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* SPRIN-D, the German Agency for Disruptive Innovations that finances new and emerging technologies, has launched a counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) challenge. The aim is to develop a fully autonomous C-UAS system that neutralises small and micro UAVs precisely, in real time and without collateral damage. It should be able to
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The Defense Department, with help from industry, will ramp up production and fielding of drones to maintain battlefield superiority. On July 16 at the Pentagon, 18 American-made drone prototypes were on display. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who toured the displays, said the drones that are manufactured using off-the-shelf components for
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
The United States has unveiled its own low-cost combat drone, designed to rival Iran’s widely used Shahed-136 loitering munition, in a push to expand affordable airpower options for modern battlefields. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday reviewed the new Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) during a display
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AFRL’s XQ-67A, a second-generation Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP), successfully demonstrated integration of government reference autonomy during a recent flight test in the California High Desert. The flight showcased the integration of government-owned autonomy on the XQ-67A, paired with active tactical data-link communications, to enable dynamic mission execution and real-time
C-UAS
The Government of Canada has awarded two contracts for a total value of C$169,187,671.90 (USD 123,561,478 ) to CACI, Inc. - FEDERAL as part of the second phase of the Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Urgent Operational Requirement. This is a critical new capability to
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* Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV) has been awarded by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) with a three- year contract for concept development and experimentation services for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) The programme requires IDV to combine Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) and Unmanned Air Systems (UAS), coordinated and orchestrated
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On Monday, July 14, 2025, the fireworks display by Groupe F once again dazzled the spectators present on site for the occasion, as well as the viewers comfortably seated at home watching the event broadcast live on France 2. In addition to the impressive pyrotechnics, 1,000 drones were used,
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* Airbus Defence and Space and US based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions have entered into a partnership based on the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie, a flight-proven UCCA (uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft), which will be equipped with an Airbus made mission system, combat ready for the German Air Force by 2029. The
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its experiment to create a heavy cargo seaplane. The nearly three-year-old Liberty Lifter program was intended to design and build — and possibly float and fly — a long-range, low-cost seaplane that could take off and land in rough seas. DARPA said in 2023
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* EuroUSC Italia, a long-established operator in drone regulation and risk assessment, rebrands as Unifly Consulting, marking the successful integration into the Unifly group. This move reflects more than a name change, it is a bold step toward realising Unifly’s vision of enabling safe, scalable, and fully integrated autonomous aviation.
To address the challenges of low performance in vehicle image detection from UAV aerial imagery, difficulties in small target feature extraction, and the large parameter size of existing models, we propose the OSD-YOLOv10 algorithm, an enhanced version based on YOLOv10n. The proposed algorithm incorporates several key innovations: First, we employ
Drone Light Shows
A mesmerizing display of 1,500 drones lit up the night sky above Shuanggui Lake National Wetland Park in Chongqing as part of the first Western China Low-Altitude Economy Expo. The event ran from July 11 to 13 and featured an array of activities, including drone light shows, a low-altitude