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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
JIATF-401 Expands NCR Counter-UAS Layered Defense with Bumblebee Training
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and Joint Task Force-National Capital Region conducted a counter-UAS training exercise at Fort Belvoir, Virginia,…
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…
UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía Autopilot Performs in US Special Forces Maritime Exercises
UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía’s autonomous control system successfully guided an unmanned surface vehicle during recent US Special Forces maritime exercises held…
BAE Systems Completes First APKWS Live-Fire Trial from Eurofighter Typhoon
BAE Systems has successfully test-fired the AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from a Eurofighter Typhoon, completing the first…
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…
General Cherry and Orqa Sign Agreement to Bring Ukrainian Interceptor Drones to NATO
Ukrainian drone manufacturer General Cherry and Croatian UAV producer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and…
