Testing
Spanish Consortium's Flight Demonstration Validates Manned-Unmanned Teaming and Formation Flight
The UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía flight control system, as a subcontractor to SATNUS, proved key to the success of the demonstration.
Editor
Propulsion
First Flight for DARPA’s XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone
Developed to advance propulsion technologies for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) program, the XRQ-73 advances next-generation propulsion for lightweight autonomous aircraft
Data Links & Communications
Pierce Aerospace Selected to Build Remote ID Network for NASA
Solution paves the way for drone and Air Taxi Flight in the Bay Area
Transport
Amazon Starts UK Drone Deliveries
The tech giant is convinced there is demand for ultra-fast deliveries and hopes to slowly expand the service.
Video
North American B-45 Tornado - the Strange Bomber with a Sloped Glass Nose and a Fake Flag
In its heyday, the B-45 was important to United States defence strategy, performing the strategically critical deterrence mission for several years during the early 1950s, after which the Tornado was superseded by the larger and more capable Boeing B-47 Stratojet.
Regulations
AirData UAV Joins the Commercial Drone Alliance
Part 108 introduces sweeping new operational requirements across pre-, during and post-flight documentation, personnel roles, risk-categorized operational areas, and mandatory continuous data reporting, and AirData's platform is already built to meet them.
Regulations
FAA Proposes Drone Flight Restrictions Over Critical Infrastructure
In addition to publishing rules to permit routine operations over people and at night, FAA continues to work with stakeholders to understand how integration affects aviation safety and efficiency as well as the safety of people and property on the ground.
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
Turkey's New Kamikaze Drone has Over 1,000-km Range
The Long-Range Loitering Munition UAV – KUZGUN is designed to navigate to identified targets within the operational area and conduct attack missions. Optimized for high-precision mission profiles, the system is equipped with a warhead to deliver decisive terminal effect on target.
C-UAS
Australia Commits $5BN to Counter-Drone Defence
The announcement, made by Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy, represents more than a doubling of Australia’s existing counter-drone investment and is tied directly to the country’s newly released 2026 National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program.
C-UAS
Northrop Grumman Advances Improved Threat Detection System for US Army
Northrop Grumman secured a U.S. Army contract to advance the Improved Threat Detections System (ITDS), featuring the ATHENA sensor that enhances 360-degree threat detection and rapid identification of emerging aerial threats to improve aircraft survivability.
C-UAS
NATO Allies Test Layered Counter-Drone Defences in Romania
The event was notable for the scale and variety of systems brought together for testing across a 2.5 km area. These included more than 215 systems such as radars, acoustic and radio-frequency detectors, electronic warfare tools, and both kinetic and non-kinetic effectors.
First Responders
NASA Explores Prioritizing First Response Drones in Crowded Skies
“Just as ambulances use lights and sirens to signal vehicles to move out of the way, public safety operators require the ability to share airspace safely,”