PRESS RELEASE
London, UK - 11 September 2023. British UAV manufacturer Evolve Dynamics has embarked on an exciting
new partnership with radar technology specialist Cambridge Sensoriis to perform the first fully autonomous
drone landing. Cambridge Sensoriis’ ARC radar sensor devices have been integrated with Evolve Dynamics’ Sky
Mantis UAV to achieve autonomous landing, loitering and zonal position hold without the use of any other
sensors. This system is therefore ideally suited to operation in GPS-denied environments.
Evolve Dynamics’ Chief Commercial Officer, Laurence Mallinson explained:
“By using radar pods that communicate with each other, our UAVs will be able to land autonomously in any
weather, on a moving host platform, or in a GPS-denied environment. The key aspect of the system is that it is
not reliant on visual navigation methods such as 2D barcodes or LED’s, and therefore is able to operate in
adverse weather conditions and complete invisibility, such as fog or mist.”
The partnership sees Cambridge Sensoriis’ ground-based radar beacons communicating with a Sensoriis airside
radar mounted in the Sky Mantis aircraft, which passes precision positioning data to the autopilot.
This pioneering technology offers extremely robust positioning autonomy to Evolve Dynamics’ Sky Mantis for
operations involving vessel landing, loitering in holding positions both static and moving, and constraining
flight to defined corridors or zones. With the use of Sensoriis’ radar, Sky Mantis can launch from, follow, and
land on a moving vehicle or boat.
Cambridge Sensoriis’ CEO, Steve Clark, commented:
“We’ve believed for some time that our radar-based positional information could add value to drone
deployments, but it has taken the expertise and support of Evolve Dynamics to see that come to fruition with
actual real-world autonomous manoeuvring and landing. It’s a first for us. We’re delighted with the
collaborative spirit of this partnership, and the opportunity ahead.”
Evolve Dynamics’ CEO, Mike Dewhirst, added:
“This is a major step forward. To achieve resilient autonomy and positioning without existing infrastructure,
such as GPS, is essential. This is critical in defence scenarios, where we already have a strong market presence,
as well as for the general scalability of industry drone solutions that will require strong resilience and
redundancy.”
For more information please contact:
Evolve Dynamics – Laurence Mallinson, laurence.mallinson@evolvedynamics.com
Cambridge Sensoriis – Mac Exon-Taylor, mac.exontaylor@cambsensoriis.com
About Evolve Dynamics:
Evolve Dynamics is a UK based UAV / UAS design and manufacturing company delivering aircraft and software
solutions to customers across industries including public safety, defence and energy. Evolve Dynamics was born
to find solutions to the most difficult, real world problems through UAV technology.
Evolve Dynamics’ primary focus is on user needs, understanding the problems they face and the tasks they
need to accomplish.
Evolve Dynamics aims to contribute to a better future by enabling a more carbon neutral, secure and safe
environment, delivering life-saving equipment, and providing value-for-money.
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About Cambridge Sensoriis:
Cambridge Sensoriis is a UK company with deep expertise in radar technology, whose mission has been to
develop radar solutions in a micro form that are suitable for deployment on Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, to
support landing, localisation and collision avoidance.
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