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Millions in prize money offered in DOD contest to design drones to haul heavy loads

The competition “aims to shatter the heavy lift bottleneck” and “revolutionize the way we use drones across all sectors,” DARPA said in a statement on its website. Read more > ----oooo00O00oooo----

US Marine Corps Orders 600+ Anduril Bolt-M Systems

By The Editor on Jan 27, 2026 07:45 am

The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Anduril a $23.9 million contract to deliver more than 600 Bolt-M systems for the next phase of the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program beginning in February 2026. The USMC’s OPF-L program is designed to provide dismounted Marine infantry rifle squads with a man-packable, easy-to-operate precision strike capability to engage adversaries […]


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Ukraine Develops Acoustic Detector for FPV Drones

By The Editor on Jan 27, 2026 07:30 am

Ukrainian company ZVOOK announced on its Facebook page that it has developed the ZVOOK NW0, a “tactical acoustic sensor” designed to detect enemy FPV drones by analyzing the sound of their flight. The system is specifically intended to identify FPV drones using fiber-optic control, which cannot be detected by traditional electronic reconnaissance (RER) systems. According […]

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Power Cables De-Iced by Drones in China

By The Editor on Jan 27, 2026 07:15 am

Chinese de-icing drones just replaced the dangerous work of knocking ice off power lines. A ground team operates a specialized quadcopter that lands directly on ice-coated cables. Its custom wheels grip the line, then it activates a dual-mode de-icing system, using rotating blades to shake the ice loose. Previously, this required a crew of 6 […]

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EDGE to Supply 168 Advanced Unmanned Helicopters to UAE MoD

By The Editor on Jan 27, 2026 07:04 am

– EDGE, an advanced technology and defence group, has been awarded two landmark contracts to supply the advanced ANAVIA HT-100 and HT-750 unmanned helicopters to the UAE Ministry of Defence (MoD). The contracts hold major significance as one of the world’s largest orders to date for autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the contracts, EDGE […]

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