The Pentagon last month held its first ‘Top Drone’ school for drone pilots to demonstrate their skills in a threat-representative environment. Continue reading
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Successful First Flight for French MALE Drone AAROK from Turgis Gaillard
AAROK, Turgis Gaillard‘s Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drone prototype, successfully completed its first flight from Blois-Le Breuil airfield. This new milestone demonstrates the progress of the program, essential for meeting the needs of the French and allied armed forces. Continue reading
AeroVironment Announces AV_Halo Unified Software Platform
– AeroVironment, Inc. has announced AV_Halo, a hardware-agnostic software platform that unifies the company’s suite of mission-ready software tools — to include multi-domain command and control (C2), AI-enhanced intelligence analysis, synthetic training, and autonomous targeting — into a single open-standards software ecosystem capable of integrating with any other battle management systems. Continue reading
Spain Procures Nine SIRTAP Tactical UAS, Designed and Manufactured by Airbus in Spain
Spain’s first SIRTAP unmanned aerial system prototype is now complete and slated to begin ground testing, in an ambitious schedule lasting a good portion of 2026, before the first delivery by 2027. Airbus Defence and Space, which manufactures the system, released a short video on Sep. 4, 2025, showing the aircraft receiving a paint job at its facility in Getafe in Spain. Continue reading
NATO Jets Down Russian Drones as Poland’s Airports Closed
Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Ukrainian Drone Firm to Invest £200M in Britain
Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturer, Ukrspecsystems, has announced a £200 million investment programme in East Anglia, including a new 11,000m² factory at Mildenhall and a test and training site at Elmsett, Suffolk. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Unveils SkyCarrier Autonomous UAS Launch and Recovery Platform
–Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated , has introduced its revolutionary SkyCarrier platform at the DSEI trade show in London, showcasing a breakthrough in autonomous drone operations for military and civil applications. Continue reading
Russia’s New Jet-Powered Shahed Drones Can Now Hunt Moving Targets
The Shahed drone was originally developed in Iran and sold to Russia in 2022. For Tehran, it became a way to secure financial inflows and gain access to sensitive information (with suspicions that the Kremlin is assisting with nuclear weapons expertise). For Moscow, it provided ready-made drones without the delays of domestic development. Continue reading