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Black quadcopter with a Livox Mid-360 LiDAR dome on top and MARS lettering on its frame, hovering in front of blurred mountains

Analysis

Purdue's "From Scratch" Drone Video Names a Hong Kong Lab's Planner

A Purdue lab says it built its viral forest drone from scratch. Its telemetry names SUPER and FAST-LIO, open-source code from the University of Hong Kong.

Haye KestelooOct 26

Black Lupynis-10 FPV quadcopter with a boxy camera module on top and a round munition slung underneath, photographed in flight against a plain white background

Ukraine

Ukraine's Fourth Law: Jamming Fails Once a Drone Picks Its Own Target

The Fourth Law says jamming loses its point once a drone flies and strikes on its own, and Ukraine finds a new Russian autonomous drone every few weeks.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Render of a black delta-wing drone with a rear propeller flying low over a desert mountain range

Europe

Harmattan AI's 2,000 km Drone Doesn't Need GPS, and Morocco Wants It

Harmattan AI says its IRIFI strike drone reaches 2,000 km without relying on GPS. A day later, Morocco signed a letter of intent to develop it locally.

Haye KestelooOct 12

Gray Skydio X10 drone with a three-sensor camera gimbal hovering low over a green field with trees behind it

DFR

Lakeland's $22M Axon Deal Adds Drones, Taps Immigration Grant

Lakeland OKs a $21.98M, 10-year Axon deal with Drone as First Responder flights. An immigration grant is applied to its first two years. Money itemized.

Haye KestelooOct 5

Pete Hegseth in a navy suit gesturing with clasped hands in front of a red, white and blue striped backdrop, lectern with the Department of War seal at left

Department of Defense

Hegseth Orders Four-Star Drone Command, Congress Has To Build It

Hegseth ordered a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command for Oct. 1, 2027. The memo names no commander, no budget, and needs a law Congress hasn't passed.

Haye KestelooOct 1

Lineup of AI-generated military robots including a humanoid, quadrupeds, a tracked snake robot and gun carts in a foggy field

Ukraine

Fedorov Wants A Humanoid Robot Killing Russians Within Six Months

Fired as defense minister in July, the man behind Ukraine's Army of Drones launched an Army of Robots and set a six-month target for a humanoid kill.

Haye KestelooSep 26

A grey Tekever AR3 fixed-wing drone with four VTOL lift rotors and an underslung camera turret stands on a hangar floor.

Industry

Tekever Hits $6.4 Billion as University of California Backs AI Drones

Tekever raised $580 million at a $6.4 billion valuation, led by UC Investments, a week after signing to replace the British Army's Watchkeeper drones.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Onboard camera HUD from an autonomous attack drone showing an armed payload and a locked AEV target over a snowy landscape

Technology

NATO-Backed Drone Picked Its Own Target And Dropped A Bomb

Scaleout's onboard AI picked an armored vehicle out of a Swedish test range and struck it with no direct human command. Geneva is still arguing.

Haye KestelooSep 18

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