DCMA is accelerating a trusted marketplace for vetted drones and components. On January 1st, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)…
Thales Launches FAA Radar Data Hub to Support UAS Integration in North Dakota
Thales has announced the launch of a new FAA radar data hub in North Dakota, creating a secure pathway for unfiltered…
U.S. Uses Shahed-Class Strike Drone in First Combat Deployment
The Pentagon has conducted its first operational combat use of a low-cost, long-range one-way attack drone, signaling a shift from…
A Shared Recognition for the Inside Unmanned Systems Community
Inside Unmanned Systems has been named a finalist in two categories in the 2026 Jesse H. Neal Awards: Best Single Issue of a Magazine…
AV Wins $186 Million U.S. Army Order for Next-Generation Switchblade
AeroVironment has received a $186 million delivery order from the U.S. Army for next-generation Switchblade loitering munition systems, the first…
JIATF Brings Counter-UAS Marketplace to Initial Operational Capability
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) has declared initial operational capability for a new Counter-UAS Marketplace, an online…
NATO’s “Safe Skies” Drone Training Sharpens Eastern Flank Air Policing
NATO Allied Air Command has highlighted a new “Safe Skies” training mission that brings drones directly into the day-to-day work…
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…
RTX’s Collins Aerospace Autonomy Solution, Sidekick, Flies GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA Platform
Semi-autonomous flight enabled by advanced software. Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, showcased its Sidekick mission autonomy software in a successful…
Test Success: ATLAS Uncrewed Ground Vehicle Put Through its Paces
BAE Systems announced successful trials for its Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System (ATLAS) Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV). The trials are…
Shield AI Selected as Mission Autonomy Provider for Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program
Shield AI announced its selection as a mission autonomy provider supporting the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program….
Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Lamprey’ Undersea Drone That Can Hitchhike on Warships
The Lamprey MMAUV is designed to latch onto ships and submarines, recharge in transit, and arrive on station as a…
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and EAD (Ekolot Aerospace & Defense) Drive ZEUS VTOL Platform in Poland
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has announced its collaboration with the multinational company based in Poland Ekolot Aerospace and Defense (EAD) to integrate its…
El Paso Airspace Restriction Lifted Amid Counter-UAS Testing Concerns
The FAA briefly imposed an unusually broad flight restriction affecting operations at El Paso International Airport, initially described as being…
NATO AIS Fund Awards IDE-led Project to Accelerate USV Standardization
The new effort will map gaps across NATO and non-NATO standards and certification frameworks and propose a path for tighter…
Munich Security Report 2026 Signals Drones as a European Capability Priority
The Munich Security Report 2026 is direct on three drivers that will shape Europe’s UAS and counter-UAS demand in 2026–2028:…
Singapore Airshow: Counter-UAS the “Must-Have” Capability
Singapore Airshow 2026 underlined how quickly counter-drone technologies are becoming mainstream across air forces, homeland security and critical infrastructure operators….
GA-ASI and U.S. Air Force Demonstrate Passive IR-Based Autonomy for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Air Force recently conducted a flight demonstration focused on autonomous sensing ...
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 ...
AV Acquires Empirical Systems Aerospace to Expand UAS Engineering and Manufacturing Capacity
AeroVironment (AV) has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero), a California-based aerospace engineering firm specializing in unmanned aircraft systems and ...
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 ...
Onshoring Autonomy
U.S. Defense Priorities Aim to Rehouse and Scale UAS Production ...
Pentagon Deploys Merops Drone Interceptor System to Counter Iranian Shahed Threat
The Pentagon has moved to acquire the Project Eagle Merops counter-UAS system and its low-cost AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone for ...
XPONENTIAL Europe 2026 to Spotlight Security, Defense and Dual-Use Autonomous Systems
The upcoming XPONENTIAL Europe conference and trade fair will place security, defense and dual-use autonomous technologies at the center of ...
U.S., U.K. Move to Align Counter-Drone Data Standards
A new U.S.-U.K. declaration aims to make counter-UAS systems more interoperable by standardizing how data is shared, fused and evaluated ...
The Edge of Visibility: EO/IR System Design Realities for Modern C-UAS
As drone threats push detection ranges outward, C-UAS performance is increasingly decided at the limits of visibility—where targets are only ...
JIATF-401 Issues Counter-Drone Sensor Guide Emphasizing Privacy Protections
The Army-led Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has released a new public guide explaining how counter-UAS detection technologies work and ...
Drone Dominance Gauntlet Names 11 FPV Winners
Starting February 17, 26 drone manufacturers participated in a multi-week Drone Dominance Gauntlet designed to identify the best first-person view ...
Times Microwave Systems Targets UAV Weight and RF Loss with Levitate Cable Assemblies
Times Microwave Systems has introduced Levitate, a new family of ultra-lightweight RF cable assemblies aimed at next-generation UAV and avionics ...
Drone Dominance Hearing Sharpens Pentagon’s Small UAS Industrial Strategy
In February, the Drone Dominance Program (DDP) invited 25 vendors to a “Gauntlet” fly-off at Fort Benning, part of a ...
From Coaxial Drones to Turbine-Class Unmanned
Robinson Unmanned’s Strategy for Scalable Vertical Lift The unmanned aviation sector is entering a new phase. Early innovation produced a ...
Ondas To Acquire Defense Prime Mistral
Ondas Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. defense prime contractor Mistral Inc. in an all-stock merger valued ...
Pentagon Names 25 Vendors for Phase I of ‘Drone Dominance’ One-Way Attack UAS Program
The new Drone Dominance Program will put 25 vendors through a “Gauntlet” fly-off at Fort Benning this month, with about ...
Ondas’ Optimus Drone Gains DCMA Blue List Status
American Robotics’ Optimus platform joins the DCMA Blue UAS Cleared List, confirming NDAA-compliant supply chain and 24/7 autonomous operations for ...
The Army’s New Fast Lane for C-UAS Tech
The U.S. Army is standing up a new “fast lane” for counter-UAS and tactical edge systems, and it’s starting to ...
Kongsberg Counter-UAS Network Forms Core of Poland’s SAN Anti-Drone Shield
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and PGZ will deliver 18 SAN counter-UAS modules under a NOK 16 billion contract, combining PROTECTOR-based ...
Safeguarding the Skies: The U.S. Needs a Modern Counter-UAS Framework
Drones have transformed modern warfare. From Ukraine to the Middle East, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) have extended operational reach, reduced ...
NATO Brings Industry to Brussels for C-UAS Week, Ramps Up Counter-Drone Efforts
Secretary General Mark Rutte uses NATO’s C-UAS Industry Day to underline lessons from Ukraine and recent drone incursions into Allied ...
FAA Reopens Part 108 BVLOS Comment Period
After more than 3,000 comments, many around its right-of-way proposals, the FAA has reopened the BVLOS rulemaking for a short, ...
Norway’s Eelume WP960 USV Debuts as AI-Enabled Mine Countermeasures “Mothership”
Maritime Robotics, Eelume and partners have unveiled a new optionally-manned USV that carries a swarm of flexible AUVs and ROVs, ...
C-UAS: Anticipating What’s Next
The drone threat continues to evolve—both on the battlefield and now in the homeland—making it critical for counter-UAS (C-UAS) technology ...
Airspace Link Adds Real-Time Drone Alert Tool in AirHub Portal Ahead of 2026 World Cup
The new Alert Areas feature in Airspace Link’s AirHub Portal gives public safety agencies and critical infrastructure operators real-time notifications ...
DARPA’s RACER Program Crosses Finish Line, Puts Off-Road Autonomy in Army, Marine Corps Hands
After four years of experiments with Army and Marine Corps units, DARPA’s RACER program is wrapping up with a reusable ...
infiniDome, Wonder Robotics Introduce IroNav to Keep Small UAS Flying in GNSS-Denied Airspace
Built around GNSS anti-jamming and visual navigation, the joint IroNav system is designed to let small uncrewed aircraft keep navigating, ...
Auterion Demonstrates One-Operator Drone Swarm Strike in U.S. Live-Fire Test
In a Florida range trial tied to the DoD's Swarm Forge program, Auterion says a single operator used its Skynode ...
Taiwan Plans Massive Drone and C-UAS Expansion in New Special Defense Budget
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has disclosed that it intends to procure more than 200,000 UAVs, over 1,000 unmanned surface ...
Shielding Airports from UAS Intrusion
DroneShield and SRI Group offer a model for airport counter-drone protection. DroneSentry units offer multimodal recognition at various ranges of ...
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
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 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
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
SBG Systems announced the tactical-grade Pulse-40 inertial measurement unit (IMU) in a miniaturized size for precision and robustness under harsh ...
Small ROV Makes a Big Splash with its Expanding Variety of Professional Add-Ons
FIFISH V6 EXPERT, first debuted in late 2021, is a professional-class underwater robot and productivity solution. Equipped with all-new multi-attachable tooling ...
Verizon and AWS expand by more than 30% the number of metro area locations with mobile edge computing
Verizon and AWS are now offering mobile edge computing in more U.S. metro areas with the addition of Charlotte, Detroit, ...
Steadicopter Introduces RUAV Black Eagle 50 Electric Unmanned Helicopter
Steadicopter has released an unmanned helicopter that’s powered by an electric motor instead of gas. The new RUAV Black Eagle ...
New Company AAC Launches Hybrid-Electric HAMR UAS
After four years of development, Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has launched its first long-endurance hybrid-electric UAS. Known as the Hybrid ...
NVIDIA Builds Isaac AMR Platform to Aid $10 Trillion Logistics Industry
DeepMap, Metropolis and ReOpt improve performance for fleets of autonomous mobile robots amid expectations for nearly 6x increase in robot ...
John Deere’s New Autonomous Tractor Offers Timeliness, Efficiency, Quality of Life
“The farm is a high-tech operation.” So said Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer, Deere & Company, as executives of the ...
Mini Tag Broadcasts Drone Location for Coordination and Regulation Compliance
Dronetag has released a low-power drone-tracking solution that can be attached to any drone, according to the company, to promote ...
The New Alpha 900 already flying with the Greek Navy
Alpha Unmanned Systems launches its new state of the art unmanned helicopter with a significant sale to the Greek Navy ...
Topcon announces MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solution
LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 11, 2021 – Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its ...
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