U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jordan Chaussepied, a small unmanned aircraft system operator with the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team, flies a drone with a member from the House of Armed Services Committee, during a drone demonstration at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 6, 2025. MCADT conducted a range demonstration for members of the HASC highlighting their capabilities and potential applications on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anthony C. Ramsey Jr.)

Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Phase II of the Army’s Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare,…

A Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system flies toward a simulated target during a kinetic first-person view drone range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2025. The range was conducted to validate a scalable, repeatable methodology for enabling FPV strike operations and used as a reference to support cost-effective training and eventual kinetic employment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachariah Ferraro)

Gauntlet Phase 1: America’s New Champions of FPV Warfare

From Garage Startups to Pentagon Champions: Meet the Eleven Companies Remaking American FPV Warfare Phase 1 of the Pentagon’s Drone…

A Neros Archer first-person view drone, armed with a Kraken Kinetics Terminus payload, closes on a simulated enemy vehicle during the National Drone Association Drone Crucible in Florida, Sept. 20, 2025. The MCADT participated in the Drone Crucible with other teams from across the joint force to showcase capabilities and exchange tactics, techniques, and procedures to advance FPV attack drone and other small unmanned aircraft systems employment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Barker)

Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) announced this Wednesday its five preferred companies to manufacture modular warheads for small kamikaze drones it…

Ukraine Building Drone Industry Under Fire

Ukraine Building Drone Industry Under Fire

Four years of war have produced one of the most dynamic defense technology ecosystems in the world. Now Ukraine is ...
XPONENTIAL 2026: What to Expect in Detroit

XPONENTIAL 2026: What to Expect in Detroit

Inside Unmanned Systems is proud to serve as an official media partner of XPONENTIAL 2026, the world's largest autonomous systems ...
FAA Releases Section 2209 NPRM, Two-Tier Framework for Drone Restrictions Around Critical Infrastructure

FAA Releases Section 2209 NPRM, Two-Tier Framework for Drone Restrictions Around Critical Infrastructure

The Federal Aviation Administration on May 6 published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would, nearly a decade after Congress ...
Scaling Autonomy Requires Aligned Policy and Strategy

Scaling Autonomy Requires Aligned Policy and Strategy

There’s been a shift in Washington. Congress just held two hearings focused on robotics and autonomous systems in just over ...
Wireless Industry Urges FCC to Expand Licensed Spectrum Access for Drone Operations

Wireless Industry Urges FCC to Expand Licensed Spectrum Access for Drone Operations

Major wireless industry groups and technology companies filed initial comments with the FCC this week calling for expanded licensed spectrum ...
U.S., U.K. Forces Integrate Drones, Counter-UAS, and UGVs in Lithuania Exercise

U.S., U.K. Forces Integrate Drones, Counter-UAS, and UGVs in Lithuania Exercise

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and paratroopers from the U.K. Parachute Regiment conducted the force-on-force phase of ...
Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Phase II of the Army's Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare, ...
Gauntlet Phase 1: America's New Champions of FPV Warfare

Gauntlet Phase 1: America’s New Champions of FPV Warfare

From Garage Startups to Pentagon Champions: Meet the Eleven Companies Remaking American FPV Warfare A Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft ...
NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Allied Command Transformation organized the first Layered Counter-UAS Initiative Crucible event at Romania's Capu Midia Training Range in April, ...
FPV Drones Threaten the CASEVAC Mission

FPV Drones Threaten the CASEVAC Mission

A near miss from Hezbollah one-way attack drones reflects a new threat to helicopter casualty evacuation missions. Hezbollah FPV footage ...
Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge

Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) announced this Wednesday its five preferred companies to manufacture modular warheads for small kamikaze ...
From Platform Builder to Defense Systems Prime

From Platform Builder to Defense Systems Prime

AeroVironment’s CEO Wahid Nawabi discusses how defense needs are shifting, and why the company is well positioned to be the ...
Robinson Unmanned, Sikorsky Win Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Cargo Helicopter

Robinson Unmanned, Sikorsky Win Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Cargo Helicopter

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $15.5 million contract to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the Medium Aerial ...
Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

As UAS proliferation accelerates and threat environments evolve, ISR is shifting from standalone sensors to scalable, AI-enabled systems—where performance, integration, ...
Ukraine's 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine’s 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have recorded the first confirmed destruction of a Russian Shahed attack drone using an interceptor launched ...
Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

As UAS proliferation accelerates and threat environments evolve, ISR is shifting from standalone sensors to scalable, AI-enabled systems—where performance, integration, ...
Ukraine's 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine’s 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have recorded the first confirmed destruction of a Russian Shahed attack drone using an interceptor launched ...
Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia has more than doubled its planned counter-UAS investment for the Australian Defence Force, allocating up to AUD 7 billion ...
L3Harris Opens High-Volume VAMPIRE Production Line in Huntsville

L3Harris Opens High-Volume VAMPIRE Production Line in Huntsville

L3Harris Technologies has initiated high-volume production of its VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems at a new dedicated facility in Huntsville, Alabama, marking ...
AeroVironment Demonstrates LOCUST Laser Weapon System Aboard Aircraft Carrier

AeroVironment Demonstrates LOCUST Laser Weapon System Aboard Aircraft Carrier

AeroVironment has announced that its palletized LOCUST Laser Weapon System successfully tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones during a ...
Leonardo DRS Integrates Maritime C-UAS Package onto Autonomous Surface Vessel

Leonardo DRS Integrates Maritime C-UAS Package onto Autonomous Surface Vessel

Leonardo DRS has integrated its Maritime Mission Equipment Package onto a Sea Machines STORMRUNNER autonomous unmanned surface vessel, extending counter-drone ...
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Vertical-Launch C-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Vertical-Launch C-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin is advancing the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile as a ground- and maritime-based counter-UAS effector, with a vertical-launch configuration designed ...
Army Awards AeroVironment $14.6 Million for VAPOR CLE Under Company-Level Reconnaissance Program

Army Awards AeroVironment $14.6 Million for VAPOR CLE Under Company-Level Reconnaissance Program

AeroVironment has been awarded a $14.6 million production contract by the U.S. Army for the VAPOR Compact Long Endurance unmanned ...
Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million in Fortem Technologies to Scale Counter-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million in Fortem Technologies to Scale Counter-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin has made a $25 million investment in Fortem Technologies, the initial tranche of Fortem's Series B round, to ...
Army Deploys Ukraine-Tested Merops Interceptor at Scale to Counter Iranian Shahed Drones

Army Deploys Ukraine-Tested Merops Interceptor at Scale to Counter Iranian Shahed Drones

The U.S. Army has purchased 13,000 Merops low-cost interceptor drones and begun deploying them to counter Iranian-made Shahed one-way attack ...
Thales, Viasat and Partners Complete BVLOS Connectivity Trials at Cranfield

Thales, Viasat and Partners Complete BVLOS Connectivity Trials at Cranfield

Thales, Viasat, and a consortium of European partners have completed flight trials at Cranfield University testing multi-link connectivity architecture for ...
Army C-UAS Marketplace Reaches $13M in Sales, Opens to State and Local Buyers

Army C-UAS Marketplace Reaches $13M in Sales, Opens to State and Local Buyers

The Pentagon's Counter-UAS Marketplace has generated $13 million in purchases since its launch earlier this year, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ...
Echodyne's EchoShield Radar Selected for Trust Automation's Air Force C-UAS Platform

Echodyne’s EchoShield Radar Selected for Trust Automation’s Air Force C-UAS Platform

Echodyne has been named the primary radar provider for Trust Automation's Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) family, which is being ...
Rohde & Schwarz Brings Full ARDRONIS C-UAS Suite to Counter UAS Technology Europe

Rohde & Schwarz Brings Full ARDRONIS C-UAS Suite to Counter UAS Technology Europe

Rohde & Schwarz is demonstrating its complete ARDRONIS counter-UAS suite this week at Counter UAS Technology Europe 2026 in London, ...
Saildrone Unveils Spectre MUSV at Sea-Air-Space, Competes for Navy Marketplace

Saildrone Unveils Spectre MUSV at Sea-Air-Space, Competes for Navy Marketplace

Saildrone unveiled the Spectre at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland today — a 52-meter, 250-tonne unmanned surface vessel ...
Nearthlab's AIDrone Launches at CES 2024: An Enterprise Drone Tailored for Diverse Applications

Nearthlab’s AIDrone Launches at CES 2024: An Enterprise Drone Tailored for Diverse Applications

Nearthlab has introduced AIDrone at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), marking the company's first foray into the hardware sector ...
SiLC Technologies Introduces Eyeonic Vision System Mini, Advancing Precision LiDAR Technology

SiLC Technologies Introduces Eyeonic Vision System Mini, Advancing Precision LiDAR Technology

SiLC Technologies, known for integrated single-chip FMCW LiDAR solutions, has launched the Eyeonic Vision System Mini. The Eyeonic Mini supports ...
Murata Showcases Advanced IMU Technology Driving Mobility Innovations at CES 2024

Murata Showcases Advanced IMU Technology Driving Mobility Innovations at CES 2024

Murata is poised to unveil a diverse array of new solutions at CES 2024, taking place in Las Vegas from ...
RuggON Unveils Military-Grade Rugged UAV Ground Control System at CES 2024

RuggON Unveils Military-Grade Rugged UAV Ground Control System at CES 2024

RuggON, a global manufacturer specializing in ruggedized mobile solutions, has revealed its latest innovation, the Ground Control System (GCS) for ...
ANELLO Photonics Launches ANELLO X3, a Compact 3-Axis Optical Gyroscope IMU for Precision Navigation in Challenging Environments

ANELLO Photonics Launches ANELLO X3, a Compact 3-Axis Optical Gyroscope IMU for Precision Navigation in Challenging Environments

ANELLO Photonics has unveiled the ANELLO X3, a 3-Axis optical gyroscope Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) positioned as the world's smallest ...
D-Fend Solutions Expands Participation in FAA Program for UAS Detection at Airports

D-Fend Solutions Expands Participation in FAA Program for UAS Detection at Airports

D-Fend Solutions announced expanded and extended participation in the FAA Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program, aimed ...
Anduril Unveils Jet-Powered Roadrunner, Roadrunner M UAS
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Anduril Unveils Jet-Powered Roadrunner, Roadrunner M UAS

Anduril Industries has introduced two new jet-powered drones, the Roadrunner and Roadrunner M, the latter of which carries an explosive ...
Elistair Unveils Khronos Tethered Drone for Tactical ISR Missions

Elistair Unveils Khronos Tethered Drone for Tactical ISR Missions

Elistair, which builds long-endurance, tethered unmanned aircraft systems, announced today the unveiling of Khronos, a fully automated tethered drone system ...
ANRA Technologies Launches VMS Vertiport Management System for Urban Air Mobility

ANRA Technologies Launches VMS Vertiport Management System for Urban Air Mobility

ANRA Technologies announced its new Vertiport Management System (VMS) at the Dubai Air Show, which it said marks a significant ...
BRINC Delivers First LEMUR 2 Drones to Emergency Responders

BRINC Delivers First LEMUR 2 Drones to Emergency Responders

BRINC, which builds technology for public safety, on Nov. 2 announced the first deliveries of its flagship drone model, the ...
Saildrone Fleet Surpasses 1M Nautical Miles, 32K Days at Sea

Saildrone Fleet Surpasses 1M Nautical Miles, 32K Days at Sea

Saildrone announced its fleet of USVs has surpassed a cumulative distance of 1 million nautical miles during more than 32,000 ...
UAS of All Sizes Aim for Army Programs at Fall AUSA Conference
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UAS of All Sizes Aim for Army Programs at Fall AUSA Conference

Numerous unmanned aircraft were on display at the Association of the U.S. Army’s October meeting, ranging from systems that could ...
China’s Civil Aviation Administration Grants Type Certificate to EHang for UAS Passenger Vehicle

China’s Civil Aviation Administration Grants Type Certificate to EHang for UAS Passenger Vehicle

EHang Holdings Ltd., a Chinese urban air mobility provider, announced its EH216-S passenger-carrying unmanned aircraft has obtained a type certificate ...
Hivemind and V-BAT: Shield AI’s Autonomy, ISR and Teaming Move Forward
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Hivemind and V-BAT: Shield AI’s Autonomy, ISR and Teaming Move Forward

Shield AI announced that V-BAT teams powered by Hivemind could now be purchased, to operate autonomously over electronically contested battlespaces, ...
Skydio Unveils Ability to Fly X10 Drone from a Browser with 5G Connection

Skydio Unveils Ability to Fly X10 Drone from a Browser with 5G Connection

Skydio announced Skydio Remote Flight Deck, a new offering that enables remote flight for Skydio X10 drones via a browser, ...
Five Good Questions: Lori Scott, NatureServe

Five Good Questions: Lori Scott, NatureServe

Lori Scott is chief information officer and vice president for technology and partnerships at NatureServe, which, for nearly 50 years, ...
Bentley Systems Announces Promotion of Brock Ballard to Chief Revenue Officer and Eric Boyer Joining as Investor Relations Officer

Bentley Systems Announces Promotion of Brock Ballard to Chief Revenue Officer and Eric Boyer Joining as Investor Relations Officer

Brock Ballard, Chief Revenue Officer, Bentley Systems. EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced ...
In Memoriam: Dee Ann Divis
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In Memoriam: Dee Ann Divis

Dee Ann Divis, the founding editor of Inside Unmanned Systems and contributing editor for Inside GNSS, died Nov. 22 at ...
Five Good Questions: Peter Liu, Deloitte Federal Consulting
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Five Good Questions: Peter Liu, Deloitte Federal Consulting

Peter Liu is a managing director leading programs in UAS and C-UAS at Deloitte Federal Consulting ...
Dedrone Appoints Former FBI Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Drone Expert to Advisory Board

Dedrone Appoints Former FBI Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Drone Expert to Advisory Board

Dedrone, the market leader in smart airspace security, announced the appointment of Rob D’Amico to its board of advisors. An ...
Five Good Questions: Nikhil Vadhavkar, Raptor Maps

Five Good Questions: Nikhil Vadhavkar, Raptor Maps

Nikhil Vadhavkar is co-founder and CEO of Raptor Maps, which, covering six continents and 40 countries, provides “advanced analytics, insights ...
Women to Watch

Women to Watch

CES Highlights: Trailblazing Women and Companies in Tech Sponsored by Women And Drones 2021 marked a milestone—the fifth Anniversary of ...
Former NASA Administrator Joins D-Fend Solutions Advisory Board
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Former NASA Administrator Joins D-Fend Solutions Advisory Board

D-Fend Solutions, a leader in radio frequency (RF), cyber-based, counter-drone takeover technology, is announcing the addition of former NASA Administrator ...
Errol Farr Appointed as President of Auterion Government Solutions

Errol Farr Appointed as President of Auterion Government Solutions

MOORPARK, Calif., and ZURICH – November 4, 2021 – Auterion, the company building the connected drone operating system, today announced the ...
Amazon Prime Air Co-Founder Gur Kimchi Joins Near Earth Autonomy

Amazon Prime Air Co-Founder Gur Kimchi Joins Near Earth Autonomy

Gur Kimchi, Co-Founder of Amazon’s drone delivery service Amazon Prime Air, has joined the Board of Directors at Near Earth ...
Amazon Web Services veteran Jeff Jones joins Auterion as Chief Revenue Officer

Amazon Web Services veteran Jeff Jones joins Auterion as Chief Revenue Officer

Auterion, the company building an open and software-defined future for enterprise drone fleets, announced the appointment of Jeff Jones as Chief Revenue ...
Edgybees Announces Strategic Appointments of H.R. McMaster, Brett B. Lambert, and Aki Yamaura to Advisory Board
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Edgybees Announces Strategic Appointments of H.R. McMaster, Brett B. Lambert, and Aki Yamaura to Advisory Board

Edgybees, the leading visual intelligence technology company, announced today the appointment of Lieut. Gen. H. R. McMaster (US Army, ret.) ...
Kuker-Ranken (KR) Announces the Appointment of Brady Reisch, KR’s Virtual Design/Construction (VDC) Specialist
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Kuker-Ranken (KR) Announces the Appointment of Brady Reisch, KR’s Virtual Design/Construction (VDC) Specialist

Reisch's mission is to assist AEC firms, surveyors, civil engineers & inspection teams to realize the potential of their drone ...
Five Good Questions: Rob Wertheimer, Melius Research

Five Good Questions: Rob Wertheimer, Melius Research

Rob Wertheimer is a founding partner, director of research and lead analyst for the global machinery sector at Melius Research, ...
XPONENTIAL Preview: Industry Perspectives – Part Two

XPONENTIAL Preview: Industry Perspectives – Part Two

The Futurist, Ryan E. Fitzgerald Intelligent Autonomous Systems Mission Outcome Lead, Naval Program Office, The MITRE Corporation Today, each individual UAS ...