Saronic to Build $3 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas
Saronic has selected Brownsville, Texas as the site for Port Alpha, a next-generation shipyard the company says will help expand ...
New JIATF 401 Handbook Reframes Counter-Drone Defense Around Five First Principles
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has published a 90-page handbook intended to give warfighters, federal agencies and local law enforcement ...
19 Companies Out of 49 Contenders Qualify For Drone Dominance Gauntlet 2 Trial
The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program has taken another step forward. Aimed at identifying and nurturing a championship stable ...
Pentagon Consolidates Unmanned Systems Under New Portfolio Manager
The Department of Defense has established a new Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for unmanned offensive and defensive systems, designated DRPM-UxS, ...
Ondas to Acquire DZYNE Technologies for $875.8 Million, Forming Ondas Sentinel Autonomous Defense Division
Deal unites World View's stratospheric sensing with DZYNE's long-endurance ISR, counter-UAS and precision-effects portfolio, and pushes Ondas' 2026 revenue target ...
AeroVironment Locks In $500 Million Domestic Shield IDIQ, Books First $80.5 Million Titan Task Order for Air Force Base Defense
Two same-day contract actions tie AV's counter-UAS portfolio directly to the Pentagon's expanding homeland counter-drone posture, with Titan systems already ...
At the Perimeter
The C-UAS deployment at the 2026 FIFA World Cup was visible, acknowledged—and only part of the picture. Image: Richard Thomas ...
The FIFA World Cup: A Catalyst for C-UAS Investment, But ‘Not the Whole Story’
Government funding, new legislation and the drone threat moving from the battlefield into our communities are all accelerating growth in ...
JIATF-401 Partners with FBI to Expand C-UAS Training for Law Enforcement
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 is embedding instructors at the FBI's National Counter-UAS Training Center to support the Counter-UAS Operator ...
South Korea to Acquire 20,000 Low-Cost Systems and Fast-Track K-Lucas Loitering Munition
South Korea's Defense Ministry announced a broad overhaul of its uncrewed warfare strategy on June 26, with Defense Minister Ahn ...
Air Force Goes Split Buy: Fury and Dark Merlin Both Enter CCA Production
Following months of flight testing, in 2026 the Air Force was expected to choose between two competing drone combat jets ...
Army Expands C-UAS Marketplace at Eurosatory
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll traveled to Paris this week to lead the largest single expansion of the U.S ...
Red Cat Unveils Hellcat sUAS at Eurosatory
Red Cat Holdings introduced Hellcat, a dual-use small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), on June 15 in conjunction with Eurosatory 2026 ...
Inside PEO-TIS: SOCOM’s Tactical Information Systems Office
At SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, the program managers of U.S. Special Operations Command’s Program Executive Office for Tactical Information ...
Senate Panel Would Authorize New Four-Star Command for Autonomous Systems
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY2027 defense bill permits the Pentagon to establish a dedicated Robotic and Autonomous Systems Combatant ...

