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CenterState CEO announced 12 companies are semifinalists for GENIUS NY program’s 10th cohort. GENIUS NY, operated by CenterState CEO and funded by Empire State Development with support from National Grid, is the world’s largest business accelerator focused on unmanned systems and robotics. Continue reading
Quantum Systems Group is aiming to set several speed records over the coming weeks, highlighting the Group’s continued pursuit of technical performance at the limits of what is possible. Continue reading
Ondas Inc. announced that it has acquired DZYNE Technologies, LLC . This acquisition establishes Ondas as a vanguard autonomous defense platform, uniting complementary capabilities across multi-domain ISR, counter-UAS, autonomous effects, aerial security, precision strike, autonomous logistics, and AI-enabled mission orchestration to rapidly meet the complex, evolving requirements of modern warfare. Continue reading
Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway announced the procurement of up to five Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton high-end, high-altitude and long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle to enhance NATO’s owned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force. Continue reading
British firm Urban-Air Port is targeting one of modern warfare’s key operational challenges: enabling rapid, scalable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch, recovery, and sustainment. Continue reading
The Drone Dominance Program (DDP) is pleased to invite 19 companies to participate in Gauntlet II of its $1.1-billion Drone Dominance program at Fort Carson, CO, in August 2026, bringing them a stage closer to competing for production orders totaling 60,000 small-class one-way attack unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Continue reading
Unmanned vehicles are reshaping the modern battlefield, especially in Ukraine and the Middle East, where small, low-cost drones fly reconnaissance, targeting, electronic warfare and precision-strike missions without putting human pilots in harm’s way. Accurate navigation is a must in contested environments like these, but Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals can’t always be trusted because they’re highly susceptible to enemy jamming and spoofing. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force got a glimpse into the future this week as an F-15EX Eagle II fighter flew alongside an unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft during a major Pacific exercise. Continue reading