Mountain Horse Solutions is partnered with two companies battling in the second round of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet competition seeking lethal but low-cost…
The Arsenal of Autonomy: Michigan Makes Its Move
A manufacturing state looks toward autonomy. During World War II, the Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, developed an…
Somewear Labs: Capability on the Horizon
From Ukraine to the Middle East, choices between capabilities and cost have come to the fore. Somewear’s just-released Horizon multi-network…
AUKUS Launches First Pillar II Signature Project in Undersea Autonomy
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the first named signature project under AUKUS Pillar II at the…
DroneShield Awarded $24.9 Million in Australian Dollars in JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Contract
DroneShield has been awarded a contract valued at $24.9 million AUD supporting the mission of Joint Interagency Task Force 401…
Space Force Awards SpaceX $4.16 Billion for Space-Based Airborne Target Tracking Constellation
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion Other Transaction Authority contract today for the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target…
Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion
Motorola Solutions announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israeli counter-drone technology company,…
North Dakota’s Vantis Cuts BVLOS Waiver Timeline from Years to Weeks as Statewide Network Expands
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site hosted Vantis Fly Day on May 28 at the Gorman Field UAS Test Range…
Royal Navy Deploys Autonomous Minehunting Systems Aboard Converted Mothership for Hormuz Mission
The Royal Navy’s mine countermeasures mothership RFA Lyme Bay departed Gibraltar on May 26 carrying a suite of autonomous and…
Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program
Shield AI announced at SOF Week that it had been selected by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense…
Pentagon Awards $500M to Perennial Autonomy for Counter-Drone Interceptors Proven in Ukraine
The biggest contract announcement to emerge from SOF Week 2026 came not from one of the traditional defense primes but…
Teledyne FLIR Upgrades FirstLook Throwbot with Thermal Sensors and Black Hornet Integration
Teledyne FLIR has unveiled FirstLook 125, a new iteration of the tiny ‘throwable’ tracked UGV used by infantry, EOD and…
Poland, Australia, and South Korea Join Pentagon’s JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Marketplace
Three additional nations have signed on to the Pentagon’s counter-drone procurement marketplace, the Army announced this week, expanding the initiative…
NATO Launches Layered C-UAS Experimentation Campaign, First Field Event Tests Integration
Allied Command Transformation has moved its Layered Counter-UAS Initiative — known as LCI-X — from framework into field experimentation, completing…
The Autonomy Stack: Establishing a ‘Software First’ Mindset
The need for more adaptable solutions and the U.S. Air Force’s new Autonomy Government Reference Architecture, or A-GRA, are driving…
The FCC’s New Role at the Center of the U.S. Drone Market
A supply chain security framework that began with a sweeping December 2025 prohibition on foreign-produced UAS is now generating its…
NYPD Stands Up Permanent Counter-Drone Unit Under Safer Skies Act
The New York City Police Department has stood up a permanent counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) unit with authority to electronically…
Airbus Offers U.S. Marine Corps Autonomous Lakota Variant, Unveils Full UAS Portfolio at ILA Berlin
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense is offering the U.S. Marine Corps a fully autonomous variant of the UH-72B Lakota utility ...
Navy’s Saronic Corsair USV Conducts First Drone Rescue at Sea in Oman Recovery
A U.S. Navy Corsair autonomous surface vessel operated by Task Force 59 rescued two U.S. Army aviators from waters off ...
Farsighted: SiLC’s Eyeonic Vista Perimeter Detector
Nefarious actors wield increasingly sophisticated UAS that move quickly, fly low and blend into complex backgrounds and infrastructure. SiLC booth ...
GA-ASI, Air Force Complete F-35/MQ-20 Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming Demonstration Using LEO Data Link
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced May 27 that it completed a crewed-uncrewed teaming flight demonstration pairing an MQ-20 Avenger ...
Mountain Horse Brings Draganfly Flex and AG3 SPADE to Drone Dominance Gauntlet 2
Mountain Horse Solutions is partnered with two companies battling in the second round of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet competition ...
The Arsenal of Autonomy: Michigan Makes Its Move
A manufacturing state looks toward autonomy. XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit. Image: Michigan Office of Defense & Aerospace Innovation During World ...
Somewear Labs: Capability on the Horizon
From Ukraine to the Middle East, choices between capabilities and cost have come to the fore. Somewear’s just-released Horizon multi-network ...
AUKUS Launches First Pillar II Signature Project in Undersea Autonomy
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the first named signature project under AUKUS Pillar II at the ...
DroneShield Awarded $24.9 Million in Australian Dollars in JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Contract
DroneShield has been awarded a contract valued at $24.9 million AUD supporting the mission of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 ...
Space Force Awards SpaceX $4.16 Billion for Space-Based Airborne Target Tracking Constellation
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion Other Transaction Authority contract today for the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target ...
Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion
Motorola Solutions announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israeli counter-drone technology company, ...
North Dakota’s Vantis Cuts BVLOS Waiver Timeline from Years to Weeks as Statewide Network Expands
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site hosted Vantis Fly Day on May 28 at the Gorman Field UAS Test Range ...
Royal Navy Deploys Autonomous Minehunting Systems Aboard Converted Mothership for Hormuz Mission
The Royal Navy's mine countermeasures mothership RFA Lyme Bay departed Gibraltar on May 26 carrying a suite of autonomous and ...
Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program
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Pentagon Awards $500M to Perennial Autonomy for Counter-Drone Interceptors Proven in Ukraine
The biggest contract announcement to emerge from SOF Week 2026 came not from one of the traditional defense primes but ...
Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion
Motorola Solutions announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israeli counter-drone technology company, ...
North Dakota’s Vantis Cuts BVLOS Waiver Timeline from Years to Weeks as Statewide Network Expands
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site hosted Vantis Fly Day on May 28 at the Gorman Field UAS Test Range ...
Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program
Shield AI announced at SOF Week that it had been selected by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense ...
Pentagon Awards $500M to Perennial Autonomy for Counter-Drone Interceptors Proven in Ukraine
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Teledyne FLIR Upgrades FirstLook Throwbot with Thermal Sensors and Black Hornet Integration
Teledyne FLIR has unveiled FirstLook 125, a new iteration of the tiny ‘throwable’ tracked UGV used by infantry, EOD and ...
Poland, Australia, and South Korea Join Pentagon’s JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Marketplace
Three additional nations have signed on to the Pentagon's counter-drone procurement marketplace, the Army announced this week, expanding the initiative ...
The Autonomy Stack: Establishing a ‘Software First’ Mindset
The need for more adaptable solutions and the U.S. Air Force’s new Autonomy Government Reference Architecture, or A-GRA, are driving ...
The FCC’s New Role at the Center of the U.S. Drone Market
A supply chain security framework that began with a sweeping December 2025 prohibition on foreign-produced UAS is now generating its ...
NYPD Stands Up Permanent Counter-Drone Unit Under Safer Skies Act
The New York City Police Department has stood up a permanent counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) unit with authority to electronically ...
Drone Dominance Program Qualifies 48 Companies For Gauntlet 2 Trials
The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) has issued a dramatically expanded list of participants for its second competitive Drone Dominance ...
AeroVironment Expands AV_Halo Platform with INSTINCT and DETECT at SOF Week
AeroVironment used SOF Week in Tampa to announce two new additions to its AV_Halo unified mission software platform: AV_Halo INSTINCT, ...
Teledyne FLIR Upgrades Rogue 1 Block 2 with Extended Range, Larger Warhead
Teledyne FLIR has unveiled an improved Block 2 variant of its Rogue 1 quadcopter enabling the loitering munition to strike ...
Northrop Grumman Named Preferred Payload Provider for Drone Dominance Program
On the opening day of SOF Week, the Pentagon announced the five winners of its Drone Dominance Program Lethality Prize ...
Unmanned, Autonomy, and Counter-UAS on the Tampa Agenda: What to Watch at SOF Week 2026
Live demonstrations along the Riverwalk, an expanded outdoor program, and a session track built around autonomy and interoperability put unmanned ...
DZYNE Unveils Blitz Hand-Launch UAS With 93-Mile Strike Range
While America's drone industry has fixated on first-person view quadcopters like those swarming Ukrainian battlefields, DZYNE Technologies is bucking the ...
Carbonix, RIEGL, and Phase One Forge First-of-its-Kind VTOL Integration for Advanced Aerial Surveying
Carbonix, in collaboration with RIEGL and Phase One, has achieved a novel integration in aerial surveying by successfully mounting RIEGL's ...
Skydio Enhances Defense Capabilities with New X10D Drone and Dynamic Channel Switching Technology
Skydio, a U.S. drone manufacturer known for its autonomous flight technology, has announced the commencement of X10D drone deliveries to ...
JOUAV Introduces JoLiDAR-1000 for Enhanced UAV LiDAR Applications
JOUAV, a specialist in the industrial UAV sector, has launched the JoLiDAR-1000, a new LiDAR sensor for drones, aimed at ...
QYSEA Launches AI-Powered Underwater Measurement System for Robotic Submersibles
QYSEA Technology has unveiled the QYSEA Measurement Tool (QY-MT), an AI-powered precision measurement system designed for underwater robotic applications. This ...
MatrixSpace Radar Ships to Support C-UAS and BVLOS Applications
MatrixSpace has initiated the shipment of its radar system designed to enhance situational awareness for Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) ...
AeroVironment Enhances Puma 3 AE with Extended Flight Time Battery Option
AeroVironment’s PS2500 battery provides Puma 3 AE unmanned aerial systems users with up to three hours of continuous flight operations ...
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Introduces GNSS-Denied Navigation Kit for Enhanced UAS Navigation
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has announced the launch of its GNSS-Denied Navigation Kit, a new development aimed at improving autonomous navigation ...
Exyn Technologies Releases Nexys for 3D Mapping in Complex Environments
On February 9, 2024, at GeoWeek, Exyn Technologies announced the launch of Exyn Nexys, a new 3D mapping solution designed ...
GeoCue and CHC Navigation Introduce TrueView 540 LiDAR System
GeoCue, a provider of geospatial hardware and software, in collaboration with CHC Navigation, a company known for its precision positioning ...
Wingtra Launches Advanced LiDAR Drone Solution
Wingtra, a drone technology company based in Zurich, has introduced a new LiDAR drone mapping solution that combines the WingtraOne ...
BlueHalo Launches VigilantHalo: A Command and Control System for Uncrewed Airspace Management
BlueHalo has introduced VigilantHalo, a software-based platform designed for real-time command and control (C2) of uncrewed airspace. This system represents ...
Teledyne FLIR Announces Launch of Neutrino LC OGI for UAV-Based Gas Leak Detection
On January 30, 2024, Teledyne FLIR, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, introduced the Neutrino LC OGI camera module. Developed ...
Septentrio Unveils AntaRx-Si3 for Enhanced Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
Septentrio has introduced the AntaRx-Si3, a GNSS/INS Smart Antenna designed to advance navigation solutions for autonomous vehicles. Announced on February ...
QYSEA Introduces AI Diver Tracking for Underwater Robots
QYSEA Technology has unveiled an AI Diver Tracking Function for its underwater robots, a technology designed to enhance safety and ...
DroneShield Launches New Expeditionary Fixed Site Kit for DroneSentry-X Mk2
DroneShield DroneShield has announced the release of the Expeditionary Fixed-Site (EFS) Kit for its DroneSentry-X Mk2, a multi-mission Counter-Unmanned Aircraft ...
AUVSI Announces Michael Robbins as President and Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Directors of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has announced that Michael Robbins is the ...
Five Good Questions: Edward Kostakis, Xizmo Media Productions and AeroSpect
Edward Kostakis, Co-Founder, Xizmo Media Productions/AeroSpect Edward Kostakis is co-founder of two drone service companies, Xizmo Media Productions and AeroSpect. Both ...
P3 Tech Consulting Announces 3rd Annual Law-Tech Connect at AUVSI XPO24
Colorado-based P3 Tech Consulting LLC has partnered with the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) again this year to ...
Teri Bristol Joins ANRA Technologies Board of Directors
ANRA Technologies, a provider of uncrewed traffic management and operation solutions, has recently announced the addition of Ms. Teri Bristol ...
Five Good Questions: Randy DeYoung
Randy DeYoung, professor and research scientist, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. Q: Why is there a need to estimate wild animal ...
Advanced Aircraft Company Appointments Vice Admiral David Architzel USN (Ret) to its Board of Advisors
Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and multi-rotor uncrewed aircraft vehicles (UAV), today announced the appointment ...
Exyn Technologies Appoints Brandon Torres Declet as CEO
Exyn Technologies has appointed Brandon Torres Declet as CEO ...
D-Fend Solutions Appoints Mike Laor as Chief Financial Officer
D-Fend Solutions, which provides radio frequency, cyber-based, non-kinetic, non-jamming, counter-drone takeover technology, announced the addition of Mike Laor as chief ...
Reliable Robotics Reveals Integration Solution; Marc Pos to Lead Radar Systems Component
Reliable Robotics announced the addition of Marc Pos to lead radar design, filling a key part of its aircraft-agnostic Airspace ...
Five Good Questions: Michael Weigand, Shift5
Michael Weigand is the cofounder and chief growth officer of Shift5, an observability platform for onboard operational technology. Prior to ...
Five Good Questions: John Peterson, Executive Director of Aviation, Iridium
John Peterson is the executive director of aviation at Iridium Communications Inc., the only satellite communications company that offers truly ...
Five Good Questions: Aaron Pierce, Pierce Aerospace
Aaron Pierce is a cofounder and CEO of Pierce Aerospace, which has been developing Remote ID systems since 2017, funded ...
D-Fend Solutions Expands U.S. Presence with Multiple Leadership Hires
New faces at D-Fend Solutions: From left, Michael Langman, Danny Rajan and Brett Feddersen. Photos courtesy of D-Fend Solutions. RA'ANANA, ...
Five Good Questions: Jim Williams, AURA
As AURA’s aviation regulatory affairs director, Jim Williams leads the company’s efforts to secure approval to use its network to ...
Five Good Questions: Gordon Heidinger, Hexagon
Gordon Heidinger has spent 25 years in the automotive and transportation industry in a combination of roles as an electrical ...
