Interceptor
Boeing, Anduril Midrange Interceptor Advances in US Army Competition
Team to further develop offering to defend against cruise missiles and hostile drones.
Editor
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack Proves Quantum-Enabled Flight Capabilities
Quantum-enabled magnetic navigation sensors from SandboxAQ were successfully demonstrated during an attritable flight test
Regulations
Chinese Tourist Arrested Flying Drone Over NASA's Kennedy Space Center
He was released on personal recognizance in U.S. District Court, placed on pretrial supervision, and ordered to surrender his passport, which was issued by the People's Republic of China
Military
Ukrainian USV Sinks Russian USV in World’s First Naval Drone Duel
Operating in the Black Sea, Ukraine's "Sargan 3000" USV—armed with an automated 12.7 mm RWS "Protector" remote weapon station—engaged and destroyed a Russian unmanned surface vessel on the move.
Video
Drone Show in 9/11 Tribute to World Trade Center Towers Attack
A stunning aerial artwork commemorated the individual lives lost on September 11, 2001, with 2,977 drones flying to recreate the outline of the twin towers of the World Trade Center
Military
GA-ASI Unveils Wildfire UAS for Military, Civil and Commercial Role
Wildfire is a scalable, mission-focused, attrition-tolerant unmanned aircraft. Part of the same class of medium-altitude, long-endurance aircraft as the earlier-model MQ-9A Reaper, Wildfire can carry a greater payload, has a longer range, and costs less.
AI
Elbit Systems’ FUSE Integrates Autonomous Air and Ground Systems
At the core of the portfolio is Dominion-X, an AI-powered unified operating system enabling One2Many operations in GNSS-denied environments, supported by advanced automatic target recognition (ATR) and homing capabilities.
Business
AV Gets First International Order for LOCUST Directed Energy Counter‑Drone Systems
Operationally proven laser weapon system receives first international purchase order valued at more than $50 million, highlighting growing global demand for scaled directed energy defence for counter–UAS missions
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
South Korean Kamikaze Drone Crashes in 4 Seconds During Maritime Tests
High Costs and Development Delays Highlight Drone Ecosystem Vulnerabilities Amid 0.27% Defense Budget Allocation
Video
Sukhoi Su-15 - the Jet that Kept Killing the Wrong Targets
The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s
Business
Italy Orders Two More MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers
The MQ-9A Block 5 is equipped with a fault-tolerant flight control system and a triple-redundant avionics system architecture. It is engineered to meet and exceed manned aircraft reliability standards.
Radar
KONGSBERG Selects Echodyne MESA Radar for C-UAS Weapon Systems
The selection pairs KONGSBERG's proven weapon-station architecture and Collaborative Fire Control capabilities with Echodyne's compact, solid-state radar