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Following their announcement to bring Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability to the world’s leading Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) platform, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Saab will now team up to demonstrate the capability in the summer of 2026. The demo will be conducted at GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon flight operations facility in Southern California using a GA-ASI MQ-9B equipped with AEW&C supplied by Saab. Continue reading
A tethered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) by TCOM was field-tested during the U.S. Army’s first armored “Transforming in Contact” (TiC) 2.0 combat training center rotation at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, on November 3, 2025. Continue reading
– Firestorm Labs, San Diego, California, was awarded a maximum $18,000,000 Small Business Innovation Research II for the Firestorm Expeditionary Manufacturing Cell and associated Manufactured Hardware. Continue reading
– Skydio, a leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer and provider of autonomous flight technology, in partnership with ADS, a leading provider of products, technology, and logistics solutions for the U.S. Military, have announced two initial multi-million dollar contract awards with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to expand the deployment of Skydio systems across multiple operational units. Continue reading
A full-size model of the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for the U.S. Air Force will be on display November 17−21 at the Dubai Airshow. Continue reading
On October 21, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , Lockheed Martin, and L3Harris Technologies collaborated on a flight test that successfully demonstrated Manned-Unmanned Teaming using an F-22 Raptor fighter jet and a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet. Continue reading
The presentation of the KSI modular-architecture multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle by Russia ‘s JSC Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems (JSC CARS) at the Dubai Airshow 2025 , held from November 17 to 21 in the United Arab Emirates , marks the first international unveiling of this civilian-oriented platform developed by a company established in 2023 . Continue reading
Dubai Police has reached a remarkable milestone that underscores its global leadership in security innovation. A drone developed at the Unmanned Aerial Systems Center has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest drone in the world, achieving an extraordinary speed of 580 kilometers per hour. Continue reading