Japan has run a cargo-carrying drone test in the first government-designated air corridor north of Tokyo. The 150-kilometer route runs along power lines and a dam in the mountainous Chichibu area of Saitama Prefecture.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Shield AI’s X-BAT Drone ‘Fighter’ will Begin VTOL Flight Testing in Kansas this Year
Shield AI told TWZ recently that it will begin flight testing its hugely ambitious X-BAT vertical takeoff and landing drone ‘fighter,’ near Newton, Kansas, this year. Continue reading
GA-ASI and USAF Demonstrate Autonomy at USAF Exercise Using IR Sensing for CCA
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Air Force held another autonomy flight exercise yielding new and important developments in the operation of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The February 24 demonstration featured the latest government Autonomy Start Kit (ASK) and a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet was used as a testbed CCA. Continue reading
Mitsubishi Conducts Successful Flight Demo of Mission Autonomy
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has successfully conducted flight demonstrations of AI-powered mission autonomy developed for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by leveraging an AI development environment through Hivemind Enterprise provided by US company Shield AI Inc. (hereinafter SAI Inc.). Continue reading
NUBURU’s Lyocon Completes Proof-of-Concept for Portable Directed-Energy Laser Platform
NUBURU, Inc., a dual-use defence and security platform company focused on non-kinetic effects, directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and software-orchestrated defence systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lyocon S.r.l. has completed the proof-of-concept of a portable directed-energy laser dazzler platform designed for counter-drone applications. Continue reading
US War Department and FAA to Conduct Advanced Counter-Drone Laser Tests
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a high-energy laser test on March 7-8, 2026, to continue advancing the safe use of counter-unmanned aerial systems in the United States. Continue reading
U.S. Army Evaluates SlingWorks Drone Strike System
The United States Army conducted a field demonstration of Elbit America’s SlingWorks launched effects system during the CDF CFWE 26 exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. Continue reading
Anduril CCA Switches AI Pilots Midflight
The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme recently demonstrated a significant technical milestone as one of its prototype aircraft, built by Anduril Industries, successfully switched between two separate artificial-intelligence-driven mission autonomy systems during a single flight. Continue reading