- + Kalashnikov Buckshot: ‘Worse Than Nothing’ Against Drones?—New videos on Russian social media analyzed in detail at The Armourer’s Bench website provide a do-it-yourself guide for creating anti-drone buckshot ...
- + Ukraine’s Long-Range Taipan 100 Bomber Drone Aims to Disrupt Russian Supply Lines—The KOLO Charitable Foundation announced* the delivery of two Taipan-100 bomber drones to Ukrainian special forces, specifically the Tymur Special Uni...
- + Warheads in Phoenix Ghost Kamikaze Drones Revealed—With its previously highly secretive Phoenix Ghost family of kamikaze drones now having emerged fully into the light, AEVEX Aerospace has been more op...
- + AgEagle Aerial Systems Completes Order for eBee VISION Drones from Danish Ministry of Defence—– AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. has announced a recent expansion upon its existing eBee X drone fleet for the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisiti...
- + Kalashnikov Concern Delivers SKAT 350 M UAV to State—Kalashnikov Concern has completed delivery of a batch of SKAT 350 M unmanned aerial vehicles to the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). The device...
- + SpearUAV Gets $20M Contract for Advanced VIPER 300 AI-Based Loitering Munition Systems—– SpearUAV, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) based autonomous aerial weapon systems that are “folded” and launched from a...
- + Emerging EMP Drone Threat to Our Power Grid—Over the past few weeks, a series of unusual drone incidents over parts of New Jersey have caught my attention—not just as a casual observer, but as s...
- + General Atomics Gets $48M French Air Force MQ-9 Maintenance Contract—General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a face value $48,482,812 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00...
- + Kratos Conducts First Flight Of Thanatos UCAV—Kratos Defense and Security recently completed the first flight of its Thanatos stealthy uncrewed combat air vehicle, proving out the aircraft’s basic...
- + Commercial UAV Market to Rise at 57% CAGR to $7,600 BN by 2034—The global commercial UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) market size was USD 82.00 billion in 2024, estimated at USD 128.95 billion in 2025, and is expecte...
- + GPS Alternative for Drone Navigation using Visual Data from Stars—A surge in GPS jamming attacks in drone warfare has inspired Australian researchers to develop a celestial navigation system that uses visual data fro...
- + Croatia to Procure Six Bayraktar TB2 Drones for $95M—The Croatian government has approved the procurement of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone system for the Defense Ministry. At a meeting, the government ...
- + Carabineros de Chile Acquires the CAMCOPTER S-100 for Security Operations—Carabineros de Chile, the Chilean national police force, has acquired the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), making them the first police forc...
- + Two Arrested after ‘Hazardous Drone Operation’ near Boston Airport—Two people have been arrested after allegedly conducting a “hazardous drone operation” near the airspace of the US city of Boston’s ...
- + Poland to Acquire Three MQ-9B SkyGuardians—– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the sale of three MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems to the Po...
- + MK30 – Amazon’s Most Advanced Delivery Drone Yet—– Amazon Prime Air launched its most advanced delivery drone in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area of Arizona and College Station, Texas, in Nov...
- + BAE Systems Australia Conducts First VTOL Flight of New STRIX System—– BAE Systems Australia’s (BAESA’s) STRIX Uncrewed Aerial System has conducted its first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flight...
- + Kazakhstan Seeks International Collaboration to Boost Military Aviation and Drone Industry—Kazakhstan’s Deputy Defense Minister Shaykh-Khasan Zhazykbayev has called on foreign military agencies to cooperate with his country in developing its...
- + Quantum Systems Certified as Bundeswehr Training Centre for UAS—– Quantum Systems was certified as a training facility by the German Armed Forces Aviation Office (LufABw) on 10 December 2024 and is now offeri...
- + NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality—Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the sk...
- + Chinese Citizen Arrested After Flying Drone Over Vandenberg Space Force Base—A Northern California man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint for allegedly flying a drone over and taking photographs of Vandenberg Spa...
- + Insitu Launches UAS Center of Excellence in the UAE—– Insitu, a Boeing Company, has announced the opening of its new Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center of Excellence (COE) at Tawazun Industria...
- + USAF MQ-9 Shot Down in Syria – by US Ally—A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was mistakenly shot down in northern Syria on Dec. 9 by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. officials told Air...
- + British Army Market Exploration Seeks Revolutionary Uncrewed Systems—The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Market Exploration called ‘Air Launched Effects: Revolutionary Deployment S...
- + PowerLight Technologies Selected by CENTCOM to Deliver Prototype Wireless Power Beaming—– PowerLight Technologies, an experienced provider of safe wireless power transfer, producing long-distance, high-power solutions that deliver m...
- + LTV A-7 Corsair II – the ‘Short Little Ugly Fella’—February 1991. Under the burning Iraqi sun, dark shadows streak across the vast, golden expanse of desert dunes. In a sky crowded with sleek stealth f...
- + British Army Successfully Tests New Drone-Destroying Laser—A high-energy laser weapon has been fired by the British Army from an armoured vehicle for the first time and successfully destroyed flying drones. It...
- + AgEagle Aerial Systems Gets AUVSI Green UAS Certification—– AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., a provider of best-in-class unmanned aerial systems, sensors and software solutions for customers worldwide in th...
- + NC Universities and NCDOT Partner on Air Mobility and Drone Innovation—North Carolina is paving the way for a new era of air transportation. The N.C. Department of Transportation has formed the University Transportation C...
- + TEKEVER Signs €5M Contract for Spain’s National Police Air Unit—– TEKEVER has announced that it has signed a multi-purpose contract valued at close to €5 million with the Spanish Ministry of Interior on behal...
- + Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Successfully Demonstrates New Radar Capability In Canada—– Schiebel, in collaboration with MDA Space, has successfully demonstrated IMSAR’s NSP Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with Ground and Maritime M...
- + WAVENET RF Engineering and UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Successfully Perform the First Flights of a UAV Using Radio Positioning Algorithms in GNSS-Denied Environments—– WAVENET RF Engineering, a renowned Spanish company dedicated to the design and development of radio frequency systems and specializing in unma...
- + Austin Signs New Strategy for Countering Effects of Unmanned Systems—The Defense Department has announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has recently signed a new, classified strategy for countering the e...
- + Dassault’s Neuron Combat Drone Resumes Operations—According to information published by Challenges magazine on December 4, 2024, after a decade of successful trials and a brief period in storage, the ...
- + Kratos XQ-58A Demonstrates Collaborative EW and Kill Chain Closure at Emerald Flag 2024—– Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the successful performance of a recent series of flight tests of the United States...
- + China’s Replica of Original Shahed-136 Drone Bought from Israel—China continues to actively promote its long-range kamikaze drone, the ASN-301 (also known as JWS-01), in the global defense market. This platform has...
- + Hungarian AG Drones use Military-Grade Laser Sensing—– ABZ Innovation, a drone innovation and manufacturing company based in Hungary, has unveiled an advancement for its agricultural sector machine...
- + CobraJet – Next-Gen Low-Cost C-UAS Interceptor—– SkyDefense LLC of Brighton, Colorado has announced its AI- enabled eVTOL interceptor, CobraJet. CobraJet is an autonomous tactical battery-pow...
- + Rheinmetall Partners with Auterion on Drone Software—– Rheinmetall, a leading system supplier for defence technology and Auterion, a noted supplier of drone operating systems, will be working close...
- + Avinor Selects Thales to Deploy Norway’s Next-Generation Nationwide UTM System—– Thales and Avinor have partnered to implement Norway’s next-generation nationwide Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system, enhancing airspace...
- + China’s Lanying R6000—– China’s Lanying R6000 drone is purportedly intended for non military uses, but concept drawings that displayed Chinese military logos on...
- + 5,000 DRONE SANTA—The third annual Sky Elements Flagship Christmas drone show will take place in North Richland Hills, Texas. The team is partnering with the City of No...
- + GA-ASI Awarded Next Gen HF Modem US Navy Contract—– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. was awarded a contract on October 4, 2024, to develop a next generation high-frequency (HF) modem f...
- + Anduril Partners with OpenAI to Advance US Artificial Intelligence Leadership—– Anduril Industries, a defence technology company, and OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT and frontier AI models such as GPT 4o and OpenAI o1, have a...
- + Droniq and Fraunhofer IFAM Complete 180 Km BVLOS Flight in Civil Airspace Over North Sea—As part of a project collaboration, Fraunhofer IFAM and Droniq GmbH successfully carried out a 180-kilometer drone flight from the Offshore Drone Camp...
- + ‘Tis the Season for Drone Safety— If you are considering a drone as a holiday gift, the Federal Aviation Administration wants you and your loved ones to understand how to fly it safel...
- + CycloTech’s ‘BlackBird’ Flying Car Demonstrator has Thrust-Vectoring Propulsion System—– CycloTech is introducing a new flying vehicle, the BlackBird demonstrator, that features a new propulsion system for any type of manned or unm...
- + Japan Maritime Defense Force Selects GA-ASI SeaGuardians—The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has selected the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) ...
- + Ukraine Modifies A-22 Foxbat Aircraft into Long-Range Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.—The Aeroprakt A-22 “Foxbat,” originally designed as a light recreational aircraft, has recently drawn attention after being modified by Uk...
- + Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Market to Reach $4,500M by 2030—The global Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) Market was valued at USD 2648.7 Million in 2023 and is anticipated to reach USD 4546.1 Million by 203...
- + Helsing’s AI-Enabled HX-2 Kamikaze Drones Headed for Ukraine—– Helsing, the leading defence AI company in Europe, has unveiled the HX-2, a new type of strike drone. HX-2 is designed from the ground up to b...
- + DJI FLIP with Compact Folding Design Leaked—The next addition to DJI’s lineup of compact folding drones has been revealed in leaked images, videos, and FCC filings. The new DJI Flip, which has p...
- + 15 Companies Pitch their Capabilities at GA-ASI’s Blue Magic Netherlands—On November 19, 2024, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. hosted its first Blue Magic Netherlands (BMN) event in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Ap...
- + Jeep Patents Drone System as an Off-Road Assistant—– Jeep is looking at ways to integrate drones with its vehicles, as recent patent filings indicate. One possible use Jeep is looking to patent i...
- + Elbit Systems Gets $40M Drone Contract from Israel’s MOD—The Israel Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) announced that it has completed several contracts with ...
- + US Army Picks Hoverfly Tethered Spectre for Variable Height Antenna – Heavy (VHA-H) Program—After completing rigorous validation and environmental testing, Hoverfly Technologies is able to announce that its award of the U.S. Army Variable Hei...
- + Ukraine Unveils Buntar-1 Advanced VTOL Reconnaissance Drone—The Ukrainian company Buntar Aerospace has developed the Buntar-1, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) reconnaissance drone, Ukraine’s Ministry of D...
- + Itabashi Drone Field Test Facility Opens in Tokyo—– Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd. have opened the Itabashi Drone Field, the first drone demonstration exper...
- + Drones Can Reduce Wildlife Strikes at Airports—To avoid dangerous and costly collisions between wildlife and aircraft, airport biologists are constantly monitoring nearby animal populations and att...
- + Sweden to Contribute to Ukrainian Production of Long-Range Drones—On Friday 22 November, Minister for Defence Pål Jonson received his Ukrainian colleague Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov at Karlberg Palace. At the P...
- + New York’s MTA Considers Drones to Track Buses – Unions Outraged—The MTA is looking to potentially deploy drones as eyes in the sky that would provide additional insights on its fleet of close to 6,000 buses. A docu...
- + Kratos Gets $35M US Navy XQ-58A Support Contract—– Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc., Roseville, California, is awarded a $34,856,449 modification (P00013) to a previously awarded cost-plus-f...
- + Spain Busts Hashish Smugglers Who Used Ukrainian Drones—Spanish police on Thursday said they had broken up a criminal network that used Ukrainian-made drones to fly hashish from Morocco to Spain, arresting ...
- + Drone Accessory Maker Unusual Machines Shares Surge After Donald Trump Jr. Joins Advisory Board—Florida-based Unusual Machines, Inc., a drone and drone components manufacturer, announced on November 27th that Donald Trump Jr., an investor in the ...
- + Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Completes Successful EUDAAS Demonstration—The European Detect and Avoid System (EUDAAS) demonstrator, integrated into Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer, completed its final test flight at Trapani airpo...
- + Dynetics Gets US Army Contract Worth up to $4BN for Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2—On November 13, 2024, the Army awarded Dynetics, Inc. an Undefinitized Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity letter contract for Indirect Fire Prote...
- + Finland’s Summa Defence to Establish a Drone Production Facility in Finland with Ukrainian Partners—The Finnish defense and security technology group Summa Defence Ltd is establishing a drone production facility in Finland in collaboration with its U...
- + Bayraktar TB3 UAV Successfully Continues Ship Tests—The Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, which made aviation history as the first unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land on a short-deck vessel, is successfully ...
- + Ukraine Sends Shahed Drones Back to Russia and Belarus Using Spoofing Technology—Ukraine is using advanced electronic warfare systems to intercept and alter the satellite coordinates of Russian Shahed strike drones, redirecting the...
- + DIU Leads Blue UAS Refresh Challenge to Test, Validate UAS Platforms and Capabilities for DoD—The Defense Innovation Unit recently hosted the first of what is intended to be an annual Blue UAS Refresh event at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat...
- + Ukrainian Uncrewed Aerial Mothership Launches Kamikaze Drones—Ukraine’s domestically developed Dovbush T10 drone has taken on a new role acting as a mothership for first-person view (FPV) kamikaze quadcopters. In...
- + Skunk Works Demonstrates Airborne Battle Management of AI-Controlled Aircraft—– Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with Lockheed Martin’s Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa...
- + Teledyne FLIR to Provide Thermal Cameras for Red Cat Drone Black Widow US Army SRR Program Award—– Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced that it has been selected by Red Cat Holdings, Inc., to provide ther...
- + Allen-Vanguard and Metis Aerospace to Deliver Enhanced C-UAS Capabilities—– Allen-Vanguard, a global provider of customised solutions for defeating Radio Frequency (RF) based terrorist and extremist threats, has announ...
- + Sweden to Finance Production of Ukrainian Long-Range Drones—The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umierov announced that the the Swedish government will finance the production of Ukrainian long-range drones...
- + Multiple Drone Incursion Over USAF Fighter Base in England—A number of drones were spotted over and near RAF Lakenheath in England on Nov. 20, the Air Force told The War Zone in response to our query about the...
- + Northwest UAV Announces Distribution Partnership with Silvus Technologies—– Northwest UAV has partnered with Silvus Technologies to offer the most advanced wireless communications systems available on the market. The S...
- + Drones for Cleaning Solar Panels—At the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF) award ceremony, Grenoble INP – Ense³, UGA was awarded the Educational Innovation Prize 2024 in th...
- + Drones Drop Water Bombs as Britain Trains Ukrainians—In a field at a secret location, dozens of armed Ukrainian soldiers are running through billowing smoke and trying to escape the attention of drones b...
- + Fingerprint Technology Inspires Non-GPS Navigation for Drones—– Advanced Navigation, an Australian supplier of autonomous systems and navigation technologies, along with MBDA, have signed a Memorandum of Understa...
- + Defense Innovation Unit Announces Software Vendors to Support Replicator—The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has announced contract awards to select software developers supporting the Replicator initiative. These vendors are ...
- + TEKEVER Raises $74M (70M Euros)—Funding round led by Baillie Gifford and backed by the NATO Innovation Fund. New strategic investors will support sustainable growth plan and facilita...
- + Russia Develops Flamethrower FPV Drones to Counter Ukrainian UAV Attacks—On November 14, 2024, the Russian Telegram channel UAV Technician announced a new development by Russian engineers: a flamethrower-equipped FPV drone ...
- + British Army and UK Police Use Drones from Sanctioned Kremlin Supplier—The British Army is using drones from a Chinese company that has been sanctioned for supplying the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine, it has emerged. Th...
- + Kyiv’s Drone Suppliers Ramp Up Production of Cheap EW-Proof Computer-Guided Drones—In a significant step not previously reported, Ukraine’s drone suppliers are ramping up output of robot attack drones to an industrial scale, not just...
- + North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Orders Mass Production of Suicide Drones—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such dr...
- + Anduril Gets $34M US Space Systems Center Surveillance Contract—– Anduril Industries Inc., Costa Mesa, California, has been awarded a $23,000,000 contract modification (P00017) to a previously awarded contrac...
- + Poland Orders 52 More FlyEye UAS for $24M—On Friday, November 15, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, in the presence of Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister, ...
- + Skyfly’s eHarrier eVTOL Selected for UK Ministry of Defence Heavy-Lift UAS Supplier Framework—UK eVTOL manufacturer Skyfly has been selected to join the UK Ministry of Defence’s UASHLC (Uncrewed Air Systems Heavy Lift Capability) Framework with...
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