UK Border Surveillance Drone Found Burning on Motorway Roadside

By The Editor on Aug 26, 2025 06:46 am

Firefighters were called between Junction 13 for Folkestone and Junction 12 for Cheriton for a ‘vehicle fire’, but found the overturned drone on fire at 2pm. Home Office branding was seen on the bottom of the craft. Eye witnesses reported seeing the registration number ‘G-TEKE’ on the drone. FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft is a Tekever […]

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Epirus Opens Office in Lawton Fort Sill’s Innovation Accelerator and C-UAS Hub

By The Editor on Aug 26, 2025 06:42 am

– Epirus, a high-growth technology company, has announced the opening of a new office within Lawton Fort Sill’s Fires Innovation Science and Technology Accelerator (FISTA) Innovation Park, a leading center for technological advancement and home to the Joint C-sUAS University based in Lawton, Oklahoma. In July 2024, Epirus also commemorated the opening of a research […]

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Stark Valued at $500M after $62M in Fresh Funding Led by Sequoia Capital

By The Editor on Aug 26, 2025 06:34 am

German unmanned weapons systems startup Stark has raised $62 million in fresh funding led by Sequoia Capital, boosting its valuation to $500 million. The latest round has drawn interest from 8VC, Thiel Capital, the NATO Innovation Fund, In-Q-Tel (the CIA’s venture arm), Project A, and Döpfner Capital. The latest raise brings its total funding to […]

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Sentrycs Announces Pre-release of First-of-its-Kind Cyber over RF (CoRF) Handheld Device

By The Editor on Aug 26, 2025 06:08 am

– Sentrycs, a technology leader in cyber over RF solutions for counter-UAS (CUAS), has announced the pre-release of a handheld Cyber over RF (CoRF) device in response to increasing demand for additional versatility and economical options from critical markets, like law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe. By offering full functionality within a miniaturized […]

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ZIPOTLE – Chipotle Partners with Zipline for Aerial Delivery

By The Editor on Aug 25, 2025 06:50 am

– Chipotle Mexican Grill announced that it is partnering with Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery system, to fly digital orders to guests’ locations in greater Dallas. A small number of Zipline users will have access to Zipotle starting today, ahead of a broader service launch in the coming weeks. Chipotle’s new delivery option, Zipotle, […]

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Ukrainian Drones Sinks Russian Cargo Ship Carrying Drone Parts in Caspian Sea

By The Editor on Aug 25, 2025 06:45 am

Ukraine has carried out an audacious drone strike on the Caspian Sea port of Olya, in Russia’s Astrakhan region, hitting one cargo vessel that Kyiv says was being used to transport arms from Iran. U.K.-based maritime security firm Ambrey confirmed to TWZ that this is the first time a direct attack of this kind had been made […]

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Russia Develops Fiber-Optic Drone Launch Vehicle

By The Editor on Aug 25, 2025 06:34 am

Russian engineers have developed a new unmanned ground platform designed to deliver and launch drones using a fiber-optic control link, according to the Scientific and Technical Center (STC) ‘Kornei.’ The system, presented at the ‘Unmanned Systems: Technologies of the Future’ forum, is intended to expand operational flexibility in contested electronic warfare environments. The platform, known […]

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Performance Drone Works Opens New Factory in Alabama

By The Editor on Aug 25, 2025 06:14 am

PDW (Performance Drone Works) has officially opened Drone Factory 01, its new 90,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The massive facility exponentially increases PDW’s production capacity and reinforces the company’s role as a leading provider of battlefield-ready unmanned aircraft systems. Located in close proximity to the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, PDW’s new facility […]

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Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Awarded US Army Contract for Black Hawk Modernization Efforts

By The Editor on Aug 22, 2025 06:55 am

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company has announced a new U.S. Army contract that will fund Black Hawk modernization engineering efforts. The initial $43 million contract award will focus on foundational capabilities for modernization: enhancement of the airframe and inclusion of a digital backbone capability to allow for rapid unmanned aerial systems (UAS) integration. The award […]

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Fiber Optic FPV Drones Featured in US Navy Electronic Warfare Exercise

By The Editor on Aug 22, 2025 06:54 am

A first-person view (FPV) type quadcopter drone controlled via a fiber optic cable was among the participants in a U.S. Navy-led exercise earlier this year focused on exploring new distributed electronic warfare capabilities. Fiber optic kamikaze FPVs, which Russia first began using in Ukraine last year and have now become a fixture on both sides […]

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Airbus and Shield AI Accomplish First Autonomous Aerial Logistics Connector Helicopter Flight

By The Editor on Aug 22, 2025 06:20 am

– Airbus U.S. Space & Defense recently completed its first autonomous helicopter test flight utilizing Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy package. The test flight, which took place in Grand Prairie, Texas, marks a significant step in the development of the MQ-72C Lakota Connector, in support of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program. […]

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Report to Congress on US Army’s Small UAS Program

By The Editor on Aug 22, 2025 06:10 am

The U.S. Army has requested Fiscal Year 2026 funding for small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS, commonly referred to as drones). These systems support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); target acquisition and strike; electronic warfare operations; and other missions. Congress has expressed an interest in the U.S. military’s UAS capabilities and in the Department of Defense’s […]

AeroVironment Delivers Initial P550 Autonomous Group 2 eVTOL UAS to US Army for LRR Program

By The Editor on Aug 21, 2025 06:55 am

– AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the successful delivery of its Group 2 P550 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to the U.S. Army as part of the Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program to support training and operations for Transformation in Contact (TiC) brigades. This initial delivery includes multiple P550 systems along with new equipment training and training […]

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Lockheed Martin F-35A uses Small Drone to Guide Precision Bombs in First-of-its-Kind Test

By The Editor on Aug 21, 2025 06:50 am

The Lockheed Martin F-35A has completed a first-of-its-kind strike test with the help of a PDW C100 drone. Acting as a laser designator, the drone guided four bombs to target, showing how small unmanned systems can enhance stealth aircraft without risking pilots or ground forces. In a breakthrough for battlefield coordination, a single PDW C100 […]

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Taiwan Disguises Hellfire Missile Launcher as Civilian Truck

By The Editor on Aug 21, 2025 06:45 am

Taiwan’s armed forces have developed a launch system for AGM-114 Hellfire missiles concealed inside what otherwise looks to be a civilian truck. Taiwanese authorities say the truck-mounted launcher could provide a valuable new means of employing Hellfires, especially if its AH-1W and AH-64E attack helicopters are faced with heavy air defense threats. It also offers […]

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Electra, Surf Air Mobility Complete Commercial Demonstrations of Ultra Short Aircraft

By The Editor on Aug 21, 2025 06:44 am

– Electra, in partnership with Surf Air Mobility Inc. and Virginia Tech, successfully completed the first series of public demonstrations of its Ultra Short aircraft capabilities earlier this month. The demos – captured as part of a new video series – highlight how blown lift and hybrid-electric propulsion together enable takeoffs and landings in 150 […]

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Grid Aero Launches with $6M and Breakthrough Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Built in 6 Months

By The Editor on Aug 20, 2025 06:50 am

A new startup has a contract with the Air Force’s innovation arm and a prototype to test its new concept: a network of “flying pickup truck” drones to solve the problem of logistics in the vast Pacific. – Grid Aero debuted its “Lifter Lite” drone Aug. 18, as the firm announced $6 million in seed […]

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UK’s OSL to Supply New Drone Defence System for Norwegian Ministry of Defence

By The Editor on Aug 20, 2025 06:30 am

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency has signed a contract with a British company, Operational Solutions Ltd. (OSL), for the purchase of new anti-drone systems. The systems being acquired are known as anti-drone systems, also called “Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems,” or C-UAS, which will protect bases as well as stationary objects and installations from drones. The […]

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ParaZero Gets New Counter Drone Technology Order

By The Editor on Aug 20, 2025 06:19 am

– ParaZero Technologies Ltd. has announced a significant development with a new purchase order for its advanced Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) solution from a reputable defense agency. This achievement reflects ParaZero’s strategic expansion into the defense sector, particularly within the rapidly evolving counter-drone marketplace. Currently, as the prevalence of drones escalates, they pose substantial security […]

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IPG Photonics Ships C-AS Laser Weapons to Lockheed Martin

By The Editor on Aug 20, 2025 06:18 am

Fiber laser specialist IPG Photonics has posted sales of $251 million for the second quarter of the year, well above the figure of $225 million that company executives had forecast back in May. CEO Mark Gitin attributed that to the combination of a “modest recovery” in the firm’s key industrial laser markets, alongside a lower-than-expected impact from trade tariffs. “By […]

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Taiwan Develops Plywood Kamikaze Drone

By The Editor on Aug 20, 2025 06:13 am

The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense has introduced a new multi-role unmanned aerial system developed at the state-run Plant 202 in collaboration with private-sector manufacturers. The program, aimed at meeting the demands of asymmetric warfare, emphasizes mass production, low cost, and operational versatility. According to National Defense Online, the lineup includes a fixed-wing strike drone […]

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US MQ-9 Drone Just Flew a Mission Deep into Mexico

By The Editor on Aug 19, 2025 06:49 am

An MQ-9 Guardian medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drone operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) flew deep into Mexico last week, according to flight tracking data. What at least appears publicly to be a very rare event comes as the Trump administration has reportedly authorized the military to take action against cartels in Mexico. The […]

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Leonardo Completes first Open-Water Demonstration of C-UAS Naval Protection System

By The Editor on Aug 19, 2025 06:43 am

– Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that is has successfully completed its first series of open-water demonstrations of its advanced maritime Mission Equipment Package (MEP) for counter‑UAS (C‑UAS) naval fleet protection. The DRS maritime MEP is a scalable C-UAS system based on DRS’s proven land-based mobile short-range air defense and C-UAS systems. This system is designed […]

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Auterion to Deliver 33,000 Skynode Drone Strike Kits to Ukraine

By The Editor on Aug 19, 2025 06:40 am

– Auterion, the international defence software company and provider of AI-powered drone software solutions, has announced a landmark commitment to deliver 33,000 artificial intelligence-driven drone ‘strike kits’ to Ukraine. The initiative, backed by a $50 million Pentagon contract, represents a major step forward in supporting Ukraine’s defense capabilities. Auterion’s CEO Lorenz Meier highlighted the unprecedented […]

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Germany’s New ‘Sparta’ Mothership Drone to Begin Serial Production in Ukraine

By The Editor on Aug 19, 2025 06:03 am

The German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems says it is working on developing a mothership drone called Sparta. As a company spokesperson told hartpunkt, the system, which is currently being developed in Ukraine, is expected to reach series production by the end of the year. He also pointed out that the current design is a prototype, […]

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China’s VTOL Jet Drone Makes Every Warship an Aircraft Carrier

By The Editor on Aug 18, 2025 06:46 am

In an aviation tech breakthrough that could change naval warfare, Chinese aerospace engineers have unveiled what could be the world’s first high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone powered by a jet engine. The sleek, runway-independent uncrewed aircraft can be launched from the decks of ordinary warships – even in rough seas – and transition seamlessly into a fast, long-range cruise flight. […]

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Ukraine’s AI-Powered ‘Pavuk Dopkhina’ Drone has 50 km Deep-Strike Capability

By The Editor on Aug 18, 2025 06:30 am

The ‘Pavuk Dopkhina’ (Dophin Spider) drone, is cutting-edge technology developed by the 3rd Assault Brigade and Omnitech, with support from Brave1, according to a post on the official Telegram channel of Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation. The name “Dophin” honours a fallen Ukrainian soldier. It now serves as a […]

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Germany Boosts C-UAS Capabilities with Massive $9 Billion Skyranger 30 Order

By The Editor on Aug 18, 2025 06:25 am

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is poised to secure up to $9 billion in a massive contract from the German Armed Forces for its Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft gun system, with deliveries expected by 2035. The announcement, made by Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger during a recent earnings call, signals a significant investment in short-range air defense (SHORAD) […]

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Stop Saying ‘Uncrewed’ Vehicles

By The Editor on Aug 18, 2025 06:18 am

Following a November 2022 Pentagon report on China’s military build-up that used the term “uncrewed aerial systems,” the “uncrewed” adjective has become an increasingly fashionable alternative to the previously dominant “unmanned” descriptor. The term has been used in DoD, NATO, and congressional defense publications, by defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, and among popular defense intellectual authors—one well-respected analyst declaring, “Its official—now its ‘uncrewed,’ not ‘unmanned’ vehicles.” The […]

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US Marines Fly MQ-9 Reaper with SkyTower II and RDESS/SOAR Pods

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:55 am

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced the first flight of an MQ-9A Reaper, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX) 24, equipped with the SkyTower II and RDESS/SOAR pods. The Command defined this as a critical step toward Initial Operational Capability (IOC) later this year. The pods’ names were explicitly mentioned, with […]

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Piasecki Aircraft Unveils KARGO II: Next-Generation Autonomous VTOL

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:45 am

– Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has announced the next evolution in autonomous VTOL logistics: KARGO II, a new larger-capacity version of the KARGO UAV medium-lift unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) acquired from Kaman Air Vehicles in April 2025. Featuring substantial payload, drivetrain, and performance upgrades, KARGO II complements KARGO UAV to meet the varied demands of both […]

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US Air Force Lost $13M Reaper in Mediterranean After Propeller Fell Off

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:30 am

An MQ-9 Reaper drone plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last winter after its propeller suddenly detached, a recently released Air Force investigation concluded. The mishap occurred Dec. 16, 2024, when the mechanical element connecting the drone’s propeller to its engine failed while on its way to a mission in the area, the service said in its investigation report published […]

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Drones Boost Grid Reliability with Faster Inspection of 400 Miles of Power Lines

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:30 am

– Consumers Energy has expanded its use of drone technology across the electric grid by doubling its fleet in the past 2 years reinforcing its commitment to delivering reliable, safe and affordable service. By enhancing inspection speed and accessibility, drones enable the early detection and resolution of potential issues—particularly in areas where traditional inspections are […]

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RTX Turns Cold War MANPAD into Modern Air-to-Air Weapon for Helicopters and Drones

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:12 am

Raytheon’s latest Air-to-Air Stinger launchers show how a 1980s shoulder-fired missile has evolved into a potent aircraft weapon. Integrated with helicopters and drones, the system adds new targeting, seeker upgrades, and all-weather capability, keeping the Stinger relevant in modern aerial combat and counter-UAS missions. When the FIM-92 Stinger missile first entered service in the early […]

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Kawanishi N1K – the Plane that was Supposed to Win WW2

By The Editor on Aug 15, 2025 06:00 am

Pilot Kaneyoshi Muto was surrounded by a dozen American F6F Hellcats. The Americans closed in, confident of an easy victory. But as their guns opened, the wings on Muto’s aircraft appeared to transform. Suddenly, the aircraft snapped into a blinding, high-G turn. Tracers streaked past empty air as the Japanese fighter danced through the hail of […]

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