Also being shown is VIDAR, a 300 mm, man portable craft designed to provide surveillance and situational awareness inside buildings and in-close-confined spaces. It has an electric engine, 15 minutes endurance and can carry a 100g payload. EMBLA is being shown in its counter IED role on top of a Northrop Grumman Remotec Mk 8 EOD Wheelbarrow, which has been adapted by having its manipulator arm removed and replaced with a platform for the UAV. EMBLA is a 600mm diameter electric engine craft which has been developed to show the capabilities of a Coanda effect VTOL UAV. HODER is a heavy lift craft capable of carrying a one tonne payload, primarily intended for cargo transport, but can easily be adapted to become a long endurance craft by reducing the payload and increasing the fuel. HODER is in the early stages of development but is expected that it will be multi-engined.
The VTOL craft use the Coanda effect to generate lift and have inherent stability as a surveillance platform. The design has no external rotating parts and can survive low speed impact with the ground, buildings and other fixed objects. The AESIR UAVs provide a sustained hover capability, have a large payload capacity when compared to similar sized fixed wing craft and have been designed to use "plug-and-play" payloads resulting in considerable flexibility. Designed into the craft is an effective perch-and-stare capability.