Heven Drones Unveils Hydrogen-Powered UAV Raider at IDEX 2025
Key Ideas
  • Heven Drones unveiled a new hydrogen-powered UAV called the Raider at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi with impressive specifications like a 12-hour endurance and 1,000 km range.
  • The Raider's design allows for vertical take-off and landing, enhanced hovering capabilities, and near-silent operation, making it suitable for various missions including surveillance and reconnaissance.
  • Heven Drones has successfully overcome technical challenges in hydrogen-powered UAVs over the past four years and is now focusing on making the Raider operational by next year.
  • The company's H2D250 hydrogen-powered UAV is already operational with multiple customers, including the Israel Defense Forces and the US special forces community.
Heven Drones, a company headquartered in Miami with an R&D facility in Carmel, Israel, showcased their latest innovation at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi - the hydrogen-powered UAV Raider. The Raider, with a 7m wingspan and 119 kg MTOW, boasts a 23 kg payload, 12-hour endurance, and a range exceeding 1,000 km. Its unique twin-boom fuselage design allows for both vertical take-off/landing and forward flight propelled by a pusher propeller. This UAV is equipped with a modular battery system for improved hovering capabilities and offers near-silent operation, making it ideal for discreet missions. The hydrogen-powered system ensures energy independence and continuous operations in remote areas. The Raider is designed for various missions like intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, logistics support, and launching effects. With a focus on reliability and reduced maintenance, the UAV can operate for 1,000 hours between overhauls. Heven Drones has a roadmap to have the Raider operational by next year after successful test flights later this year. Despite technical challenges, Heven Drones has a track record of innovation in hydrogen-powered UAVs. Their previous model, H2D250, is already operational and has gained trust from the Israel Defense Forces and the US special forces community. The US forces, specifically interested in its range, endurance, and energy independence, have found the H2D250 valuable for operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
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