Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach recently called the MQ-9 Reaper the “most valuable player” of Operation Epic Fury. Now the Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Air Force to build up its Reaper fleet. Continue reading
Texas Residents Complain About Amazon Prime Air ‘Drone Highway’ Overhead
Turbulence is growing in several Richardson neighbourhoods over Amazon’s drone delivery programme, with residents raising concerns about noise, privacy, and safety. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Amazing Drones Becomes a Terra Drone Subsidiary
Terra Drone Corporation, an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology company headquartered in Japan, announced that, building on its strategic investment in Amazing Drones LLC in Ukraine, previously announced on March 23, 2026, it will acquire 50% of the company’s shares through Terra Defense Europe, Terra Drone Group’s European base in Estonia, become its largest shareholder, and consolidate Amazing Drones as a subsidiary. Continue reading
US Army Landing Craft Launches Drone-Dropping High-Altitude Balloons
A U.S. Army landing craft launched several low-observable micro high-altitude balloons during an exercise off the coast of Morocco last month, trialing a new launched effect and satellite communications capability developed by Mach Industries to enable long-range communications and precision strikes with one-way attack drones. Continue reading
Shield AI and Destinus Demonstrate Autonomous Strike and Teaming Capabilities
Shield AI and Destinus have successfully demonstrated autonomous collaborative strike capabilities on the Destinus Hornet, an interceptor system designed for counter-UAS missions against loitering munitions, drone swarms, and hostile unmanned threats at scale. Continue reading
Airbus and Alta Ares Partner to Develop Europe’s Air Defence Solutions
Airbus Defence and Space and Alta Ares, a European defence technology company specialised in counter-drone systems and on-board artificial intelligence, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the development and integration of European counter-drone solutions. Continue reading
UK Opens World-Leading Drone Hub on Spitfire Factory Site
A facility for testing unmanned systems for warfare has opened in a town that is rapidly becoming a hub for the drone industry. Continue reading
GA-ASI Offers SeaGuardian for US Air Force Reaper Shortage
In response to U.S. Air Force leaders saying they want to backfill a critical shortage of MQ-9A Reapers in the short term and switch to a significantly cheaper aircraft for the same mission in the long term, the manufacturer plans to offer the same solution: a proposal for the larger MQ-9B SeaGuardian. Continue reading