Issue 45 | Uncrewed Systems Technology Aug/Sept 2022 Tidewie USV Tupan | Performance monitoring | Bayonet 350 | UAVs insight | Xponential 2022 | ULPower UL350i and UL350iHPS | Elroy Air Chaparral | Gimbals | Clogworks Dark Matter

SLOVENIA AtmoLab Systems +386 51 251 957 www.drone-gimbal.com SPAIN Embention +34 965 115 421 www.embention.com UAV Navigation +34 91 657 2723 www.uavnavigation.com SWEDEN DST Control +46 13 211080 www.dst.se THE NETHERLANDS Aerialtronics +33 1 80 89 44 44 www.aerialtronics.com UK QuestUAV +44 1665 479042 www.questuav.com UKRAINE Ukrspecsystems +38 063 8343660 www.ukrspecsystems.com USA Aerotech +1 412 963 7470 www.aerotech.co.uk AeroVironment +1 805 520 8350 www.avinc.com Ascent Vision +1 406 388 2092 www.ascentvision.com Challenger Aerospace Systems +1 775 298 6111 www.challengeraerospace.com Collins Aerospace +1 541 387 2120 www.cloudcaptech.com EVO Gimbals +1 866 977 6688 www.evogimbals.com Freefly Systems +1 425 485 5500 www.freeflysystems.com Lockheed Martin +1 801 788 3200 www.lockheedmartin.com Shotover Systems +1 720 744 3300 www.shotover.com UAV Propulsion +1 810 441 1457 www.uavpropulsiontech.com UAVOS +1 650 584 3176 www.uavos.com Unmanned Systems Source +1 520 620 9818 www.unmannedsystemssource.com UTC Aerospace Systems +1 704 423 7000 www.utcaerospacesystems.com Yuneec +1 855 284 8888 www.yuneec.com VIETNAM Gremsy +84 28 37 205 221 www.gremsy.com 107 Gimbals | Focus vibrations or handle shocks and other loadings effectively. Future prospects High-end gimbal products of the future look likely to continue the trend of becoming larger and larger, in order to package bigger lenses with more optical zoom for users across sectors such as defence, cinematography and wildlife protection, as well as having bigger motors and GPUs to produce clearer imagery with more actionable data. That could mean gimbal manufacturers approaching a hard barrier in terms of how much heat can be dissipated, or concerning the expense of losing a gimbal system through mechanical damage. However, some developers hint at new materials and techniques for thermal and structural robustness that remain undisclosed for the time being. Whether these will come to light in future generations of gimbals remains to be seen. Either way, that such experimental technologies exist at all should be clear evidence that the world of gimbals for uncrewed systems is set to continue being a hotbed of scientific advances for many years ahead. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Tabb Firchau and Matt Isenbarger at Freefly Systems, Magnus Sundtedt and Jan- Erik Stromberg at DST Control, Frank Severinsen at UXV Technologies, Javier Espuch at Embention, Fabrice Perodi at Merio UAV Payload Systems, Robert Kubis at Shotover, and Guy Bowie and Luis Nieves at Collins Aerospace for their help with researching this article. Uncrewed Systems Technology | August/September 2022