U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Ramirezsilva, a distribution management specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, observes a Tactical Resupply Vehicle 150 unmanned aircraft system during exercise UNITAS 2025 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2025. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity,” was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 66th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. The exercise trains forces in joint maritime operations that enhance tactical proficiency and increase interoperability with the presence of unmanned air, surface and submarine systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Franco Lewis)

Transforming Squad Leaders with sUAS – What Will It Take?

As modern battlefields shift to dispersed, tech-driven fights, squad leaders need organic sUAS—American-made, secure, and sustainable—plus updated doctrine, realistic training,…

The new SkyCarrier autonomous drone launch and recovery system from Teledyne FLIR Defense has been successfully trialed on multiple maritime vessels, including fast attack boats and rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) at speeds up to 50km/h (30mph), demonstrating its reliability in real-world conditions. Photo Courtesy of Teledyne FLIR Defense.

Trends: A Decisive Shift

The DoD’s new assurance frameworks move autonomy vendors from a “trust us” to a “prove it” model, focusing on the…

AUVSI Enhances Green UAS Program With New Tiers Aligned With Federal Push for Trusted, NDAA-Compliant U.S. Drone Systems

AUVSI Enhances Green UAS Program With New Tiers Aligned With Federal Push for Trusted, NDAA-Compliant U.S. Drone Systems

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced the evolution of its Green UAS program with two new designations, ...
AV Awarded $13.2M Contract to Provide P550 UAS for U.S. Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance Program

AV Awarded $13.2M Contract to Provide P550 UAS for U.S. Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance Program

AV, with partner Parry Labs, has been awarded a 3-year Other Transaction Agreement with an initial base contract value of ...
Northrop Grumman’s Talon Loyal Wingman Demonstrator Reflects New Design Approach

Northrop Grumman’s Talon Loyal Wingman Demonstrator Reflects New Design Approach

Northrop Grumman unveiled early in December a new Loyal Wingman-style autonomous demonstrator jet called Project Talon built by its Scaled ...
Blue UAS Moves Out of DIU to DCMA, New Portal Launches

Blue UAS Moves Out of DIU to DCMA, New Portal Launches

The new Blue List UAS portal marks the formal handoff of the Pentagon’s trusted drone list from DIU to DCMA, ...
FAA, States Pressed on AAM Readiness

FAA, States Pressed on AAM Readiness

At a December 3 hearing, lawmakers, OEMs and state aviation officials warned that U.S. leadership in advanced air mobility now ...
Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro

Shield AI Expands into Space Domain through Partnership with Sedaro

Shield AI and Sedaro today announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The collaboration establishes Shield AI’s Hivemind ...
SNC and Applied Intuition Forge Alliance to Fast-track Battlefield Autonomy

SNC and Applied Intuition Forge Alliance to Fast-track Battlefield Autonomy

In a move signaling how quickly autonomous systems are reshaping modern warfare, physical intelligence developer Applied Intuition and global aerospace and defense ...
Dozens of Federal Agencies Rally Around New Counter-UAS Task Force

Dozens of Federal Agencies Rally Around New Counter-UAS Task Force

Experts from across the federal government have kicked off a three-year campaign to tighten America’s defenses against small drones, underscoring ...
Aaronia Showcases C-UAS & EW Tech at Milipol Paris 2025

Aaronia Showcases C-UAS & EW Tech at Milipol Paris 2025

Repeated drone incidents over European cities, energy facilities, and airports underscore the growing vulnerability of civilian critical infrastructure. Non-cooperative UAVs ...
KULR Technology Rapidly Develops C-UAS Directed Energy Battery System

KULR Technology Rapidly Develops C-UAS Directed Energy Battery System

KULR Technology Group, Inc., a Bitcoin+ Treasury company that builds a portfolio of frontier technology businesses ranging from high-performance energy ...
Fortem Technologies C-UAS Selected for U.S. Army’s New G-TEAD Marketplace

Fortem Technologies C-UAS Selected for U.S. Army’s New G-TEAD Marketplace

The designation enables rapid, competition-free procurement of Fortem’s counter-UAS systems across the U.S. Government. Drone Hunter by Fortem conducts a ...
CISA Rolls Out New UAS Security Guides for Critical Infrastructure Operators
Air, Cyber

CISA Rolls Out New UAS Security Guides for Critical Infrastructure Operators

New “Be Air Aware” resources tie drones directly into cyber and incident-response planning. Image: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance ...
SAIC and HavocAI Partner to Link Autonomous Fleets to Global Command and Control Infrastructure for U.S. Navy

SAIC and HavocAI Partner to Link Autonomous Fleets to Global Command and Control Infrastructure for U.S. Navy

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), and HavocAI, a developer of collaborative maritime autonomy, announced an effort to integrate SAIC’s real-time, ...
FEMA Launches $500 Million C-UAS Grant Program for State and Local Drone Defense

FEMA Launches $500 Million C-UAS Grant Program for State and Local Drone Defense

When Army Secretary Dan Driscoll went on CBS’ Face the Nation this past Sunday and called drones and “flying IEDs” ...
GA-ASI Showcases Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Dubai Airshow 

GA-ASI Showcases Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Dubai Airshow 

A full-size model of the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for the ...
SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics Strengthen AUKUS Technology Ecosystem

SubSea Craft (SSC) and Australian company Greenroom Robotics have signed a teaming agreement marking the next step in strengthening collaboration ...
Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas to Acquire Sentrycs to Expand Counter-UAS Portfolio

Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of autonomous aerial and ground robot intelligence through its Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) announced it ...
Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Swarming Autonomy for Tactical Drones

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. a developer of distributed autonomy for unmanned systems, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Red Cat ...
Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

Lockheed Martin has announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone, a global leader in maritime autonomous systems. Image: Saildrone This ...
AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

AUVSI and Altana Partner to Bolster Supply Chain Security for Green UAS and Blue UAS Programs

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced a new partnership with Altana, the network for trusted trade, ...
U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

U.S. Army Selects AEVEX Atlas for Initial Launched Effects Fielding

The U.S. Army has selected AEVEX’s Atlas Precision Strike System for its initial Launched Effects–Short Range (LE-SR) fielding effort. Image: ...
Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI Develops X-BAT Vertical Takeoff Drone

Shield AI unveiled last week its development of a new X-BAT aircraft that may be the most unconventional concept of ...
Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Unveils Skydel NAVWAR: Strengthening National Defense and Airspace Sovereignty

Safran Electronics & Defense has announced the launch of Skydel NAVWAR, a breakthrough software solution designed to strengthen national defense capabilities ...
Saronic Opens Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) Production Facility in San Diego

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 ...
AeroVironment Wins $95.9M Army LRKI C-UAS Missile Contract

AeroVironment Wins $95.9M Army LRKI C-UAS Missile Contract

AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”), a leading provider of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and advanced air and missile defense technologies, has been ...
Inside the Moment of Convergence: Why AUVSI Defense Comes at a Critical Inflection Point for Autonomy

Inside the Moment of Convergence: Why AUVSI Defense Comes at a Critical Inflection Point for Autonomy

The defense autonomy ecosystem is entering a phase where the limiting factor is no longer technology maturation or conceptual alignment, ...
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Integrates ATMOSPHERE’s Iridium Terminal into Flight Control System

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Integrates ATMOSPHERE’s Iridium Terminal into Flight Control System

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a leading developer of flight control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has successfully completed the integration and validation ...
Anduril Demonstrates and Delivers Counter-UAS Capabilities to USNORTHCOM  

Anduril Demonstrates and Delivers Counter-UAS Capabilities to USNORTHCOM  

To respond to the growing threat of unauthorized drones, Anduril has delivered a rapidly deployable kit of field-proven counter-UAS systems ...
Hanwha Aerospace Partners with GA-ASI for UAS Co-development

Hanwha Aerospace Partners with GA-ASI for UAS Co-development

Hanwha Aerospace signed a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) during the Association of the U.S. Army's 2025 ...
Sikorsky Converts Black Hawk Into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

Sikorsky Converts Black Hawk Into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter into the ...
New Products from Teledyne FLIR

New Products from Teledyne FLIR

The Hadron 640R offers compact high-end dual thermal and visible camera performance Teledyne FLIR is moving forward with two camera ...
Tyto Robotics Releases New Drone Test Stand: The Flight Stand 15/50

Tyto Robotics Releases New Drone Test Stand: The Flight Stand 15/50

Flight Stand 15 (left) and Flight Stand 50 (right) Tyto Robotics has officially released the long-anticipated ‘Flight Stand’, the newest ...
New SEA-KIT H-class USV Designed For Ocean Survey

New SEA-KIT H-class USV Designed For Ocean Survey

SEA-KIT International recently revealed its new H-class uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for ocean survey, with a design that focuses on ...
Trimble Announces New Deployment of Applanix’s POS LV to Enable Broader Autonomy Capabilities for IHI Corporation

Trimble Announces New Deployment of Applanix’s POS LV to Enable Broader Autonomy Capabilities for IHI Corporation

Customizable System Provides Robust Positioning Without Added Site Infrastructure Trimble announced today the first deployment of its map-based localization system ...
Propeller Aero, Quantum-Systems Partner

Propeller Aero, Quantum-Systems Partner

Propeller Aero’s site surveying and 3D mapping software is now compatible with the Trinity F90+ drone from Quantum-Systems, streamlining data ...
The New Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air Loitering UAS From SpearUAV Launches Underwater

The New Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air Loitering UAS From SpearUAV Launches Underwater

SpearUAV has released the encapsulated Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air loitering UAS, which enables the underwater launch of submarine drones into the ...
Event 38 Unmanned Systems Releases E400 Fixed-Wing VTOL Mapping Drone

Event 38 Unmanned Systems Releases E400 Fixed-Wing VTOL Mapping Drone

Event 38 Unmanned Systems recently introduced the E400, a fixed-wing VTOL mapping drone with a payload capacity of 3 pounds ...
Transparent Sky Enters Wide Area Motion Imaging Market with First-of-its-Kind Sensor

Transparent Sky Enters Wide Area Motion Imaging Market with First-of-its-Kind Sensor

United States Air Force taps into ability to view live 3D maps of any area Transparent Sky, a company pioneering ...
Accelerate Development of Autonomous Vehicle Projects Through New By-wire Platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff

Accelerate Development of Autonomous Vehicle Projects Through New By-wire Platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff

Accelerate development of autonomous transit shuttles, last-mile delivery and university R&D programs through new by-wire platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff ...
Compact Inertial Sensors from Silicon Sensing Vital to Mayflower Autonomous Voyage

Compact Inertial Sensors from Silicon Sensing Vital to Mayflower Autonomous Voyage

Precise motion data from silicon IMUs advises vessel maneuvering Devices also assist measurement of ocean surface The Mayflower Autonomous Ship ...
Kollmorgen Partners with Ericsson on 5G Mobile Robot Capabilities

Kollmorgen Partners with Ericsson on 5G Mobile Robot Capabilities

Kollmorgen, of Gothenburg, Sweden, is currently performing 5G tests with Ericsson to explore future mobile robot capabilities. 5G can enable ...
Hybrid Drone Project Completed - The HUUVER Drone Flies and Rides

Hybrid Drone Project Completed – The HUUVER Drone Flies and Rides

A consortium of 7 partners from the EU has successfully completed the concept of Hybrid UAV-UGV for Efficient Relocation of ...
XTEND Brings The Metaverse to the Modern Battlefield

XTEND Brings The Metaverse to the Modern Battlefield

XTEND launches its Next Generation XTENDER tactical sUAS system with resilient indoor-outdoor navigation capability and integrated, proprietary Drone-Teaming technology For ...
In the Spotlight: Geo Week 2022

In the Spotlight: Geo Week 2022

From February 6-9, Diversified Communications brought together some of the unmanned and autonomous industries' leading professionals in Denver to showcase ...
Tactical-Grade IMU in Small Form Factor

Tactical-Grade IMU in Small Form Factor

SBG Systems announced the tactical-grade Pulse-40 inertial measurement unit (IMU) in a miniaturized size for precision and robustness under harsh ...
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