A civilian training one-way attack drone is launched from a platform during a demonstration to 1st Cavalry Division leaders on Jan. 29, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. The demonstration provided leaders with insight into how AI-enabled one-way attack systems operate alongside Army fires formations. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Russell Shirley-Jones)

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…

Sgt. Benjamin Lam, assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, operates the Drone Buster during a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems class with Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, supporting 4th Infantry Division, at Camp Taurus, Lithuania, on March 17th, 2023. The 4th Infantry Division and their partner units mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent in order to build readiness, increase our operability and reinforce our steadfast and loyal commitment to our Allies and partners which make up an integral part of the Ivy Team. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Cesar Rivas, 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade)

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…

JIATF-401, FAA Complete Counter-Drone Laser Tests at White Sands

JIATF-401, FAA Complete Counter-Drone Laser Tests at White Sands

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) and the Federal Aviation Administration completed a two-day high-energy laser test campaign at White ...
Embraer, Valkyrie Aero Add AI C-UAS Suite to A-29 Super Tucano

Embraer, Valkyrie Aero Add AI C-UAS Suite to A-29 Super Tucano

Embraer Defense & Security and U.S. contractor Valkyrie Aero are expanding the mission set of the A-29 Super Tucano with ...
Army Optics R&D Aims To Extend UAS Reach, Cut Sensor Costs

Army Optics R&D Aims To Extend UAS Reach, Cut Sensor Costs

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center is pushing a new generation of unmanned aircraft sensor payloads that promise higher-resolution ...
Trusted Autonomy Requires Secure Allied Supply Chains

Trusted Autonomy Requires Secure Allied Supply Chains

Uncrewed vehicles, robotics and autonomous systems are reshaping the future of commercial industries, warfighting and manufacturing. As deployment accelerates, secure ...
Near Earth Autonomy, Honeywell Advance Unmanned Black Hawk for Contested Logistics 

Near Earth Autonomy, Honeywell Advance Unmanned Black Hawk for Contested Logistics 

Near Earth Autonomy and partners Honeywell, Moog and XP Services have completed a year of integration and flight work on ...
The Blue UAS Shift: Interview with DCMA Commander

The Blue UAS Shift: Interview with DCMA Commander

DCMA is accelerating a trusted marketplace for vetted drones and components. Air Force Col. Dustin Thomas, DCMA Commander. Image: DCMA ...
Thales Launches FAA Radar Data Hub to Support UAS Integration in North Dakota

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
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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

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

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

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’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 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

RTX’s Collins Aerospace Autonomy Solution, Sidekick, Flies GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA Platform

Semi-autonomous flight enabled by advanced software. Collins Aerospace demonstrated its Sidekick mission autonomy software in a successful test flight of ...
Test Success: ATLAS Uncrewed Ground Vehicle Put Through its Paces 

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). Image: BAE Systems ...
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 ...
Getting our UAS and National Security Act Together

Getting our UAS and National Security Act Together

To keep pace with modern UAS and C-UAS threats, the U.S. needs a durable framework that unifies rules, shared awareness, ...
Pentagon Task Force Picks Fortem DroneHunter for First Replicator 2 Purchase

Pentagon Task Force Picks Fortem DroneHunter for First Replicator 2 Purchase

The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) has made its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 initiative, awarding ...
FAA-Sponsored Report Backs AURA, NPUASTS BVLOS Voice Relay Performance

FAA-Sponsored Report Backs AURA, NPUASTS BVLOS Voice Relay Performance

A new FAA-sponsored report has documented how AURA Network Systems’ aviation-grade voice-relay architecture performed in beyond visual line of sight ...
Saildrone, Lockheed Martin to Arm USVs for Hybrid Navy Fleet

Saildrone, Lockheed Martin to Arm USVs for Hybrid Navy Fleet

Surveyor to receive JAGM launcher in 2026 live-fire demo; larger unmanned vessels planned for Mk 70 VLS and other payloads ...
Textron Systems Introduces Multi Mission Uncrewed Surface Vessel (MMUSV)

Textron Systems Introduces Multi Mission Uncrewed Surface Vessel (MMUSV)

Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the introduction of its Multi Mission Uncrewed Surface Vessel (MMUSV), the ...
Agilica Pushes Forward Alternative PNT for UAV Shipboard Landing

Agilica Pushes Forward Alternative PNT for UAV Shipboard Landing

Over the past year, Brussels-based Agilica BV has completed major milestones in the 'Safe autonomous integrated landing system for ships' ...
FCC Carves Out Blue UAS and ‘Buy American’ Drones from Foreign Drone Ban

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 ...
FEMA Fast-Tracks First $250 Million in C-UAS Grants to World Cup Host States

FEMA Fast-Tracks First $250 Million in C-UAS Grants to World Cup Host States

Initial awards under DHS’s $500 million Counter-UAS Grant Program beat FEMA’s own timeline, leveraging new SAFER SKIES authorities to harden ...
Poland Plans €2bn Anti-Drone ‘Eastern Shield’ on NATO’s Front Line

Poland Plans €2bn Anti-Drone ‘Eastern Shield’ on NATO’s Front Line

Poland is moving ahead with a €2 billion plan to harden its eastern border against Russian drones, unveiling a layered ...
FCC Moves to Block New Foreign-Made Drone Approvals

FCC Moves to Block New Foreign-Made Drone Approvals

A new FCC Covered List update, driven by an Executive Branch national security determination, targets foreign-produced unmanned aircraft systems and ...
DOT’s AAM National Strategy Sets 10-Year Policy Course for Air Taxis and Autonomy

DOT’s AAM National Strategy Sets 10-Year Policy Course for Air Taxis and Autonomy

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released its Advanced Air Mobility National Strategy: A Bold Policy Vision for 2026–2036, outlining ...
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, ...
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 ...
LiDAR Sensors From Luminar Powers Nvidia’s Next-Gen Autonomous Vehicle Development Platform

LiDAR Sensors From Luminar Powers Nvidia’s Next-Gen Autonomous Vehicle Development Platform

Automotive LiDAR firm Luminar's sensors will help power electronics giant Nvidia's next-generation autonomous vehicle development platform, the companies announced Nov ...
Easy Aerial Launches Next-Generation  Advanced Ground Stations for Civilian and Military Applications

Easy Aerial Launches Next-Generation Advanced Ground Stations for Civilian and Military Applications

Easy Guard Vehicle (EGV) is Easy Aerial’s newest, durable and ultra-portable drone in a box systems available in three sizes ...
UMILES Launches the First 100% Spanish Aero-Taxi

UMILES Launches the First 100% Spanish Aero-Taxi

In Madrid, at the Expodrónica pavilion of the World ATM Congress, the largest event in air navigation, held at IFEMA ...
Auterion Government Solutions, Inc. Selected for Defense Innovation Unit’s Soldier Robotic Controller (SRoC) Program

Auterion Government Solutions, Inc. Selected for Defense Innovation Unit’s Soldier Robotic Controller (SRoC) Program

In March 2021, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) sought commercial solutions that would enable soldiers to operate multiple types of ...
Primoco UAV, Czech UAV Manufacturer, Successfully Flight Tested Multiple Unmanned Aircraft From One Control Station

Primoco UAV, Czech UAV Manufacturer, Successfully Flight Tested Multiple Unmanned Aircraft From One Control Station

Primoco UAV SE, a Czech company that develops and manufactures the One 150 UAV, successfully flight tested the simultaneous control ...
AirData and Wingtra Announce New Partnership

AirData and Wingtra Announce New Partnership

AirData and Wingtra Collaborate to Support Professional VTOL Drone Mapping and Surveying Operations As of October 19, AirData UAV and ...
Delta Drone International enters Niger with virtual 3D model baseline survey for GoviEx Uranium

Delta Drone International enters Niger with virtual 3D model baseline survey for GoviEx Uranium

Delta Drone International (ASX:DLT) is set to enter the Niger market for the first time with uranium explorer and developer, ...
Aeronautics Announces Successful Demo of its Orbiter, for Finnish Border Guard

Aeronautics Announces Successful Demo of its Orbiter, for Finnish Border Guard

Conducted from a sea vessel, the demonstration showed unique capabilities in a marine environment, as required by the Border Guard ...
Teledyne FLIR Announces ION M640x Next-Gen Tactical Quadcopter

Teledyne FLIR Announces ION M640x Next-Gen Tactical Quadcopter

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced the launch of the ION™ M640x tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The ...
Hexagon | VERIPOS introduces low SWaP anti-jamming protection and RF interference mitigation for offshore marine vessels

Hexagon | VERIPOS introduces low SWaP anti-jamming protection and RF interference mitigation for offshore marine vessels

The biggest thing in anti-jam just got smaller: introducing GAJT-410MS, the newest addition to the GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) portfolio ...
SkyGrid Launches Autonomous Remote UAV Operations Solution

SkyGrid Launches Autonomous Remote UAV Operations Solution

Company's remote flight operations capability is a ready-to-use solution that enables drone operators to remotely conduct missions, control flights, manage ...
AUSA 2021: Aeronautics highlights its Dominator XP Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAS

AUSA 2021: Aeronautics highlights its Dominator XP Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAS

Aeronautics Group - a leading provider of integrated turnkey solutions based on unmanned systems platforms, payloads and communications for defense ...
The best thing in anti-jam technology just got better: Hexagon | NovAtel enhances the performance of the GAJT-710 product line

The best thing in anti-jam technology just got better: Hexagon | NovAtel enhances the performance of the GAJT-710 product line

Today, Hexagon | NovAtel announced an update to their GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) portfolio. As the leading provider of assured ...
Cover More Ground

Cover More Ground

Microdrones is pleased to announce a special presentation on the newest member of the GE industrial drone line, the mdLIDAR1000LR ...
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