Russian trucks are receiving ‘dazzle paint,’ borrowing the same kind of tactic Russia has used for some of its most important military aircraft, to try to confuse seekers on standoff weaponry that use image-matching capability. Continue reading
Aeronext to Unveil New Japanese-Made Logistics Drone with ActiveWing Technology
Aeronext Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President & Group CEO: Keisuke Toji) will unveil for the first time a new Japanese-made logistics drone equipped with its proprietary “ActiveWing” technology at Japan Drone 2026, to be held at Makuhari Messe from June 3 to June 5, 2026. Continue reading
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-300 Selected for European Defence Fund SWORD Project
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund (EDF) project focused on Stand-off anti-submarine Warfare Operations by Remote Deployment (SWORD), a consortium led by TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK. Continue reading
Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions
Motorola Solutions has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions (D-Fend), an Israeli supplier of counter-drone technology, for a purchase price of $1.5 billion. Continue reading
Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Completes First International Flights in Allied Airspace
The MQ-28 recently completed three operational flight tests on the Point Mugu Sea Range at U.S. Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, to validate autonomous operations and demonstrate rapid deployment and sustained operations from an allied location. Continue reading
Echodyne Partners with Axon Public Safety on Radar Applications
Echodyne, the radar platform company, has announced a partnership with Axon, the global public safety technology leader, to support a joint focus activity on delivering best in class infrastructure for a range of homeland security and law enforcement UAS applications in the U.S and globally. Continue reading
Walmart Celebrates One Million Drone Deliveries
Walmart is celebrating a major milestone: more than one million drone deliveries completed to hundreds of thousands of customers. What started as a pilot just a few years ago has officially taken off, giving customers a faster, easier way to get the everyday items they need, right when they need them. Continue reading
AV Expands Huntsville Facility to Accelerate Production of Next-Generation Freedom Eagle-1 Interceptor
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced an additional government investment of $20.2 million in AV’s Huntsville, Alabama facility to increase quantities of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and accelerate future Full-Rate Production (FRP) of the Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM), known as Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1). Continue reading