C-UAS
- AeroVironment, Inc. has announced an expanded collaboration with GrandSKY, the nation's first commercial unmanned aerial system (UAS) business and aviation park, to establish the foundation of its Golden Dome for America limited area defense architecture at Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) in North Dakota. Working with
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* General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and South Korea industry leader Hanwha Aerospace signed an agreement on October 14 to partner in development of the Gray Eagle Short Takeoff and Landing (GE STOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This landmark agreement marks the beginning of a new phase in U.S.
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UK-founded Skyports Drone Services, a global drone-enabled delivery and inspection company, and Quantum Systems, a leader in AI-powered unmanned intelligence solutions, recently announced a strategic partnership to launch ‘Overwatch’; a ready-to-deploy ISR-as-a-service offering for government and commercial customers. Under the partnership, Quantum Systems supplies its advanced drone platforms and payloads,
Testing
The German company Quantum Systems is testing a new interceptor drone, the Jäger (in English – Hunter), designed to destroy enemy drones at a distance of up to 25 km. The device uses a combined electric and missile drive, according to the Hartpunkt defence and security analytical magazine. First, the drone
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At the Partner 2025 defense exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia unveiled its latest unmanned aerial system (UAS): the domestically developed PEGASUS drone equipped with the Emirati-made RASH-2M guided munition kit. This pairing signals a notable evolution in Serbia’s indigenous UAV capabilities and reflects growing cooperation between Serbian and Middle Eastern
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* Schiebel once again showcased the unrivalled versatility of its CAMCOPTER S-100 at NATO’s annual REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) exercise, hosted by the Portuguese Navy. Over the course of the large-scale multinational trials, the S-100 flew multiple missions with advanced payloads, underscoring its role as
VTOL
From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter into the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a versatile autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that has 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk. Sikorsky replaced the cockpit section with actuated clamshell doors
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* Boeing has announced plans for a family of new, tiltrotor drones that are intended to support existing crewed military helicopters, especially those of the U.S. Army, providing something like an equivalent to the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). Indeed, the company describes the drones as
VTOL
* AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in all-domain defense systems, has announced the release of its newest all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform–the VAPOR Compact Long Endurance (CLE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Building on the proven performance of previous VAPOR models, the VAPOR CLE helicopter sets a new standard
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Russia’s Azimut company, part of the state-owned Rostec defense conglomerate, has begun field testing a new domestically developed reconnaissance drone produced with additive manufacturing technology. The prototype features a fuselage that is entirely 3D-printed, a design the company says reduces both production time and cost while expanding mission flexibility.
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
* AeroVironment, Inc., a leading global provider of loitering munition systems, announced the expansion of its combat-proven Switchblade family of precision loitering munitions with three new systems: the Switchblade 600 Block 2, the Switchblade 400, and the Switchblade 300 Block 20 equipped with a modular explosively formed penetrator (EFP) payload. Together,
BVLOS
While pilots have sought to maintain maneuverability-based right-of-way rules, along with shared responsibility for see-and-avoid, as drones are integrated into the national airspace system, the nascent drone industry has struggled to develop cost-effective ways to enable unmanned aircraft to detect other objects around them. The FAA’s FAR Part 108