In Depth

Shielding Airports from UAS Intrusion
Air, Business News, FAA

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 ...
2025 Proved the Case for Drone Defense
Air, Cyber, Military

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 ...
Will Golden Dome Fix PNT for UAS and C-UAS?
Air, Cyber, Military

Will Golden Dome Fix PNT for UAS and C-UAS?

Golden Dome promises a layered shield against missiles and drones, but its real test may be PNT. If the U.S ...
Europe Must Upgrade its Counter-Drone Strategy Now
Air, Cyber, Military

Europe Must Upgrade its Counter-Drone Strategy Now

As rogue drones close airports, probe nuclear sites and overfly military bases, a steady drumbeat of incidents is exposing Europe’s ...
Building the Integration Layer for a Software-Defined Future
Air, Cyber, Military

Building the Integration Layer for a Software-Defined Future

When Zane Mountcastle co-founded Picogrid, it wasn’t to build another drone or sensor. It was to fix the connective tissue ...
Border Patrol: Detecting and Countering Threats
Air, Sensors

Border Patrol: Detecting and Countering Threats

Drones carrying various sensors are being deployed globally to help secure borders and protect the agents who patrol them, while ...
USVs Guarding the Global Backbone

USVs Guarding the Global Backbone

With its fleet of autonomous USVs, Saildrone is tackling a range of maritime missions that are less costly, carbon-intensive or ...
From Warzones to First Response: Quantum’s ISR Evolution

From Warzones to First Response: Quantum’s ISR Evolution

Since its founding in Germany in 2015, Quantum Systems has steadily evolved from a commercial drone startup into a global ...
Vertical Precision: Ascent AeroSystems Redefining Mission-Critical Operations

Vertical Precision: Ascent AeroSystems Redefining Mission-Critical Operations

With coaxial rotors and a rugged cylindrical form, Ascent AeroSystems is reshaping expectations for small UAS. Under CEO Peter Fuchs ...
Air Meets Sea: Naviator Extends Hybrid Autonomy Across Domains
Air, Maritime

Air Meets Sea: Naviator Extends Hybrid Autonomy Across Domains

With seamless transitions from air to underwater and back, SubUAS’s Naviator platform offers a radically flexible architecture for defense, industrial ...
Re-shoring and Reviving the Defense Industrial Base

Re-shoring and Reviving the Defense Industrial Base

As defense manufacturing confronts global instability a new generation of companies is reshaping the U.S. industrial base with speed, software ...
Five Good Questions: Jeffrey Starr, D-Fend Solutions

Five Good Questions: Jeffrey Starr, D-Fend Solutions

Jeffrey Starr is the Chief Marketing Officer at D-Fend Solutions, a leading global provider of RF-cyber counter-drone solutions for sensitive and challenging ...
Predictive Autonomy and the Physics of Decision

Predictive Autonomy and the Physics of Decision

In the evolving world of autonomous systems, one phrase is beginning to define the next chapter: predictive autonomy. It is ...
Trends: Taking the Burden Off the Operator

Trends: Taking the Burden Off the Operator

Advancements in AI and software are enabling more autonomous drone operations, leading to collaborative UAS capabilities, reducing risk to humans ...
From Robot to Colleague: True Autonomy in Industrial Inspection

From Robot to Colleague: True Autonomy in Industrial Inspection

With the launch of its Data Navigator tool and hundreds of ANYmal robots deployed worldwide, ANYbotics is shaping a future ...