U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jospeh Howell, left, and Sgt. Tuan Nguyen, low altitude air defense gunners with Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, mount a sensor onto a Marine air defense integrated system vehicle in Southwest Asia, April 22, 2019. 2nd LAAD Battalion provides the SPMAGTF-CR-CC with close-in, low altitude, surface-to-air weapons fires in defense of forward combat areas, vital areas, and installations in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, working with partner forces to defeat Daesh. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alina Thackray)

2025 Proved the Case for Drone Defense

As mass-produced strike and FPV drones reshape battlefields from Ukraine to the Red Sea, the United States is scrambling to…

The Instrumentation Division’s Ruben Hernandez (front) and Jaime Coronado (back) are Yuma Test Center’s certified drone operators within the Engineering Support Branch. Yuma Test Center is now using the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems to collect a bird’s eye view of ground combat test activities in real-time.

FAA Designates Two New UAS Test Sites in Oklahoma and Indiana

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved two new designated test sites for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), expanding its national network…

Fort Sill JCU's innovation is saving the government millions - one 3D printed target drone at a time. The university has printed close to 15 different types of drones, including this one.

FCC Carves Out Blue UAS and ‘Buy American’ Drones from Foreign Drone Ban

Two weeks after moving to block new approvals of foreign-made drones and critical components, the Federal Communications Commission has issued…

Kongsberg Counter-UAS Network Forms Core of Poland’s SAN Anti-Drone Shield

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

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

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

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, ...
FAA Reorg Puts AAM, Drones and BVLOS Under “Advanced Aviation Technologies” Office
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FAA Reorg Puts AAM, Drones and BVLOS Under “Advanced Aviation Technologies” Office

The FAA’s largest-ever organizational overhaul creates a dedicated office for advanced aviation technologies, a centralized safety management organization, and an ...
Norway’s Eelume WP960 USV Debuts as AI-Enabled Mine Countermeasures “Mothership”

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

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 ...
Athena C-UAS Integration Bolsters Air Defense over Washington, DC
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Athena C-UAS Integration Bolsters Air Defense over Washington, DC

After seven years of development, the government-owned Athena integration kit has reached initial operating capability for the National Capital Region, ...
Airspace Link Adds Real-Time Drone Alert Tool in AirHub Portal Ahead of 2026 World Cup

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

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

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

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 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
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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 ...
How Federal Cyber Guidance Is Shaping the UAS/C-UAS Market

How Federal Cyber Guidance Is Shaping the UAS/C-UAS Market

As Washington recasts drones and counter-drone systems as networked IT and AI infrastructure, a web of CISA, GSA, FAA, DoD ...
AV Delivers JLTV-Mounted LOCUST Laser C-UAS Systems to U.S. Army

AV Delivers JLTV-Mounted LOCUST Laser C-UAS Systems to U.S. Army

AeroVironment, Inc, a leading provider of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) technologies, today announced the successful delivery of two Joint Light ...
Picogrid and CX2 Bring Spectrum Sensing into the Army's Air Defense Architecture

Picogrid and CX2 Bring Spectrum Sensing into the Army’s Air Defense Architecture

Picogrid, a leading developer of integrated systems technology, today announced a new partnership with CX2, a company specializing in advanced Electromagnetic ...
Skunk Works® and XTEND Expand Joint All Domain Command and Control for Advanced Mission Execution

Skunk Works® and XTEND Expand Joint All Domain Command and Control for Advanced Mission Execution

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® and XTEND collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX™ autonomy platform, ...
MatrixSpace Wins DIU Counter-sUAS Low-Cost Sensing Challenge

MatrixSpace Wins DIU Counter-sUAS Low-Cost Sensing Challenge

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), working with a cross-service team led by U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and Joint Interagency Task ...
Defending the Skies: Lockheed Martin and Microsoft Collaborate on Next-Gen C-UAS Technologies

Defending the Skies: Lockheed Martin and Microsoft Collaborate on Next-Gen C-UAS Technologies

Microsoft is joining with Lockheed Martin to develop Sanctum -- counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) capabilities that combine Lockheed Martin’s mission ...
Nokia Drone Networks Integrates Amprius SiCore Batteries to Advance High-Reliability Operations

Nokia Drone Networks Integrates Amprius SiCore Batteries to Advance High-Reliability Operations

Amprius Technologies announced that Nokia has selected Amprius’ SiCore® cells to power its next-generation drone systems. Following extensive qualification and testing, ...
NASA, Reliable Robotics Contract Advances UAS Integration Near Airports and Contingency Operations

NASA, Reliable Robotics Contract Advances UAS Integration Near Airports and Contingency Operations

Reliable Robotics announced a new contract with NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to perform and collect data from operational demonstration flights of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Small ROV Makes a Big Splash with its Expanding Variety of Professional Add-Ons

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 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
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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
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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

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
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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

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

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

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 ...
Hexagon | NovAtel’s PwrPak7-E1 Supported on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Development

Hexagon | NovAtel’s PwrPak7-E1 Supported on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Development

Coming on the heels of its compatibility with the NVIDIA DriveWorks v4 software release, Hexagon | NovAtel announces that its ...
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