Phase II of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare,…
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NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry
NATO Allied Command Transformation organized the first Layered Counter-UAS Initiative Crucible event at Romania’s Capu Midia Training Range in April,…
Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ
Australia has more than doubled its planned counter-UAS investment for the Australian Defence Force, allocating up to AUD 7 billion…
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 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…
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…
ZenaTech Plans Ukraine Facility for Counter-UAS Testing and Validation
ZenaTech (Nasdaq: ZENA) has announced plans to establish a dedicated drone testing and operational validation facility in Ukraine, adding to…
DoD Task Force Commits $600M to C-UAS as Iran and World Cup Drive Dual Demand
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has committed more than $600 million to counter-unmanned aircraft systems capability across three distinct mission…
FCC Opens Drone Comment Period as Covered List Takes Shape
The Federal Communications Commission is soliciting public comment on a broad slate of regulatory reforms aimed at accelerating domestic unmanned…
Rebuilding the Supply Chain
New regulations aim to bring drone component manufacturing onshore, creating short-term supply chain challenges but setting the stage for a…
Commercial Drone Alliance Calls for Interagency Coordination on Domestic Supply Chain
The Commercial Drone Alliance released a white paper this week urging the Administration and Congress to pair the Federal Communications…
Europe’s UAS and Counter-UAS Reset: NATO Standardization, EU Industrial Policy
Europe is moving from episodic counter-UAS buys toward something closer to an architecture: shared standards, testable assurance, common data formats,…
Regulating Autonomy: Lessons from the Connected Vehicle Rule
The Commerce Department’s connected vehicle rule offers a practical preview of what comes after the FCC’s drone gate—from subsystem definitions…
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…
Beyond the Gauntlet: Drone Dominance and the Lessons of Ukraine’s FPV War
Editor’s Note: This analysis was completed prior to the release of Gauntlet Phase I results in March 2026. Skycutter’s fiber-optic…
U.S. Army Enterprise Contract with Anduril Positions Lattice as Core Platform for C-UAS Operations
The U.S. Army has awarded Anduril Industries a new enterprise contract valued at up to $20 billion over 10 years, establishing the company’s…
