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Wireless Industry Urges FCC to Expand Licensed Spectrum Access for Drone Operations

Wireless Industry Urges FCC to Expand Licensed Spectrum Access for Drone Operations

Major wireless industry groups and technology companies filed initial comments with the FCC this week calling for expanded licensed spectrum ...
U.S., U.K. Forces Integrate Drones, Counter-UAS, and UGVs in Lithuania Exercise

U.S., U.K. Forces Integrate Drones, Counter-UAS, and UGVs in Lithuania Exercise

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and paratroopers from the U.K. Parachute Regiment conducted the force-on-force phase of ...
Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Phase II of the Army's Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare, ...
Gauntlet Phase 1: America's New Champions of FPV Warfare

Gauntlet Phase 1: America’s New Champions of FPV Warfare

From Garage Startups to Pentagon Champions: Meet the Eleven Companies Remaking American FPV Warfare A Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft ...
NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Allied Command Transformation organized the first Layered Counter-UAS Initiative Crucible event at Romania's Capu Midia Training Range in April, ...
FPV Drones Threaten the CASEVAC Mission

FPV Drones Threaten the CASEVAC Mission

A near miss from Hezbollah one-way attack drones reflects a new threat to helicopter casualty evacuation missions. Hezbollah FPV footage ...
Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge

Five Companies Win the Pentagon’s Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) announced this Wednesday its five preferred companies to manufacture modular warheads for small kamikaze ...
From Platform Builder to Defense Systems Prime

From Platform Builder to Defense Systems Prime

AeroVironment’s CEO Wahid Nawabi discusses how defense needs are shifting, and why the company is well positioned to be the ...
Robinson Unmanned, Sikorsky Win Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Cargo Helicopter

Robinson Unmanned, Sikorsky Win Marine Corps Contract for Autonomous Cargo Helicopter

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $15.5 million contract to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the Medium Aerial ...
Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

Scaling ISR: From Sensors to Autonomous Perception at the Edge

As UAS proliferation accelerates and threat environments evolve, ISR is shifting from standalone sensors to scalable, AI-enabled systems—where performance, integration, ...
Ukraine's 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine’s 412th Nemesis Brigade Achieves First USV-Launched Interceptor Kill Against Shahed

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have recorded the first confirmed destruction of a Russian Shahed attack drone using an interceptor launched ...
Ukraine Deploys Interceptor Drones from An-28 Aircraft in Combat

Ukraine Deploys Interceptor Drones from An-28 Aircraft in Combat

Ukraine has begun launching interceptor drones from a modified Antonov An-28 turboprop in combat operations against Russian Shahed attack drones, ...
Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia has more than doubled its planned counter-UAS investment for the Australian Defence Force, allocating up to AUD 7 billion ...
L3Harris Opens High-Volume VAMPIRE Production Line in Huntsville

L3Harris Opens High-Volume VAMPIRE Production Line in Huntsville

L3Harris Technologies has initiated high-volume production of its VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems at a new dedicated facility in Huntsville, Alabama, marking ...
AeroVironment Demonstrates LOCUST Laser Weapon System Aboard Aircraft Carrier

AeroVironment Demonstrates LOCUST Laser Weapon System Aboard Aircraft Carrier

AeroVironment has announced that its palletized LOCUST Laser Weapon System successfully tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones during a ...