What is known about this subject

The new company under the umbrella of Airbus US Space and Defense has not yet been given a name. It will focus on developing unmanned aerial vehicles with a wide range of sizes and capabilities that meet the needs of military institutions and can “track, detect and counter modern threats.” The company hopes to participate more in tenders to obtain large government contracts.

UAV department Airbus hires former military drone operators, engineers and stratospheric aviation expertsIt will continue to develop the technologies behind Zephyr’s success. But from the company’s statements it is clear that the main goal of the team will be to create new devices that can meet the needs of the army and take an important place in the work of defense departments, which have recently been given special attention. To the drones that saw their effectiveness on the battlefield of the war in Ukraine.

There are no other details yet, but we can already say that Airbus, Europe’s giant aviation consortium, is the company that can achieve great success in this market, as it has a lot of experience in the field of aircraft.

Airbus is not the only player

Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine has created a boom in the drone market. Many companies operating in the field of consumer or purely corporate production suddenly began to show interest in the military segment.

• Red Cat Holdings, which was previously involved in the production of UAVs for civilian use and entertainment purposes, quickly turned to the military after purchasing Teal Drones. The manufacturer announced that it will cease its consumer activities and focus on defense tasks, which it adapts and develops on the basis of enterprise solutions.
• Canadian company Draganfly followed a similar path. It has already signed a contract with the US Department of Defense to develop the Replicator program. This project involves deploying swarms of newly developed drones in unprecedented military use cases against massive weapon systems developed by adversaries such as China and Russia. The “Replicator” strategy involves the use of numerical superiority and “unimaginable capabilities of small aircraft” to destroy large vehicles, ships and other objects of the enemy.

The annual growth of the small UAV market is expected to be approximately 20 billion dollars.