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Back again in “Motor City“. During XPONENTIAL in Houston in 2025, there was an official German pavilion for the first time at an international trade show for unmanned systems and robotics. UAV DACH was part of this special debut and will once again (...)

Something is happening in the state of Denmark. As in the past two years, UAV DACH will once again be present at the International Drone Show (June 3–4, 2026) at HCA Airport in Odense, Denmark. Organized by the Odense Robotics Business Cluster, the (...)

Inform, connect, and shape. These are the fundamental principles of the UAV DACH activities. All three are reflected in the association's Competence and Application Groups. They are the center of expertise, where important groundwork is laid for the benefit of the European UAS industry. (...)

He is the new face on the UAV DACH Executive Board. At the 66th General Assembly, members unanimously elected Dr. Martin Pietrek, Managing Director of member company ETANA Systems, as the new Chief Financial Officer of the European Association for Unmanned Aviation. Dr. Martin Pietrek has been deeply (...)

Preserving resources, increasing efficiency. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has once again shown us just how interconnected the world is. The disruption of a major trade route is increasingly causing supply problems for key raw materials used in fertilizer production, (...)

Singing the praises of unsung heroes. Their work rarely takes center stage, yet the diverse activities of our specialist groups form a central pillar of the work of the Association for Unmanned Aviation. The Advisory Comitee (AC) serves as a technical center of expertise within UAV DACH (...)

Define standards, create platforms, and produce in large volumes.In his speech at the joint opening of XPONENTIAL Europe and the EUROPEAN DRONE FORUM, Dr. Gerald Wissel already emphasized the need to establish sufficiently large manufacturing capacities for unmanned aircraft systems in Europe. “Without (...)

"100,000 commercially operated drones in the air over Europe – every day. At least. And not in some distant future. But within 5 years. This is not wishful thinking to bolster the UAS industry and our members. It is a necessity to make (...)

Mission accomplished. Nothing but satisfied faces, a spirit of optimism, and an energy you could almost feel in the air. In short: XPONENTIAL Europe was a resounding success. Compared to last year’s inaugural event, this year’s show raised the bar (...)

Drones have become an essential tool in business, society, and the military. The industrial scaling of these systems is therefore a prerequisite for technological sovereignty, economic competitiveness, and operational resilience. At the invitation of Rear Admiral Christian Bock, head of the Bundeswehr Innovation Center (...)

The future of flight is uncrewed. Next Tuesday (24 March), XPONENTIAL Europe is about to start. Finally. And UAV DACH will have a significant appearance at the leading European platform for autonomy and robotics. As the official co-host chairing the air domain, (...)

Only one week to go. The EUROPEAN DRONE FORUM 2026 is just around the corner. Europe’s leading specialist conference for uncrewed Aviation is organized by UAV DACH and will take place on 24 March 2026 in Düsseldorf as part of XPONENTIAL Europe. Nowhere else do so (...)

As part of the leading European trade fair XPONENTIAL Europe, we are joining forces with DroneMasters from Berlin and Airteam Aerial Intelligence GmbH to launch the “UAV DACH Precision Pilot Challenge.” The task: to use manual drone flights to perform a complete, structured, and technically sound inspection of (...)

Exchange and networking are the basis for progress. The security and defense industry is in the public eye as never before. Not least, unmanned systems and counter-UAS solutions are the focus of interest. At Enforce Tac 2026 (...)

Key points for the introduction of U-Space areas in Germany. At a working meeting in Bonn, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Transport, the Federal Aviation Authority, the Federal Supervisory Authority for Air Navigation Services, and UAV DACH discussed how future U-Space areas can be introduced and used in practice in Germany. (...)