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…

Michigan’s NADWC Tapped as Key Training Hub for Advanced Military Drone Operations

Michigan’s NADWC Tapped as Key Training Hub for Advanced Military Drone Operations

A new federal designation positions Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center as a national test and training range for advanced uncrewed ...
JIATF 401 Offers Low-Cost Framework to Harden Sites Against Small UAS

JIATF 401 Offers Low-Cost Framework to Harden Sites Against Small UAS

New “Harden, Obscure, Perimeter” framework translates battlefield lessons into low-cost, non-technical defenses for stadiums, bases and public facilities ahead of ...
MatrixSpace Expands AI Platform for Multi-Sensor Counter-UAS Threat Detection

MatrixSpace Expands AI Platform for Multi-Sensor Counter-UAS Threat Detection

New edge-to-cloud software layers fuse radar, Remote ID, ADS-B and optical feeds into a single, real-time low-altitude airspace picture for ...
Pentagon Names 25 Vendors for Phase I of ‘Drone Dominance’ One-Way Attack UAS Program

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 ...
Ondas’ Optimus Drone Gains DCMA Blue List Status

Ondas’ Optimus Drone Gains DCMA Blue List Status

American Robotics’ Optimus platform joins the DCMA Blue UAS Cleared List, confirming NDAA-compliant supply chain and 24/7 autonomous operations for ...
The Army’s New Fast Lane for C-UAS Tech

The Army’s New Fast Lane for C-UAS Tech

The U.S. Army is standing up a new “fast lane” for counter-UAS and tactical edge systems, and it’s starting to ...
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
Air, Cyber, FAA

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Xwing’s Superpilot Becomes FAA’s First ‘Standard’ UAS Certification Project

Xwing’s Superpilot Becomes FAA’s First ‘Standard’ UAS Certification Project

The autonomous aviation company Xwing has submitted a Project Specific Certification Plan to the FAA, becoming the first Standard Category ...
Event 38 Unmanned Systems Uses E400 Drone to Map Turks and Caicos Islands

Event 38 Unmanned Systems Uses E400 Drone to Map Turks and Caicos Islands

Event 38 Unmanned Systems, which manufactures American-made mapping drones, said its E400 fixed-wing drone was used to collect aerial imagery ...
Cloud Ground Control Enables Remote Monitoring and Control of Unlimited Uncrewed Systems with New Micro-modem

Cloud Ground Control Enables Remote Monitoring and Control of Unlimited Uncrewed Systems with New Micro-modem

CGConnect is transforming robotic vehicles across air, land and sea into a connected autonomous fleet ...
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Expands to More Ships; VTOL Capability Could Add More

Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Expands to More Ships; VTOL Capability Could Add More

Textron Systems’ Aerosonde unmanned aircraft has seen its use on Navy ships expand over the past year, and its maritime ...
FLARES adds VTOL to Insitu’s Integrator

FLARES adds VTOL to Insitu’s Integrator

Insitu’s Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) octocopter is a VTOL mothership that launches the company’s Integrator fixed-wing vehicle ...
AeroVironment Introduces Switchblade 300 Block 20 Rapidly Deployable Loitering Missile System

AeroVironment Introduces Switchblade 300 Block 20 Rapidly Deployable Loitering Missile System

Building on AeroVironment’s tactical missile legacy, the Switchblade 300 Block 20 offers enhanced operational features and performance ...
SoftBank Develops Lithium-metal Battery Cells Pack, Demos Operation in the Stratosphere

SoftBank Develops Lithium-metal Battery Cells Pack, Demos Operation in the Stratosphere

Japan’s SoftBank Corp. announced it has developed a battery pack using a next-generation lithium-metal battery cell manufactured by Enpower Japan ...
Zipline Unveils New Autonomous System Capable of Quiet, Fast and Precise Home Delivery

Zipline Unveils New Autonomous System Capable of Quiet, Fast and Precise Home Delivery

Zipline on March 15 unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in ...
Topcon Further Expands MC-X Platform with All-New GNSS Option for Compact Equipment

Topcon Further Expands MC-X Platform with All-New GNSS Option for Compact Equipment

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Topcon Positioning Systems has announced the availability of a new global navigation satellite system (GNSS) option for ...
Steadicopter Bridges the Gulf with Black Eagle UAS
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Steadicopter Bridges the Gulf with Black Eagle UAS

Emirates Defense Technology and Steadicopter announced an agreement to adapt the Israeli company’s rotary-wing Black Eagle UAS to meet emerging ...
BMT Granted Patent for Sparrow Autonomous Drone Delivery Device

BMT Granted Patent for Sparrow Autonomous Drone Delivery Device

BMT announced it has been granted a patent by the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office for a novel concept called ...
BRINC Announces Release of Next-Generation LEMUR 2 Drone

BRINC Announces Release of Next-Generation LEMUR 2 Drone

A BRINC LEMUR 2 with its White Light Floodlight deployed. Photo courtesy of BRINC. SEATTLE—BRINC, an American developer and manufacturer ...
Flyability, Mirion Technologies Announce Collaboration to Support Nuclear Operators

Flyability, Mirion Technologies Announce Collaboration to Support Nuclear Operators

Flyability is collaborating with Mirion Technologies Inc., a provider of radiation detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring solutions, to integrate the ...
FlightOps OS Enables Longest Medical Equipment Drone Delivery in Israeli History

FlightOps OS Enables Longest Medical Equipment Drone Delivery in Israeli History

An autonomous drone, controlled by FlightOps' multi-drone operating system, recently performed Israel's longest autonomous medical equipment delivery via air ...
LidarSwiss Announces Fully Automated LSAP Technology at Geo Week

LidarSwiss Announces Fully Automated LSAP Technology at Geo Week

DENVER, Colorado – On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, LidarSwiss Solutions GmbH, a Switzerland-based provider of high-performance LiDAR system solutions, announced ...
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