Successful defense against drone threats in commercial and military environments will require solving numerous challenges, according to experts speaking during a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council — and there are no clear answers. Counter-drone systems use a variety of different ...

The Secret Service plans to begin evaluations of small surveillance drones to reduce its reliance on manned aircraft and improve operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The proof of concept testing will also help support the Secret Service’s aim of establishing an unmanned ...

The Air Force has released a solicitation to build prototypes for its Skyborg unmanned wingman program, with the intent of selecting one or more companies to quickly field an artificial intelligence-driven system to be a “quarterback in the sky” for manned aircraft. The May 15 Broad Agency ...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last Friday evening said one of its surveillance drones experienced a nose-wheel collapse after touching down that day, resulting in a hard-landing and extensive damage. A CBP spokesperson on Tuesday told Defense Daily the damaged drone is a Guardian unmanned ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to have remote ID service for drones — a foundational component of integrating unmanned aircraft into the national airspace — up and running by sometime next year, according to documents viewed by Defense Daily. Earlier this month, the FAA chose ...

With the U.S. government and military eager for a profitable domestic small UAS industry to emerge, software developer Auterion seeks to be part of the solution by bringing together the fragmented industry around its hardware and software solutions, built off of the open-source PX4 ecosystem used ...