Funding rounds, partnerships, layoffs, and the market math underneath the drone headlines.
London Defence R&D recently unveiled their Raptor Pilot AI Pro, a 100g AI autopilot unit that is capable of using visual and inertial systems to reach its target, even if it doesn’t have an external control link. This AI autopilot module combines flight control and onboard vision processing into a solid, unified package. The Raptor…
As the drone and robotics industries continue to evolve at a breakneck pace, staying ahead of the curve means being in the room where it happens. From the shifting regulatory landscape and the rise of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to the latest breakthroughs in AI-driven autonomy and tactical defense, 2026 is shaping up to be…
Swedish emergency medical drone company Everdrone has signed a new agreement with the Ambulance Services Administration in Region Stockholm, marking a major step toward integrating autonomous drones into everyday emergency medical response. The partnership covers the implementation and operation of Everdrone’s drone system, which is designed to rapidly deliver defibrillators and provide early situ
DZYNE Technologies has quietly crossed a line that matters in long-endurance unmanned flight. In a recent press release, the company announced that its ULTRA Turbo unmanned aerial system completed a mission-representative flight lasting 60 hours at 25,000 feet while cruising at 100 knots true airspeed That combination of endurance, altitude, and speed places the aircraft…
Turkey did not wake up one morning and decide to dominate the global combat drone market. It crept there quietly, selling capable aircraft to buyers who wanted results fast, paperwork slow, and prices low, as War on The Rocks reports. Over the past decade, Turkish drones became a familiar sight from the Sahel to the…
On Friday evening, the San Antonio sky will become a floating concert hall as hundreds of drones
German defense startups Helsing and Stark Defence are set to receive €300 million each in military orders for loitering munitions, while defense giant Rheinmetall AG gets passed over after failing to deliver a working prototype, Bloomberg reports. Helsing’s HX-2 And Stark’s Virtus Outperformed In Testing Germany’s Bundeswehr tested both loitering munitions at a military combat…
Bessemer Venture Partners just released its 2026 defense tech roadmap, and the message for the drone industry is clear: autonomous systems aren’t experimental anymore. They’re defining battlefield outcomes. The venture capital firm, which has backed companies across the defense sector, argues that defense technology has advanced more in the past 24 months than in the…
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