A team of Department of Defense drone operators and experts test the technical capabilities of various Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) during a Defense Innovation Unit led prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS, which clears and validates flying platforms are safe to fly, cyber-secure, and meet DOD requirements, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, on Nov. 2-6, 2024. The Blue UAS Refresh Challenge included more than 35 platforms and companies, and an expert team of 40 military drone end-users with participation from each service branch and several major program offices in support of the Department’s ability to quickly scale and field commercially produced drone technologies for military and government use. (DOD photo by Devon Bistarkey, Defense Innovation Unit)

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 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 ...
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 ...
Army Secretary Signals Demand for UAS and C-UAS Tech

Army Secretary Signals Demand for UAS and C-UAS Tech

On Face the Nation, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll outlined an ambitious million-drone plan, a new component-focused industrial base, and a ...
Report: What Unmanned Systems is America’s Military Buying in 2026? 

Report: What Unmanned Systems is America’s Military Buying in 2026? 

A turbulent FY2026 landscape favors affordable, modular, and rapidly fieldable unmanned systems—especially sUAS and loitering munitions—while legacy programs face cancellations, ...
Joby Turbine-Electric Autonomous VTOL Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Joby Turbine-Electric Autonomous VTOL Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Joby Aviation has completed the first flight of a turbine-electric, autonomous VTOL demonstrator that blends a hybrid turbine powertrain with ...
Einride to Go Public on Cabless AV Freight Vision

Einride to Go Public on Cabless AV Freight Vision

Einride is heading for the public markets—and using the announcement to highlight what it sees as a differentiated autonomous freight ...
RIEGL Still Rising at InterGEO 2025

RIEGL Still Rising at InterGEO 2025

RIEGL's newly released VQ-1060 marks a significant evolution in airborne LiDAR for corridor mapping. Unveiled at InterGEO 2025 in Frankfurt, ...
uAvionix and OneSky Partner to Advance UAS Traffic Management 

uAvionix and OneSky Partner to Advance UAS Traffic Management 

uAvionix, a leader in advanced airspace surveillance and communications solutions, and OneSky, a global provider of uncrewed traffic management (UTM) ...
Hexagon to Acquire Inertial Sense, Strengthening its Positioning Portfolio

Hexagon to Acquire Inertial Sense, Strengthening its Positioning Portfolio

Hexagon has announced an agreement to acquire Inertial Sense, a provider of tactical-grade global navigation solutions and inertial navigation systems ...
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 ...
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