Uvision and Wayland Autonomy collaborate to expand sensor-to-effect architecture with airborne ISR

AUSA Washington D.C., 10-12 October 2026, Hall A, Booth #1167

Washington, D.C., October 12 – Uvision, a global leader in loitering munition systems and integrated precision strike solutions, and Wayland Autonomy today announced the integration of Wayland’s IRIS airborne imaging payload into Uvision’s Tactical CORTEX architecture.

First unveiled at ADEX 2026 in Baku, Tactical CORTEX builds on Uvision’s broader sensor-to-effect approach, providing situational awareness and common multi-platform mission-management layer across heterogeneous sensing assets and effectors.

Wayland Autonomy’s IRIS is a compact, platform-agnostic airborne ISR payload designed for wide-area mapping and target generation, including in GPS-denied environments. Using AI enabled onboard processing and comm-independent navigation, IRIS generates georeferenced imagery and accurate targeting information in flight, maintaining geolocation through jamming, spoofing and GPS denial. The dual-channel payload supports day and night operations and provides wide-area coverage at 2-7cm resolution with collection coverage rates reaching over200 km² per hour.

For Operative level operations, a HERO 400Q equipped with IRIS can serve as a quality Long-Range ISR Launched Effect and airborne “Quarterback,” providing wide-area ISR, actionable targeting information and BDA (Battle Damage Assessment) in support of a distributed HERO formation and other strike assets. Operating forward as an organic sensing and targeting node, the Quarterback reduces dependence on separately allocated ISR assets while directly supporting coordinated precision effects over extended ranges.

At the Tactical level, HERO 120Q can operate as an ISR Launched Effect, providing tactical forces with organic reconnaissance and target generation. The configuration supports Air-Launched Effect (ALE) missions, as well as ground-and maritime-launched operations. IRIS can also be integrated on various third-party airborne platforms, enabling the same sensing capability to be employed across different missions and operational ranges.

“This integration is another example of how our systems are designed from the outset to support a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)”, said Mr. Itzik Huber, General Manager of Uvision Inc. “This architecture allows forces to seamlessly integrate sensing and effects across platforms and operational domains, while maintaining the flexibility to incorporate new capabilities as mission requirements evolve.”

“Generating reliable targeting information over wide areas in real time when GPS is degraded or denied remains one of the most demanding challenges for airborne ISR,” said Mr. Eatay Ben Shechter, Co-Founder and CTO of Wayland Autonomy. “IRIS is designed to address that challenge at the edge. Integrating that capability with Wayland’s novel approach to Tactical Mapping and a Continuous Self-Training Detection Model takes it one step further, connecting the intelligence directly to the operational sensor-to-effect chain.”

photo courtesy UVision