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New Platform Targets Growing Uncrewed Heavy-Lift Market
Tekever has unveiled its new AR6 autonomous rotary wing uncrewed air system at the Farnborough Airshow, targeting the growing uncrewed heavy-lift multi-copter market. The AR6 platform boasts significant range and payload performance improvements over electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing systems, thanks to its combustion engine and digitally controlled hydraulics. Tekever plans to produce the AR6 at its facility in Swindon, England, with production set to begin by the end of 2026. The company sees potential applications in logistics, medical support, and humanitarian relief, as well as in military contexts, including Project Nyx, a UK program to develop an autonomous adjunct to support the British Army’s Apache attack helicopter fleet, as reported by Aviation Week.