For the HCS he spoke of the Black Dragon battlefield aerial drone which will be deployed from next year. The small drone will give real-time imagery to troops on the ground via augmented vision goggles and to a commander in a UAV Control Vehicle, which will be specially modified Tapirs. These will launch the Black Dragon and be the node for all data and integration with other sources.
The HCSAF is hoping to begin flight testing next year of the RQ-1 which will be a supersonic stealthy reconnaissance drone. A strike version known as UCAV-AX is also possible if the RQ-1 is successful although at the moment has the official status of "cancelled".
The Space Navy of course are developing the Nybble, a superluminal unmanned space ship. Trials with the first prototype have been largely successful and Nybble is still on track for an entry into service of next year (though analysts think it will slip into 2111).
The HCS Navy are the heaviest users of unmanned vehicles at present with the Long Watch and also the MQZ-1 reconnaissance airship. They are also working on a fully submersible unmanned vehicle (Long Watch can only go just below the surface) known as Deep Seek for reconnaissance and survey operations. Deep Seek could enter service in a few years though some of it's technology is dependant on the HCSN submarine programme so there could be delays.
Captain Clone also hinted that the HCS is looking into unmanned land vehicles and also an equivalent to the DDS LLAD long-range attack drone.
