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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…
Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program
Shield AI announced at SOF Week that it had been selected by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense…
Pentagon Awards $500M to Perennial Autonomy for Counter-Drone Interceptors Proven in Ukraine
The biggest contract announcement to emerge from SOF Week 2026 came not from one of the traditional defense primes but…
Teledyne FLIR Upgrades FirstLook Throwbot with Thermal Sensors and Black Hornet Integration
Teledyne FLIR has unveiled FirstLook 125, a new iteration of the tiny ‘throwable’ tracked UGV used by infantry, EOD and…
Poland, Australia, and South Korea Join Pentagon’s JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Marketplace
Three additional nations have signed on to the Pentagon’s counter-drone procurement marketplace, the Army announced this week, expanding the initiative…
The Autonomy Stack: Establishing a ‘Software First’ Mindset
The need for more adaptable solutions and the U.S. Air Force’s new Autonomy Government Reference Architecture, or A-GRA, are driving…
The FCC’s New Role at the Center of the U.S. Drone Market
A supply chain security framework that began with a sweeping December 2025 prohibition on foreign-produced UAS is now generating its…
NYPD Stands Up Permanent Counter-Drone Unit Under Safer Skies Act
The New York City Police Department has stood up a permanent counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) unit with authority to electronically…
Teledyne FLIR Upgrades Rogue 1 Block 2 with Extended Range, Larger Warhead
Teledyne FLIR has unveiled an improved Block 2 variant of its Rogue 1 quadcopter enabling the loitering munition to strike…
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…
Hitec Commercial Solutions Announces Next-Gen Servo for Small UAS
Hitec Commercial Solutions is excited to announce the next generation in brushless drone servo technology: our high-performance BD10BL. Designed specifically…
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…
ePropelled Expands Hercules Starter Generator Line for Multi-Domain Hybrid Missions
ePropelled has announced a significant 2026 expansion of its Hercules starter generator product line, extending the platform’s reach across uncrewed…
RIEGL Still Rising at InterGEO 2025
RIEGL’s newly released VQ-1060 marks a significant evolution in airborne LiDAR for corridor mapping. Unveiled at InterGEO 2025 in Frankfurt,…
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
New airborne and bathymetric sensors extend range, precision, and real-time georeferencing for drone-based mapping and inspection. At INTERGEO 2025, RIEGL…
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. The upgrades,…
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
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 today announced the launch of Trakr, a new suite of hardware and services that extends its FlightLine airspace surveillance platform to…
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, a…
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 has launched WayFinder, a complete localisation solution for any environment, even GNSS-denied spaces. Functioning out of the box with…
Five Good Questions: Dan Magy, Firestorm Labs
Dan Magy is the CEO of Firestorm Labs, a defense technology company focused on rapidly configurable unmanned systems and forward-deployed…
Swarm Aero Announces Advanced Manufacturing Center
Swarm Aero, a developer of large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms, announced the opening of its Advanced Manufacturing Center from…
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, 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
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
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
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
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, LLC (“SightLine”), an Artemis company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Boccella as its new Vice…
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 industry….
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
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 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
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
Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro is Director and CTO at UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, the Spanish company specialized in designing control…
