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US Navy Laser Shoots Down Four Drones at Sea
The US Navy has quietly crossed a threshold that defense planners have been chasing for decades. A warship used a laser, not a missile, to destroy multiple airborne threats during a real sea based test, as reported by the Kyiv…
Skyways Air Transportation plans world’s largest autonomous drone fleet with $37M Air Force backing
The Austin American-Statesman just published an in-depth look at Skyways Air Transportation, the Austin-based startup that wants to build the world’s largest fleet of fully autonomous drones. What caught my attention isn’t the ambition. It’s the math. The company says…
Pentagon DIU wants containerized drone launchers that store, launch, and recover swarms on command
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) just published a solicitation for something the U.S. military has needed for years but never had: a box that can store drones, launch them in mass, recover them, recharge them, and do it all…
China’s Hybrid CH YH-1000S Drone Could Shift Taiwan Logistics
China has completed the maiden flight of the CH YH-1000S, a hybrid powered unmanned transport aircraft that could reshape how the People’s Liberation Army sustains forces in contested environments like the Taiwan Strait, as SCMP reports. According to China state…
Northside flies a RED Komodo cinelifter over the Matterhorn, and the footage is absolutely wild
Flying an FPV drone at 3,260 meters above sea level is one thing. Hauling 25 kilograms of cinema-grade drone gear up an icy alpine trail to get there is another thing entirely. Northside did both, strapping a RED Komodo worth…
Navy Downs Unauthorized Drone at Whidbey Island Base
A commercially available quadcopter was disabled Tuesday after it was flown without authorization over Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state, according to the U.S. Navy and reported by Stars and Stripes. The incident immediately raised alarms because the…
Drone delays LifeFlight helicopter carrying critically ill child at Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department…
AVSS completes first live avalanche drone testing in Jasper National Park
Canadian drone safety company AVSS has completed its first round of live, on-mountain avalanche control testing using its Precision Avalanche Management System (PAMS) in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The test used AVSS’s SnowDart hardware and flight planning software on an…
SpaceX Starlink Whitelist Goes Live: Russian Frontline Command Collapses as Drone Control Links Go Dark
Ten days ago, we covered SpaceX’s emergency speed limit on Starlink terminals, the first measure designed to kill satellite connectivity on Russian strike drones flying over Ukraine. Four days ago, we reported on the full terminal authorization system that Ukraine…
Trillium HD40 LVV Joins Army P550 ISR Fleet
The U.S. Army’s decision to pair Trillium Engineering’s HD40 LVV imaging payload with AeroVironment’s P550 uncrewed aircraft system offers a clear look at how future reconnaissance missions are being shaped, as Unmanned Systems Technology reported. This is not a case…
AUVSI expands its lobbying playbook from drones to robots with new Capitol Hill partnership
The same organization that spent the last two years pushing to ban Chinese drones from U.S. skies now wants to shape federal robotics policy. The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) launched the Partnership for Robotics Competitiveness (PfRC) on…
AIR Unveils DrN 600 Electric Cargo Drone
Florida based advanced air mobility company AIR has officially pulled the curtain back on the DrN 600, an uncrewed electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is clearly designed to do something rare in this industry: actually work for a…