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

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.

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

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.

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.

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