Unmanned Systems

Once again, the most recent demonstration by the Defense Department office charged with addressing threats from small drones, showed that no single solution will suffice in most cases, and a […]

BlackSea Technologies on Wednesday revealed it is participating in the robotic-heavy Operation Southern Spear under U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet in the Caribbean Sea. The company said it is […]

More than 100 small quadcopter kamikaze drones hidden in trucks took off on cue on Sunday to destroy dozens of Russian Tupolev strategic bombers inside Russia. Ukraine’s Pavutina–“Spider Web”–operation points […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has launched a new prize challenge, Project G.I., which initially is aimed at unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related items for rapid assessment, iteration, and […]

Hermeus on Tuesday said its Quarterhorse Mk 1 unmanned aircraft successfully flew for the first time, a key milestone on the startup’s path to developing high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft. The […]

General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) and Ultra Maritime on Tuesday announced a new partnership to aid anti-submarine warfare (ASW) tracking by combining an unmanned aerial system with low-power sonobuoys […]

While U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Allvin posted on X on May 1 that the two Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes–Anduril Industries‘ YFQ-44A Fury and General Atomics‘ […]

The Navy plans to host an industry day next month to brief vendors on its needs for the Future Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program, according to a May 16 notice. […]

Drone manufacturers hoping to have their wares certified that they meet cybersecurity and non-Chinese supply chain requirements will be able to fund and use third party assessors, a move aimed […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday introduced a new command and control (C2) system designed to easily integrate with existing and future sensors and effectors, rapidly manage the fight against drone […]