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Rafael Unveils STORM SHIELD: Miniature Electronic Warfare System for Aerial Platforms

By The Editor on May 19, 2026 06:36 am

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has unveiled STORM SHIELD, a miniature electronic warfare (EW) system developed specifically for unmanned aerial platforms. The system makes its international debut at the AOC Electronic Warfare conference in Helsinki, Finland. STORM SHIELD addresses one of the most pressing operational gaps in modern unmanned operations: the absence of market available and […]

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EDGE Group to Acquire Italian Engine Firm CMD

By The Editor on May 19, 2026 06:35 am

Costruzio ni Motori Diesel S.p.A. (CMD), a leading Italian company specialised in the design, prototyping, and development of advanced propulsion systems for automotive, marine, and aeronautical applications, has received an acquisition proposal from EDGE Group, a company founded in 2019 and based in the United Arab Emirates, one of the leading international technology groups. The proposal provides […]

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AIRO’s ‘Slowed Rotor’ Hybrid VTOL Long Range Cargo Drone on Show

By The Editor on May 19, 2026 06:35 am

Aerospace firm AIRO, along with its brand Jaunt Air Mobility, unveiled new dual-use vertical-takeoff-and landing (VTOL) drones —  the JC250 cargo variant and the JX250 ISR variant — with  “slowed-rotor” architecture and hybrid-electric propulsion, at the Xponential/MDEX conference. “Hybrid provides us capabilities, not only for range, but also for going to remote areas where there may not be […]

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Parrot’s ANAFI UKR Selected for a Major European Armoured Vehicle Programme

By The Editor on May 19, 2026 06:30 am

Parrot, a European supplier of professional micro-UAV systems, announced that its latest tactical unmanned aerial vehicle, ANAFI UKR, has been selected for integration into advanced armoured platforms under a major European armoured vehicle program. This selection builds on a relationship established in 2020 under a previous tender, through which the same defence force first procured Parrot micro-UAVs. […]

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New Drones. AIRO Group Holdings last week introduced a new long-range, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the RQ-70 Dainn, for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition missions. The RQ-70 builds on the company’s RQ-35 used by Ukrainian forces and features eight hours of endurance, 62 miles of operating range, modular payload architecture, resilience in GPS-denied environments, singe operator deployment and autonomous mission operations and recovery.

…DZYNE’s Blitz. DZYNE Technologies last week unveiled Blitz, its expendable Group 1 UAS designed to operate as a single asset or in swarms for reconnaissance, electronic warfare or strike missions. The fixed-wing, electric-powered 15-pound drones can launch from a small container—the BlitzBox housing multiple drones—hand-launched, and rail-launched, and feature one to two hours of endurance and a range over 90 miles.

…Bumblebees. Touting the accelerated procurement timelines enabled by the Army Transformation Initiative, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll last week told the Senate Armed Services Committee that after spending five days assessing a need in U.S. Central Command during Operation Epic Fury, by day 10 the service had contracted for 23,000 MEROPS drone interceptors and Bumblebee first person view drones and by day 20 they had begun deliveries into theater. Last month, Driscoll said the Army had acquired 13,000 MEROPS after Epic Fury began on Feb. 28, suggesting that the Bumblebee purchase awas 10,000 units (Defense Daily, April 16). MEROPS are built by Swift Beat and Bumblebees by Perennial Autonomy, two startups backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

…Drone Help. BAE Systems and Vantor last week announced a partnership to ensure that drone platforms deliver analysts accurate targeting and intelligence data in contested environments. The partnership combine’s BAE’s Geospatial eXploitation Products (GXP) software for intelligence workflows with Vantor’s Raptor vison-based software that enables autonomous systems to navigate, orient and obtain accurate ground coordinates in GPS-denied environments. “By including Raptor directly into our GXP intelligence workflows, we are providing analysts with the ability to maintain absolute targeting confidence, even when the platform’s systems or inertial sensors lack high absolute accuracy,” Kurt de Venicia, product development director for GXP, said in a statement.

DIU USVs. HII on May 15 announced that in December that it delivered and tested two Romulus-25 autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs), in partnership with MetalCraft Marine, as part of a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract for smal autonomous boat prototypes for the Marine Corps. These 27-foot high-speed interceptor vessels are designed to deliver up to a 1,000 pound payload with a range of up to 1,000 nautical miles and are capable of fully autonomous operation with HII’s Odyssey autonomy suite. HII noted the two USVs were successfully tested and demonstrated advanced autonomous mission behaviors at sea.