Policy & Regulatory

Saronic to Build $3 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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 ...