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BAE, Anduril Shortlisted for UK Apache Wingman Drone
The UK Ministry of Defense announced on May 15 that BAE Systems, Anduril Industries, Tekever, and Thales UK have been shortlisted to develop autonomous drones that will fly alongside the British Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The four firms will…
Flytrex Sky2 Doubles Past Rivals With 8.8-Pound Payload
Flytrex unveiled its new Sky2 delivery drone on Thursday, and the headline number is the payload: 8.8 pounds (4 kg), enough to carry two large pizzas, bread bites, and sodas in a single trip. That is roughly enough food for…
Bloomington Tests Skydio X10 DFR Drones for First Response
The City of Bloomington, Minnesota, will spend the next two weeks running a Drone as First Responder pilot using Skydio X10 aircraft and the Skydio Dock, the city announced on May 15. The testing period begins the week of May…
Australia Picks PteroDynamics Transwing VTOL for Navy Logistics
A U.S. drone company just landed its first international defense contract, and it came from a customer that has been thinking hard about how to keep ships supplied across the Pacific. PteroDynamics, a Colorado-based developer of autonomous VTOL aircraft, announced…
Autel Tells FCC The Drone Ban Rests On Secret Evidence And Borrowed Allegations Aimed At DJI
Autel Robotics filed a reply at the Federal Communications Commission arguing the agency added the company to its Covered List on the basis of classified material Autel was never allowed to see and technical complaints originally aimed at DJI. The…
Amazon Prime Air Picks Baton Rouge For Summer MK30 Drone Delivery Launch
Amazon will launch Prime Air drone delivery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this summer, putting between 12 and 20 MK30 drones into operation from a new facility near the company’s Cortana fulfillment warehouse. The service will deliver packages weighing up to…
DJI Lito X1 Matches Mini 5 Pro Camera Quality In UK Creator’s Blind Test, At Almost Half The Price
A blind side-by-side camera test from UK YouTube creator DM Productions concluded that the £369 DJI Lito X1 (no official US price; not sold in the United States) holds up against the £689 / $759 DJI Mini 5 Pro in…
Sentrycs Scout: Man-Portable Cyber-Over-RF Counter-Drone Kit
Sentrycs, the Israeli counter-UAS company acquired by ONDAS last year, debuted a new man-portable cyber-over-RF detector called Scout at SOF Week in Tampa earlier this month. The product compresses the company’s fixed-site detection and mitigation stack into a battery-powered handheld…
Russian Fiber-Optic Drone Headed For Children Was Stopped By A 12-Year-Old Boy In A Pear Tree
A 12-year-old Ukrainian boy named Anatolii Prokhorenko disabled a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone last month by snapping its hair-thin control cable with his bare hands, redirecting the drone away from his three younger siblings playing in the yard of his…
Monocrystal Files For Bankruptcy After Ukrainian Drone Strike And Sanctions Strip Its Markets
Russia’s Monocrystal, one of the world’s largest producers of synthetic sapphire used in missile guidance optics and drone sensors, has informed creditors it will file for bankruptcy with the Stavropol Krai Arbitration Court. The plant is part of Russia’s Energomera…
Dallas Adds $10.3M to Axon for World Cup Counter-Drone
The Dallas City Council approved a $10.3 million FEMA grant Wednesday that expands the city’s existing Axon contract to cover counter-drone detection, tracking, and mitigation ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as reported by Kera News. The grant moves…
Thermal Drone Finds 91-Year-Old in Wisconsin Woods at Night
Portage County Sheriff’s Office deputies located a missing 91-year-old woman with a thermal-equipped drone at 11:51 p.m. on May 5, roughly 43 minutes after the initial call came in. She’d walked away from a residential care facility in Plover, Wisconsin…