U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Ramirezsilva, a distribution management specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, observes a Tactical Resupply Vehicle 150 unmanned aircraft system during exercise UNITAS 2025 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2025. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity,” was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. The exercise trains forces in joint maritime operations that enhance tactical proficiency and increase interoperability with the presence of unmanned air, surface and submarine systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Franco Lewis)

Transforming Squad Leaders with sUAS – What Will It Take?

As modern battlefields shift to dispersed, tech-driven fights, squad leaders need organic sUAS—American-made, secure, and sustainable—plus updated doctrine, realistic training,…

The new SkyCarrier autonomous drone launch and recovery system from Teledyne FLIR Defense has been successfully trialed on multiple maritime vessels, including fast attack boats and rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) at speeds up to 50km/h (30mph), demonstrating its reliability in real-world conditions. Photo Courtesy of Teledyne FLIR Defense.

Trends: A Decisive Shift

The DoD’s new assurance frameworks move autonomy vendors from a “trust us” to a “prove it” model, focusing on the…

Europe Developing New Autonomous Systems for Sea and Air Defense

Europe Developing New Autonomous Systems for Sea and Air Defense

Europe is accelerating investment in autonomous sea and air defense systems as seabed sabotage, contested skies, and rising geopolitical tensions ...
Transforming Squad Leaders with sUAS - What Will It Take?
Air, Military

Transforming Squad Leaders with sUAS – What Will It Take?

As modern battlefields shift to dispersed, tech-driven fights, squad leaders need organic sUAS—American-made, secure, and sustainable—plus updated doctrine, realistic training, ...
SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft (SSC) and Australian company Greenroom Robotics have signed a teaming agreement marking the next step in strengthening collaboration ...
Drone Disruptions at Brussels Airport & Military Base Underscore Need for European C-UAS
Air, Cyber, Military

Drone Disruptions at Brussels Airport & Military Base Underscore Need for European C-UAS

Unauthorized drone activity prompted a major disruption at Brussels Airport on 4 November. Flights were temporarily suspended after multiple drones ...
Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of autonomous aerial and ground robot intelligence through its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) announced it ...
Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. a developer of distributed autonomy for unmanned systems, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Red Cat ...
Trends: A Decisive Shift
Air, Land, Maritime, Military

Trends: A Decisive Shift

The DoD’s new assurance frameworks move autonomy vendors from a “trust us” to a “prove it” model, focusing on the ...
Modernizing Defense Acquisition to Win on the Uncrewed Battlefield
Air, Military

Modernizing Defense Acquisition to Win on the Uncrewed Battlefield

From swarming drones over Ukraine to maritime autonomy in the Indo-Pacific, the decisive edge now rests on uncrewed and autonomous ...
Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin has announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone, a global leader in maritime autonomous systems. Image: Saildrone This ...
Ascent Advances All-Weather Autonomy with Arete’s AIMS Sensor
Air, Military

Ascent Advances All-Weather Autonomy with Arete’s AIMS Sensor

For defense medics and first responders, the only acceptable launch window is now.  Image: Ascent AeroSystems / Arete This case ...
AUSA 2025:  Assured PNT, Launch Effects, Autonomy
Air, Cyber, Land, Military

AUSA 2025: Assured PNT, Launch Effects, Autonomy

AUSA 2025 crystallized two imperatives: harden navigation with layered Assured PNT and push effects forward with modular unmanned systems that ...
AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced a new partnership with Altana, the network for trusted trade, ...
U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

The U.S. Army has selected AEVEX’s Atlas Precision Strike System for its initial Launched Effects–Short Range (LE-SR) fielding effort. Image: ...
Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI unveiled last week its development of a new X-BAT aircraft that may be the most unconventional concept of ...
Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Electronics & Defense has announced the launch of Skydel NAVWAR, a breakthrough software solution designed to strengthen national defense capabilities ...
SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft (SSC) and Australian company Greenroom Robotics have signed a teaming agreement marking the next step in strengthening collaboration ...
Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of autonomous aerial and ground robot intelligence through its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) announced it ...
Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. a developer of distributed autonomy for unmanned systems, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Red Cat ...
Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin has announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone, a global leader in maritime autonomous systems. Image: Saildrone This ...
AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced a new partnership with Altana, the network for trusted trade, ...
U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

The U.S. Army has selected AEVEX’s Atlas Precision Strike System for its initial Launched Effects–Short Range (LE-SR) fielding effort. Image: ...
Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI unveiled last week its development of a new X-BAT aircraft that may be the most unconventional concept of ...
Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Electronics & Defense has announced the launch of Skydel NAVWAR, a breakthrough software solution designed to strengthen national defense capabilities ...
Saronic Opens Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Production Facility in San Diego

Saronic Opens Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Production Facility in San Diego

Saronic announced the official opening of its 80,000+ square-foot facility in downtown San Diego. The event was attended San Diego ...
AeroVironment Wins $95.9M Army LRKI C-UAS Missile Contract

AeroVironment Wins $95.9M Army LRKI C-UAS Missile Contract

AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”), a leading provider of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and advanced air and missile defense technologies, has been ...
Inside the Moment of Convergence: Why AUVSI Defense Comes at a Critical Inflection Point for Autonomy

Inside the Moment of Convergence: Why AUVSI Defense Comes at a Critical Inflection Point for Autonomy

The defense autonomy ecosystem is entering a phase where the limiting factor is no longer technology maturation or conceptual alignment, ...
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Integrates ATMOSPHERE’s Iridium Terminal into Flight Control System

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Integrates ATMOSPHERE’s Iridium Terminal into Flight Control System

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a leading developer of flight control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has successfully completed the integration and validation ...
Anduril Demonstrates and Delivers Counter-UAS Capabilities to USNORTHCOM  

Anduril Demonstrates and Delivers Counter-UAS Capabilities to USNORTHCOM  

To respond to the growing threat of unauthorized drones, Anduril has delivered a rapidly deployable kit of field-proven counter-UAS systems ...
Hanwha Aerospace Partners with GA-ASI for UAS Co-development

Hanwha Aerospace Partners with GA-ASI for UAS Co-development

Hanwha Aerospace signed a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) during the Association of the U.S. Army's 2025 ...
Sikorsky Converts Black Hawk Into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

Sikorsky Converts Black Hawk Into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter into the ...
Teledyne Optech Highlights Advanced LiDAR and Marine Mapping Systems at INTERGEO 2025

Teledyne Optech Highlights Advanced LiDAR and Marine Mapping Systems at INTERGEO 2025

Teledyne Optech introduced an expanded lineup of LiDAR, imaging, and marine-mapping technologies at INTERGEO 2025, underscoring the company’s focus on ...
RIEGL Debuts UAV-Optimized “Ultimate LiDAR” at INTERGEO 2025

RIEGL Debuts UAV-Optimized “Ultimate LiDAR” at INTERGEO 2025

New airborne and bathymetric sensors extend range, precision, and real-time georeferencing for drone-based mapping and inspection. RIEGL VUX-820-G LiDAR sensor ...
Phase One Unveils Drone-Ready Imaging Stack at INTERGEO 2025

Phase One Unveils Drone-Ready Imaging Stack at INTERGEO 2025

At INTERGEO 2025, Phase One rolled out a suite of new innovations explicitly aimed at aerial mapping and inspection applications. Image: Phase ...
GeoCue Announces New, NDAA-Compliant TrueView 3D LiDAR Sensor at INTERGEO 2025

GeoCue Announces New, NDAA-Compliant TrueView 3D LiDAR Sensor at INTERGEO 2025

GeoCue has introduced its TrueView 641, a new NDAA-compliant airborne LiDAR sensor, at INTERGEO 2025. The announcement positions the 641 as a more ...
New Trimble Software Enhances Mobile Mapping Workflows

New Trimble Software Enhances Mobile Mapping Workflows

Trimble has announced its next-generation post-processing software, Trimble Applanix POSPac Complete. The solution combines Trimble’s cutting-edge, industry-leading technologies: Trimble ProPoint® ...
uAvionix Releases Trakr: Low-Altitude Airspace Awareness Extension to FlightLine Platform

uAvionix Releases Trakr: Low-Altitude Airspace Awareness Extension to FlightLine Platform

uAvionix today announced the launch of Trakr, a new suite of hardware and services that extends its FlightLine airspace surveillance ...
uAvionix Launches skyAlert Wearable Aircraft Alerting Device for UAS Operators and Visual Observers

uAvionix Launches skyAlert Wearable Aircraft Alerting Device for UAS Operators and Visual Observers

uAvionix, committed to radically innovating to keep the skies safe for all airspace users, today announced the release of skyAlert, ...
Precision, Performance, and Integration: The ADIS16576 Sets a New Standard for MEMS IMUs

Precision, Performance, and Integration: The ADIS16576 Sets a New Standard for MEMS IMUs

In the fast-moving world of autonomous systems and advanced navigation platforms, precision and reliability are paramount. From unmanned aerial vehicles ...
OxTS Launches WayFinder and LiDAR Boost for GNSS-denied Localization

OxTS Launches WayFinder and LiDAR Boost for GNSS-denied Localization

OxTS has launched WayFinder, a complete localisation solution for any environment, even GNSS-denied spaces. Functioning out of the box with ...
SBG Systems Releases New Ellipse Upgrade

SBG Systems Releases New Ellipse Upgrade

SBG Systems has announced the New Ellipse upgrade for their Ellipse product line. For both the AHRS or INS version, ...
Hitec Releases DBX961WP Steel Gear Actuator

Hitec Releases DBX961WP Steel Gear Actuator

Engineered with hardened steel gears, dual ball bearings and a rugged aluminum alloy case, the DBX961WP with a bearing-supported robot ...
L3Harris Launches New Technology to Control Autonomous Swarms

L3Harris Launches New Technology to Control Autonomous Swarms

L3Harris Technologies has introduced AMORPHOUS, its new software that features a single user interface to operate thousands of autonomous assets ...
Dronetag Introduces RIDER for Drone Safety in Response to Growing Airspace Concerns

Dronetag Introduces RIDER for Drone Safety in Response to Growing Airspace Concerns

With recent incidents such as unidentified drone sightings in New Jersey and across the US, and a drone collision with ...
Teledyne FLIR Launches Prism Supervisor Software for Enhanced UAS Autonomy

Teledyne FLIR Launches Prism Supervisor Software for Enhanced UAS Autonomy

Teledyne FLIR OEM, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, today announced the release of Prism™ Supervisor, the latest addition to its Prism ...
Hexagon | NovAtel Launches GAJT-310, Providing Jamming Protection for Small Platforms

Hexagon | NovAtel Launches GAJT-310, Providing Jamming Protection for Small Platforms

Hexagon | NovAtel has announced its lowest SWaP (size, weight and power) GNSS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) with the launch of ...
Saronic Opens Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Production Facility in San Diego

Saronic Opens Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Production Facility in San Diego

Saronic announced the official opening of its 80,000+ square-foot facility in downtown San Diego. The event was attended San Diego ...
Ascent AeroSystems Elevates Paul Fermo to President

Ascent AeroSystems Elevates Paul Fermo to President

Ascent AeroSystems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a Robinson Helicopter Company, has named Paul ...
Low-Altitude, High Stakes: America’s Drone Policy Gap
Air, FAA, People

Low-Altitude, High Stakes: America’s Drone Policy Gap

Just before the holidays, the phones started ringing. First a few, then dozens of calls from lawmakers, reporters and concerned ...
Industry View: Failure of Remote ID in NJ Might Have Cost Us Years
Air, Cyber, FAA, People

Industry View: Failure of Remote ID in NJ Might Have Cost Us Years

Editor’s Note: As attention increases regarding aircraft activity in the eastern U.S., Inside Unmanned Systems will be providing substantive context ...
Industry View: Separating Fact from Frenzy
Air, FAA, People

Industry View: Separating Fact from Frenzy

Editor’s Note: As attention increases regarding aircraft activity in the eastern U.S., Inside Unmanned Systems will be providing substantive context ...
Industry View: A Responsible Look at Drones Overhead
Air, FAA, People

Industry View: A Responsible Look at Drones Overhead

Editor's Note: As attention increases regarding aircraft activity in the eastern U.S., Inside Unmanned Systems will be providing substantive context ...
SightLine Applications Appoints Mark Boccella as Vice President of Sales

SightLine Applications Appoints Mark Boccella as Vice President of Sales

SightLine Applications, LLC ("SightLine"), an Artemis company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Boccella as its new Vice ...
Five Good Questions: Don DeRosa, Eonix

Five Good Questions: Don DeRosa, Eonix

Don DeRosa, CEO of Eonix, is an entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the nanotechnology and energy storage ...
Accelerating AAM: Blueprint for Movement Over Motion
Air, Business News, FAA, People

Accelerating AAM: Blueprint for Movement Over Motion

Policy and regulatory advances are being achieved through effective collaboration between industry and government stakeholders at national, regional and local ...
Five Good Questions: Aaron Nathan, Point One Navigation

Five Good Questions: Aaron Nathan, Point One Navigation

Aaron Nathan is the founder and CEO of Point One Navigation, an entrepreneur and technical leader with over a decade of ...
Topcon Positioning Systems announces retirement plan of Ray O’Connor, appointment of Ivan Di Federico as new president and CEO

Topcon Positioning Systems announces retirement plan of Ray O’Connor, appointment of Ivan Di Federico as new president and CEO

Topcon Positioning Systems has announced that Ray O’Connor, president and chief executive officer, will retire in September 2025 after over ...
Air Force Col. (Ret.) Ted Davis Joins Auterion Government Solutions as President and General Manager

Air Force Col. (Ret.) Ted Davis Joins Auterion Government Solutions as President and General Manager

Auterion Government Solutions, a company building software to support mobile robotics and drone operating systems, has announced Air Force Col ...
5 Good Questions: Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

5 Good Questions: Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro is Director and CTO at UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, the Spanish company specialized in designing control ...
D-Fend Solutions Expands U.S. Team with Defense and Homeland Security Experts

D-Fend Solutions Expands U.S. Team with Defense and Homeland Security Experts

D-Fend Solutions, a provider of radio frequency (RF), cyber-based counter-drone technology, has announced the expansion of its U.S. team to ...
Angel Aerial Systems Unveils Innovative Trio Airframe at Xponential

Angel Aerial Systems Unveils Innovative Trio Airframe at Xponential

At Xponential 2024 in San Diego, Inside Unmanned Systems sat down with Will Hasting, CEO of Angel Aerial Systems, to ...