Tony Osborne
October 28, 2025

Flare Bright has been testing Intera and Tactera technologies on its own fleet.

Flare Bright has been testing Intera and Tactera technologies on its fleet of test uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).

Credit: Flare Bright

A UK firm is adapting technologies developed for smartphones and driverless automobiles to provide the navigational accuracy for a new generation of low-cost munitions. Advancements such as adaptive cruise control are driving down the cost of Lidar sensors, while smartphones are making use of…

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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