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Autonomous Flight · India

Alteon Raises $2.5M To Fly A Drone For A Year On Ocean Wind

Bengaluru startup Alteon raised $2.5 million led by Lachy Groom to build a drone that harvests ocean wind shear and stays aloft for over a year.

Haye KestelooSep 16 min read

eVTOL

Wisk Builds Hollister Vertiport to Write FAA Rules That Don't Exist Yet

Wisk broke ground on a 100-foot test vertiport at a California airport. The FAA has had no vertiport design circular since 2010.

Haye KestelooAug 26

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Duke University Drone Tracks Another Drone Using Only Its Sound

Duke's SonicFly follower quadcopter chases a leader drone with a 10-gram microphone array, no GPS sharing, no radio link, and no camera.

Haye KestelooAug 18

JIATF 401's counter-UAS marketplace is now live, and the Pentagon's 'Amazon for drone defense' is open for orders - U.S. Army Tests TRV-150 Heavy Lift Drone

Drone Delivery

U.S. Army Tests TRV-150 Heavy Lift Drone

The U.S. Army is quietly experimenting with a future where supply convoys hum through the sky instead of rumbling down dusty roads. On February 12, 2026, soldiers conducted training with the TRV-150 unmanned aerial vehicle at Fort Stewart in Georgia, evaluating the heavy lift logistics drone during an exercise focused on performance and operator readiness,…

Rafael SuárezFeb 18

China

China Flies 6-Ton Tiltrotor Cargo Drone R6000

China has quietly crossed another unmanned aviation threshold, this time with something that looks less like a drone and more like a small aircraft that forgot to hire a pilot. On December 28, 2025, the Lanying R6000 completed its maiden flight at the Deyang Shifang test site in Sichuan Province, becoming the first known six…

Rafael SuárezDec 30