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Lockheed Martin

Saildrone Fires First Missiles From Its Robot Ship at US Navy's RIMPAC

Saildrone and Lockheed Martin fired two JAGM missiles from a Surveyor USV at RIMPAC 2026, the first missile launch from the company's uncrewed ships.

Haye KestelooAug 22

Rendering of a Sikorsky Nomad drone transitioning to land on the flight deck of a naval vessel at sea

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Sikorsky Nomad 100 Clears First DARPA EVADE Flight Tests

Sikorsky has completed the initial ground and flight test phase of its Nomad 100 tail-sitting drone for DARPA's EVADE program, sending the 18-foot hybrid-electric aircraft to a government facility for a more demanding multirole test campaign.

Rafael SuárezAug 4

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking during an interview at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv

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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Build A “Great Factory” In The U.S. The First One Already Has An Ohio Address

Zelenskyy told Laura Loomer that U.S.-Ukraine drone cooperation will include a factory on American soil, days before he meets Trump. F-Drones already broke ground in Ohio, and the export deal behind the announcement still rests on anonymous sources.

Haye KestelooJul 25

Rendering of Saronic autonomous vessels turning at sea near Port Alpha shipyard coverage

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Saronic Plans $3 Billion Texas Shipyard For Drone Ships

Saronic says it will spend $3 billion to build Port Alpha in Brownsville, a Texas shipyard for autonomous and crewed vessels that could reshape the industrial scale of maritime drone production.

Rafael SuárezJul 25

Mountain Horse Talon DT-300 heavy-lift drone carrying a suspended cargo bundle in flight

Drone Delivery

Mountain Horse Talon DT-300 Puts 100 Pounds on Blue UAS List

Mountain Horse Solutions is pitching the Talon DT-300 Drone Plus to U.S. government buyers with a simple argument: this fully electric tandem-rotor VTOL can lift 100 pounds and already sits on the Pentagon's Blue UAS Cleared List.

Rafael SuárezJul 21

Two marines load a simulated warhead onto a Neros Archer FPV System with a Fiber-Optic Spool | Photo Credits: US Marine Corps

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Pentagon Drone Czar Memo Hands DIU the Front Door to a $75 Billion Unmanned Portfolio

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on June 29 creating a single Pentagon office with authority over nearly every unmanned systems program in the U.S. military. The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems, or DRPM-UxS, reports straight to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg and absorbs the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group along with the…

Haye KestelooJul 1

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

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ABSI Hosts Hive Mind Robotics Team for Counter-UAS Tour

Members of growingSTEMS Robotics Team 836A, known as The Hive Mind, toured ABSI Aerospace and Defense in California, Maryland this month to see how the company builds the expendable unmanned targets the U.S. military uses to train against hostile drones. The Hollywood, Maryland team had just returned from the VEX IQ World Championship in St.…

Rafael SuárezJun 26

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Zelenskyy Tells Face the Nation the U.S. Drone Deal Still Needs One Thing: Trump to Say Yes

The framework drone agreement that Ukraine has been pushing Washington to sign for nearly a year is still unsigned, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a national U.S. broadcast to say exactly what is holding it up. In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation that aired Sunday, the Ukrainian president said his country and the United…

Haye KestelooMay 31

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