Honeywell Aerospace launched Kestrel on June 17, a compact navigation system designed for uncrewed platforms operating where GPS signals are…
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Ondas to Acquire Cyberhawk in $125 Million Critical Infrastructure Push
Ondas Inc. has agreed to acquire Cyberhawk, a Scotland-based drone inspection and infrastructure intelligence company, in a deal valued at…
DIU’s RIMES Program Taps Mach and Whisper Aero for Shipboard-Capable Strike UAS Prototype
The U.S. Navy wants long-range unmanned aircraft that can operate without a runway, a carrier deck or elaborate launch-and-recovery equipment….
Air Force Goes Split Buy: Fury and Dark Merlin Both Enter CCA Production
Following months of flight testing, in 2026 the Air Force was expected to choose between two competing drone combat jets…
Army Expands C-UAS Marketplace at Eurosatory
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll traveled to Paris this week to lead the largest single expansion of the U.S….
Red Cat Unveils Hellcat sUAS at Eurosatory
Red Cat Holdings introduced Hellcat, a dual-use small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), on June 15 in conjunction with Eurosatory 2026….
Inside PEO-TIS: SOCOM’s Tactical Information Systems Office
At SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, the program managers of U.S. Special Operations Command’s Program Executive Office for Tactical Information…
Airbus Offers U.S. Marine Corps Autonomous Lakota Variant, Unveils Full UAS Portfolio at ILA Berlin
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense is offering the U.S. Marine Corps a fully autonomous variant of the UH-72B Lakota utility…
Farsighted: SiLC’s Eyeonic Vista Perimeter Detector
Nefarious actors wield increasingly sophisticated UAS that move quickly, fly low and blend into complex backgrounds and infrastructure. SiLC Technologies…
GA-ASI, Air Force Complete F-35/MQ-20 Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming Demonstration Using LEO Data Link
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced May 27 that it completed a crewed-uncrewed teaming flight demonstration pairing an MQ-20 Avenger…
Mountain Horse Brings Draganfly Flex and AG3 SPADE to Drone Dominance Gauntlet 2
Mountain Horse Solutions is partnered with two companies battling in the second round of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet competition seeking lethal but low-cost…
The Arsenal of Autonomy: Michigan Makes Its Move
A manufacturing state looks toward autonomy. During World War II, the Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, developed an…
Somewear Labs: Capability on the Horizon
From Ukraine to the Middle East, choices between capabilities and cost have come to the fore. Somewear’s just-released Horizon multi-network…
DroneShield Awarded $24.9 Million in Australian Dollars in JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Contract
DroneShield has been awarded a contract valued at $24.9 million AUD supporting the mission of Joint Interagency Task Force 401…
Space Force Awards SpaceX $4.16 Billion for Space-Based Airborne Target Tracking Constellation
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion Other Transaction Authority contract today for the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target…
Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion
Motorola Solutions announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israeli counter-drone technology company,…
North Dakota’s Vantis Cuts BVLOS Waiver Timeline from Years to Weeks as Statewide Network Expands
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site hosted Vantis Fly Day on May 28 at the Gorman Field UAS Test Range…
