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Anatomy of an American Autonomy System on a Chip
How Hyfix’s H1 brings the autonomy stack into a single architecture—making autonomous systems more trusted, more scalable, and better suited…
Shield AI, Thunder Tiger Sign MOU to Bring Hivemind to Taiwan USV Fleet
Shield AI and Taiwan-based Thunder Tiger Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software…
Trimble Targets Drone Delivery Integration with Smart Antenna Enclosure for PX-1 RTX
Trimble has released a smart antenna enclosure option for its PX-1 RTX positioning solution, packaging centimeter-level GNSS-inertial hardware with an…
Five Good Questions: MatrixSpace
Matthew Kling is VP and General Manager of AI Systems at MatrixSpace, leading development of the AiCloud and AiEdge platforms. He…
JIATF-401 Selects Five Installations for Directed-Energy C-UAS Pilot
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has selected five military installations to host a directed-energy counter-UAS pilot program authorized under the…
Army Expands Company-Level SUAS Portfolio with Three Additional Systems
The U.S. Army has selected three additional vendor solutions for its company-level Small Unmanned Aircraft System portfolio, expanding the program…
Ukraine Building Drone Industry Under Fire
Four years of war have produced one of the most dynamic defense technology ecosystems in the world. Now Ukraine is…
XPONENTIAL 2026: What to Expect in Detroit
Inside Unmanned Systems is proud to serve as an official media partner of XPONENTIAL 2026, the world’s largest autonomous systems…
Scaling Autonomy Requires Aligned Policy and Strategy
There’s been a shift in Washington. Congress just held two hearings focused on robotics and autonomous systems in just over…
Wireless Industry Urges FCC to Expand Licensed Spectrum Access for Drone Operations
Major wireless industry groups and technology companies filed initial comments with the FCC this week calling for expanded licensed spectrum…
Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions
Phase II of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare,…
Gauntlet Phase 1: America’s New Champions of FPV Warfare
From Garage Startups to Pentagon Champions: Meet the Eleven Companies Remaking American FPV Warfare Phase 1 of the Pentagon’s Drone…
Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) announced this Wednesday its five preferred companies to manufacture modular warheads for small kamikaze drones it…
From Platform Builder to Defense Systems Prime
AeroVironment’s CEO Wahid Nawabi discusses how defense needs are shifting, and why the company is well positioned to be the…
Robinson Unmanned, Sikorsky Win Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Cargo Helicopter
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $15.5 million contract to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the Medium Aerial…
Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge
As UAS proliferation accelerates and threat environments evolve, ISR is shifting from standalone sensors to scalable, AI-enabled systems—where performance, integration,…
