The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Windracers, a British civil and defence drone manufacturer, to conduct the UK’s first, civil, unmanned aerial system (UAS) for international operation. Windracers […]
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
GA-ASI UAS offerings pass 9 million flight hours
Ongoing flight operations of the new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft helped General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., set a new company record, pushing past a total of 9 million flight hours. […]
ParaZero + Stedicopter receive the Israeli MoD’s approval to globally market the fully integrated DropAir Precision Airdrop System
ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PRZO) has received official marketing approval from the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Defense Export Controls Agency (DECA) for the firm’s DropAir™ Precision Airdrop System, integrated with […]
Redwire announces prototype Phase Award for U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) and the firm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Edge Autonomy, has been awarded a prototype phase agreement by the U.S. Army to develop and deliver its Stalker uncrewed […]
Russia slaps a satellite dish on a boat, calls it a “Starlink Killer” — analysts say it’s 1990s tech
Russia has introduced a new maritime drone called “Breeze” equipped with satellite communication technology, presenting it as a domestic alternative to Starlink. However, the system appears to rely on outdated communication methods that could severely limit its […]
Textron Systems awarded UAS contracts For additional U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs)
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company as been awarded a task order valued at up to $47 million by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to […]
U.S. Navy + Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® demo 1st live control of a UAV by UMCS and MDCX™
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) collaborated with the U.S. Navy and General Atomics (GA) in a first-ever, live, control flight demonstration of an uncrewed system by the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission […]
Skydweller Aero completes initial uncrewed flight test campaign
Skydweller Aero has successfully completed the initial uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System. A series of uncrewed flight tests – with the two longest being […]
Amentum’s Autonomous + Unmanned Systems Business + WaveAerospace enter partnership
Amentum recently entered into a strategic partnership with WaveAerospace — this collaboration is set to accelerate the development and commercialization of the latter’s cutting-edge aircraft technology, providing unparalleled integration and […]
DIU + NSIN open the Blue UAS prize event
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) are running a prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS. The challenge will consider […]