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The UK's Ministry of Defence has published a preliminary market engagement notice under Project VANQUISH, seeking industry views on a new “Fixed Wing Short Take Off and Landing Autonomous Collaborative Platform” (FW STOL ACP) for Royal Navy carriers. The Find a Tender listing describes the effort as a
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UK based LED Studio has successfully performed a test flight of a drone-mounted ultra-thin and transparent mesh curtain LED display. Rob Bint, CEO of LED Studio, was quoted as saying “As a company that lives and breathes innovation in LED, we’re always looking at what new mediums, formats or
Data Links & Communications
* Silvus Technologies, a Motorola Solutions company and a global provider of advanced wireless networking solutions, has unveiled the StreamCaster NEXUS, a next-generation, chest-mounted tactical networking system that delivers mission-critical connectivity and data access for real-time situational awareness. Optimized for size, weight and power (SWaP) to reduce the load an operator
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The police-tech giant Flock Safety is now selling its drones to the private sector to track shoplifters. Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now leads Flock’s drone efforts, described the ideal scenario: A security team at a Home Depot, say, launches a drone from the roof that follows
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China is advancing efforts to challenge one of the world’s most widely exported combat drones, the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2, with a new domestically developed system undergoing flight testing. At the AVIC test range, engineers are putting the CH-3D combat drone through a series of evaluations. The aircraft, developed by
C-UAS
* Sierra Nevada Corp. has revealed new details about a closely held new air defense system that it claims has already helped down scores of aerial threats, though it won’t say where. At the recent annual Air and Space Forces Association conference outside Washington, the company for the first time
Accidents
A spectacular drone and fireworks show in Quanzhou, China, celebrating the launch of the Cai Guoqiang Contemporary Art Center, turned chaotic after a technical glitch caused dozens of drones to crash mid-performance. Some plunged into the sea, others hit the ground — forcing an abrupt end to the event. Fortunately, no
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The British-Ukrainian developer Trypillian has unveiled a new family of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, outlining a modular suite of platforms intended for strike, reconnaissance, communications relay and battlefield logistics. In a statement to Militarnyi on September 30 the company noted that, alongside the initial rollout of four tactical platforms, it
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Along-range kamikaze drone that U.S. firm Kratos is working on together with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is set to make its maiden flight early next year. The jet-powered Chien Feng IV (Mighty Hornet IV) will feature artificial intelligence (AI) enabled systems and is
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French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels and suspected of being a launchpad for mystery drone flights that forced the closure of airports in Denmark last week. Photos showed navy personnel on the deck of the tanker, known as
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* Flexxon, a global supplier of industrial NAND flash storage, has announced the launch of X-Mask Pro – the next evolution of the company’s best-selling X-Mask. Designed to secure and conceal sensitive data in mission-critical operations, X-Mask Pro delivers plug-and-play functionality, paired with unmatched durability, built-in encryption, and regulator-ready compliance, ensuring
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At the recent Jammertest 2025 held in Andøya, Norway, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía successfully tested its advanced flight control solution for unmanned aircraft against a wide range of jamming and spoofing scenarios, designed to challenge navigation systems with a variety of interferences. * Jammertest is an annual, highly exclusive, and demanding test