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)

El Paso Airspace Restriction Lifted Amid Counter-UAS Testing Concerns

The FAA briefly imposed an unusually broad flight restriction affecting operations at El Paso International Airport, initially described as being…

220728-N-DF558-1750 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) Medium displacement unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter sails in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aleksandr Freutel)

NATO AIS Fund Awards IDE-led Project to Accelerate USV Standardization

The new effort will map gaps across NATO and non-NATO standards and certification frameworks and propose a path for tighter…

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…

From Coaxial Drones to Turbine-Class Unmanned

From Coaxial Drones to Turbine-Class Unmanned

Robinson Unmanned’s Strategy for Scalable Vertical Lift The unmanned aviation sector is entering a new phase. Early innovation produced a ...
Ondas To Acquire Defense Prime Mistral 

Ondas To Acquire Defense Prime Mistral 

Ondas Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. defense prime contractor Mistral Inc. in an all-stock merger valued ...
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 ...
Singapore Airshow: Counter-UAS the "Must-Have" Capability

Singapore Airshow: Counter-UAS the “Must-Have” Capability

Singapore Airshow 2026 underlined how quickly counter-drone technologies are becoming mainstream across air forces, homeland security and critical infrastructure operators ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
EMCORE Introduces New TAC-450 IMUs Integrated with PIC Technology, Tactical-grade Gyros, and Inertial-grade Accelerometers

EMCORE Introduces New TAC-450 IMUs Integrated with PIC Technology, Tactical-grade Gyros, and Inertial-grade Accelerometers

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace & defense, communications, and sensing markets, announced ...
Search and Rescue Technology Set for Commercialization with £2.M Investment

Search and Rescue Technology Set for Commercialization with £2.M Investment

Zelim, an Edinburgh-based start-up pioneering unmanned search and rescue systems, including the world's first remotely operated rescue vessel, has secured ...
Northrop Grumman Unveils B-21 Raider, Intended for Manned-Unmanned Teaming
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Northrop Grumman Unveils B-21 Raider, Intended for Manned-Unmanned Teaming

Northrop Grumman held a ceremony in Palmdale, California, to unveil the B-21 Raider, a stealth bomber intended to be augmented ...
UAvionix Awarded FAA Contract to Demo C-Band Frequency Assignment Manager for Multiple UAS

UAvionix Awarded FAA Contract to Demo C-Band Frequency Assignment Manager for Multiple UAS

UAvionix has won a contract from the Federal Aviation Administration for multiple end-to-end demonstrations of a Frequency Assignment Manager ...
Amazon Announces Smaller, Quieter, More Capable Delivery Drone

Amazon Announces Smaller, Quieter, More Capable Delivery Drone

Delivery giant Amazon has announced a new delivery drone, one it says is smaller, lighter and quieter than the model ...
Riegl Adds VUX-160-23 to a Formidable Scanner Lineup
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Riegl Adds VUX-160-23 to a Formidable Scanner Lineup

My-Linh Truong shows off the new Riegl VUX-160-23 at InterGEO 2022. The recently announced VUX-160-23 is a lightweight LiDAR module ...
Autonomy, Collaboration Take Center Stage at Dimensions+ Conference
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Autonomy, Collaboration Take Center Stage at Dimensions+ Conference

Trimble kicked off its first Dimensions+ conference in four years by rolling out new cloud-based automation and collaboration platforms ...
Skyfire Teams with Textron Systems to Improve Public Safety
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Skyfire Teams with Textron Systems to Improve Public Safety

A screen shot of a SeeGEO showing a post-fire investigation. Credit: Skyfire Skyfire, a public safety unmanned aircraft consulting company ...
Latvia’s 5G Defense Testbed Receives New Networks from Nokia, Ericsson

Latvia’s 5G Defense Testbed Receives New Networks from Nokia, Ericsson

Nokia and Ericsson have added their 5G networks to Europe’s first 5G defense testbed, in Latvia, making it possible to ...
VOTIX Software Allows AviSight to Achieve FAA Approval for BVLOS Drone Inspections

VOTIX Software Allows AviSight to Achieve FAA Approval for BVLOS Drone Inspections

VOTIX announced Nov. 1 that its software platform has been selected by AviSight for inspections at Shell USA Inc. facilities ...
SkySafe Announces Cloud-Based Counter UAS System

SkySafe Announces Cloud-Based Counter UAS System

SkySafe announced Nov. 1 that its cloud-based counter-drone technology is now detecting drone flights in Canada under a partnership with ...
TOPODRONE Advances Airborne Bathymetric Surveying with AQUAMAPPER Launch at INTERGEO 2022

TOPODRONE Advances Airborne Bathymetric Surveying with AQUAMAPPER Launch at INTERGEO 2022

TOPODRONE, a Swiss based designer and manufacturer of high-precision LiDAR equipment for installation on drones, vehicles and backpacks, launches AQUAMAPPER, ...
GEOCUE Adds Third Camera to LiDAR Scanner

GEOCUE Adds Third Camera to LiDAR Scanner

A GeoCue 655/660 unit (below the drone) offers three cameras including a nadir camera. Photo by Neesa Sweet. Surveyors and ...
Amprius Puts Silicon to Work

Amprius Puts Silicon to Work

Ronnie Tao, vice-president business development for Fremont, California-based Amprius Technologies, is enthusiastic about his company nearly doubling the energy density ...
AeroVironment Introduces Next-Generation All-Electric VAPOR 55 MX Helicopter Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment Introduces Next-Generation All-Electric VAPOR 55 MX Helicopter Unmanned Aircraft System

VAPOR 55 MX is more rugged and packable than its predecessor and can stay in the air longer, hover and ...
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