Antenna, Tracking & Video Solutions for Mission-Critical Connectivity & Communications
Apella Solutions' product portfolio ensures robust performance for a wide range of commercial, defense, law enforcement and maritime applicationsapella-solutionsNewsBy Mike Ball / 04 Dec 2025
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Apella Solutions is a leading provider of innovative antenna, tracking, and video technologies that provide secure connectivity, real-time visibility, and robust communications for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems.
As a continued partner, UST is highlighting the company’s unique solutions via the Apella Solutions supplier profile. The company’s product portfolio has been deployed by a broad client base across the UK and internationally, ensuring mission-critical performance for a wide range of commercial, defense, law enforcement and maritime applications.
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Apella Solutions’ specialized range of drone antennas enables reliable control, data transfer, and video transmission between unmanned aircraft and ground control stations, with options for UHF, L, S, C, and LTE frequencies. Designed for highly demanding missions in a diverse range of environments, they ensure stable connectivity with minimal interference.
The product portfolio includes:
Fin & Blade Antennas
Stubby & Flexible Antennas
Flat Panel Antennas
The omnidirectional antenna range enables ultra-reliable video and data links for mission-critical drones and unmanned systems, providing high-performance connectivity across multiple frequency spectrums. Options include:
Fabric Antennas
Stubby & Flexible Antennas
Gooseneck Antennas
Apella’s rugged and robust antenna products provide hard-wearing connectivity solutions for drones, UGVs and USVs operating in harsh environments. Designed to withstand shock, vibration, corrosion and extreme weather conditions, they are ideal for military and tactical unmanned systems platforms as well as other applications where secure and uninterrupted connectivity is of the utmost importance.
Directional antennas focus signal strength in a specific direction to provide enhanced range, reduced interference, and improved reliability. They are ideal for a wide range of drone and unmanned systems applications, including long-range C2 links, SATCOM communications, and electronic warfare.
The product range includes:
Base Station Sector Antennas
Handheld Sector Antennas
Dual-Band Sector Antennas
Apella’s advanced video products enable ultra-reliable, secure, and high-quality streaming even over low-bandwidth networks, providing real-time situational awareness for superior decision-making.
Operation Room solutions are ideal for drone pilots and payload operators, allowing real-time video and data feeds to be delivered securely and managed effectively in complex and dynamic operational environments.
The company is also an authorised distributor of Haivision’s ISR video solutions, which provide encoding, decoding, and secure low-latency distribution for military drones and unmanned systems.
Apella’s family of tracking solutions enables real-time situational awareness and protection for USVs (uncrewed surface vessels) operating close to shore or in the most remote of waters. Designed to suit a wide range of platforms, they offer reliable connectivity with seamless global coverage, allowing organizations and fleet operators to maintain round-the-clock visibility of their assets while enhancing operational efficiency and informed decision-making.
Posted byMike BallMike Ball is our resident technical editor here at Unmanned Systems Technology. Combining his passion for teaching, advanced engineering and all things unmanned, Mike keeps a watchful eye over everything related to the unmanned technical sector. With over 10 years’ experience in the unmanned field and a degree in engineering, Mike’s been heading up our technical team here for the last 8 years.Connect
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