VTOL UAV, Switzerland-based Anavia, which majority stake was acquired by EDGE in…
IDEX 2025 – ST Engineering GDAMS ready for qualification trials
With indirect fire becoming more and more important in the light of recent conflicts lessons learned, ST Engineering…
IDEX 2025 – Turkey unveils Marlin USV in monohull and trimaran configuration
Unmanned surface vehicle (USV) programmes in the past years have focused primarily on developing unmanned naval platforms for…
IDEX 2025 – Uzbekistan Havztez unveils its Arslon APC family
Uzbekistan Havztez showcased its APCs and artillery at IDEX, or to better say at NAVDEX as, strangely enough,…
IDEX 2025 – Caracal goes multi-calibre, and not only
Caracal, the EDGE entity specialized in small arms, was displaying its full production at IDEX, the home exhibition…