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UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a provider of flight control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, will collaborate with Poland-based Ekolot Aerospace and Defense (EAD) to integrate its advanced flight control system into Zeus, Ekolot’s new fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform.
The collaboration brings together UAV Navigation’s guidance, navigation and control solutions with Ekolot’s vision to create a new generation of VTOL aircraft. The result is Zeus, a family of platforms in a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) range from 100 to 250 kg that combines the aerodynamic efficiency of a fixed-wing design with the versatility of vertical take-off and landing. These features make it useful for civil, defense and security missionsin remote or challenging environments.
The Zeus family aims to fill the gap between small tactical UAVs and heavy MALE-class systems. Zeus is a modular and convertible concept. A single base airframe
- accepts VTOL or conventional take-off and landing conversion kits
- supports multiple MTOW (150kg, 200kg, 250kg for VTOL and 250kg – 350kg for conventional)
- allows for payloads of 30 – 120kg on VTOL versions and up to 150 kg on conventional; Zeus G variant
- delivers exceptional endurance of 12–24 hours and a modular, payload-agnostic configuration.
- integrates UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía’s advanced autopilot systems, which provide precise flight control and a wide range of advanced capabilities for dual-use unmanned missions, including robust performance in GNSS-denied environments through high-precision inertial navigation and the visual navigation system.
The companies aim to reinforce their presence in the Polish market and support Ekolot Aerospace & Defense’s expansion across the Latin American region. EAD emphasizes the importance of partnering with a company that not only provides critical systems such as flight control, but also offers a team of highly qualified experts in the unmanned industry.
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía reaffirms its commitment to driving innovation in navigation and flight control systems for unmanned aircraft, consolidating its position as a benchmark in guidance, navigation and solutions for UAS executing complex operations in hostile environments and high-demand missions.
