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Jobyโs Bay Area Flight: A Masterclass in Marketing vs. Reality
There’s a detail buried in Joby’s Golden Gate flight announcement that most other outlets missed โ and it changes how you should read this story. Last Friday, Joby Aviation flew its electric air taxi across the San Francisco Bay, pastโฆ
DOT & FAA Launch eVTOL Pilot Program in 26 States โ Autonomous Cargo Flights Could Start This Summer
The same executive order that unleashed drone dominance last June is now sending electric air taxis into live commercial airspace. On March 9, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA named eight projects under the eVTOL Integration Pilot Programโฆ
Tennessee Guard Buys FPV Strike Drones for Training
The Tennessee Army National Guard is procuring three types of small unmanned aircraft for training and operational support, according Defence Blog and solicitation documents published March 7, 2026. The request covers six total systems across three platforms, all required toโฆ
Archer Aviation’s eIPP selection brings air taxis closer to US cities, but certification questions remain
The photo tells you everything about where Archer Aviation actually is right now. That’s N703AX, the company’s Midnight eVTOL air taxi, flying in conventional airplane mode. The six fixed VTOL-only propellers sit stowed on top while the six tilt-propellers onโฆ
AAMG Eyes 50 Lodd Cargo Drones for Europe and the Gulf
A European air mobility group just signed a framework deal for up to 50 hybrid cargo aircraft that can carry 551 lbs across 435 miles without a pilot. This really big cargo drone is called the Hili. It completed itsโฆ
Shield AI’s V-BAT Already Has a Weapons Deal โ So Why Is Co-Founder Brandon Tseng Still Arguing Against Armed Drones?
The V-BAT has flown more than 60 miles into Russian-controlled airspace through layered GPS jamming, spotted a Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, and handed targeting data to HIMARS crews who destroyed it. That mission โ pure intelligence, zero ordnance on theโฆ
ZEUS VTOL targets GNSS denied missions in Poland
Europeโs tactical UAV segment just got more serious. UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesรญa and Ekolot Aerospace & Defense have expanded their collaboration to integrate advanced flight control systems into the ZEUS VTOL platform, a modular fixed wing system designed for operations whereโฆ
Petrel AERO Sky Logs Six Hour Hybrid Test
Six hours aloft is not a marketing whisper. It is a stamina statement. Florida based Petrel Technologies confirmed that its AERO Sky hybrid VTOL aircraft completed a six hour endurance test, covering hundreds of miles while conducting real time reconnaissance,โฆ
SkyDrive Secures 10 SD 05 eVTOLs for Taiwan
Japanโs electric air taxi race just added a Taiwanese runway. SkyDrive Inc. has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 10 SKYDRIVE Model SD 05 eVTOL aircraft, marking the companyโs first Letter of Intentโฆ
Quantum Systems eyes early 2027 IPO as Morgan Stanley tapped for fresh $710 million funding round
We have been tracking Quantum Systems‘ rise from small civilian drone maker to what the company calls Europe’s first “triple unicorn” in dual-use technology for nearly two years now. Today, the trajectory just got a lot steeper. The Peter Thiel-backedโฆ
The Ultimate 2026 Global Drone & Robotics Event Calendar
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) toโฆ
Paladin launches NDAA-compliant Knighthawk 2.0 at World Defense Show, signaling a strategic pivot from DJI dependence
Paladin Drones, the Houston-based Drone as First Responder company that built much of its business on modified DJI hardware, just revealed the Knighthawk 2.0 at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new drone is NDAA-compliant, built inโฆ