AeroVironment has been awarded a $14.6 million production contract by the U.S. Army for the VAPOR Compact Long Endurance unmanned…
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Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million in Fortem Technologies to Scale Counter-UAS Capability
Lockheed Martin has made a $25 million investment in Fortem Technologies, the initial tranche of Fortem’s Series B round, to…
Army Deploys Ukraine-Tested Merops Interceptor at Scale to Counter Iranian Shahed Drones
The U.S. Army has purchased 13,000 Merops low-cost interceptor drones and begun deploying them to counter Iranian-made Shahed one-way attack…
U.S. Southern Command Establishes Dedicated Autonomous Warfare Command
U.S. Southern Command has established the SOUTHCOM Autonomous Warfare Command, making it among the first geographic combatant commands to stand…
Thales, Viasat and Partners Complete BVLOS Connectivity Trials at Cranfield
Thales, Viasat, and a consortium of European partners have completed flight trials at Cranfield University testing multi-link connectivity architecture for…
Army C-UAS Marketplace Reaches $13M in Sales, Opens to State and Local Buyers
The Pentagon’s Counter-UAS Marketplace has generated $13 million in purchases since its launch earlier this year, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll…
Echodyne’s EchoShield Radar Selected for Trust Automation’s Air Force C-UAS Platform
Echodyne has been named the primary radar provider for Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) family, which is being…
Rohde & Schwarz Brings Full ARDRONIS C-UAS Suite to Counter UAS Technology Europe
Rohde & Schwarz is demonstrating its complete ARDRONIS counter-UAS suite this week at Counter UAS Technology Europe 2026 in London,…
Saildrone Unveils Spectre MUSV at Sea-Air-Space, Competes for Navy Marketplace
Saildrone unveiled the Spectre at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland today — a 52-meter, 250-tonne unmanned surface vessel…
Danish Startup Sapient Perception Raises €2M for Wide-Area UAV Sensor Platform
Sapient Perception ApS, a Copenhagen-based developer of AI sensor systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, has raised a €2 million pre-seed…
Anduril’s YFQ-44A Completes First Experimental Testing with Air Force Operators
The U.S. Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit has completed its first hands-on exercise with the YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft at…
DroneDash and GEODNET Launch GEODASH Aerosystems with Heavy-Lift Agricultural Spraying Drone
DroneDash Technologies and GEODNET have formed a joint venture to bring a new class of autonomous agricultural spraying drone to…
AeroVironment Debuts MAYHEM 10 Launched Effects System at AAAA
AeroVironment used the Army Aviation Association of America annual forum in Nashville this week to unveil MAYHEM 10, the first…
Redwire Receives $20M in Follow-On Orders for Stalker UAS Advanced Navigation Systems
Redwire has received purchase orders totaling more than $20 million from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft…
UK Ministry of Defence Orders Skyhammer Interceptors from Cambridge Aerospace
The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted Cambridge Aerospace to supply Skyhammer drone interceptors to the British Armed Forces and…
Powerus and Digital Force Technologies Partner on Kinetic C-UAS Kill Chain
Powerus and Digital Force Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to develop a fully integrated kinetic counter-UAS kill chain targeting…
EagleNXT Acquires $10M Stake in Israel’s ThirdEye Systems, Launches U.S. C-UAS Joint Venture
EagleNXT has acquired a $10 million stake in Israeli counter-UAS firm ThirdEye Systems and established a majority-owned U.S. joint venture…
