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BAE Systems Completes First APKWS Live-Fire Trial from Eurofighter Typhoon

BAE Systems Completes First APKWS Live-Fire Trial from Eurofighter Typhoon

BAE Systems has successfully test-fired the AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from a Eurofighter Typhoon, completing the first ...
General Cherry and Orqa Sign Agreement to Bring Ukrainian Interceptor Drones to NATO

General Cherry and Orqa Sign Agreement to Bring Ukrainian Interceptor Drones to NATO

Ukrainian drone manufacturer General Cherry and Croatian UAV producer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and ...
General Cherry Announces U.S. Joint Venture with Wilcox Industries to Produce FPV and Interceptor Drones

General Cherry Announces U.S. Joint Venture with Wilcox Industries to Produce FPV and Interceptor Drones

Ukrainian drone manufacturer General Cherry has announced a strategic joint venture with Wilcox Industries Corp., a Newington, New Hampshire-based defense ...
L3Harris Delivers Submarine-Launched AUV Capability to U.S. Navy Under DIU Contract

L3Harris Delivers Submarine-Launched AUV Capability to U.S. Navy Under DIU Contract

L3Harris Technologies has received an Other Transaction Authority contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to deliver its Torpedo Tube Launch ...
Navy Cancels and Reboots its $2.1 Billion Drone Boat Rapid Procurement Program

Navy Cancels and Reboots its $2.1 Billion Drone Boat Rapid Procurement Program

Just seven months after the Navy debuted its new Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) program aimed at building low-cost Unmanned ...
Beyond the Gauntlet: Drone Dominance and the Lessons of Ukraine's FPV War

Beyond the Gauntlet: Drone Dominance and the Lessons of Ukraine’s FPV War

Editor's Note: This analysis was completed prior to the release of Gauntlet Phase I results in March 2026. Skycutter's fiber-optic ...
Onshoring Autonomy

Onshoring Autonomy

U.S. Defense Priorities Aim to Rehouse and Scale UAS Production ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
RTX's Collins Aerospace Autonomy Solution, Sidekick, Flies GA-ASI's YFQ-42A CCA Platform

RTX’s Collins Aerospace Autonomy Solution, Sidekick, Flies GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA Platform

Semi-autonomous flight enabled by advanced software. Collins Aerospace demonstrated its Sidekick mission autonomy software in a successful test flight of ...
Test Success: ATLAS Uncrewed Ground Vehicle Put Through its Paces 

Test Success: ATLAS Uncrewed Ground Vehicle Put Through its Paces 

BAE Systems announced successful trials for its Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System (ATLAS) Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV). Image: BAE Systems ...
Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Lamprey’ Undersea Drone That Can Hitchhike on Warships

Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Lamprey’ Undersea Drone That Can Hitchhike on Warships

The Lamprey MMAUV is designed to latch onto ships and submarines, recharge in transit, and arrive on station as a ...
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 ...