UAS

Regent has won a production contract to deliver a small fleet of autonomous Squire seagliders next year to a U.S. government customer deployed in the Middle East.

Wing plans to invest up to $125 million in U.S. manufacturing as it expands drone delivery service ahead of the FAA’s Part 108 rule.

Galaxy 1 Communications and Viasat have advanced their satellite connectivity service for uncrewed and AAM aircraft to commercial production.

ZeroAvia's new CEO says the hydrogen-electric startup has stabilized and plans its first ZA200 power system deliveries in 2027.

U.S. startup Grid Aero has announced a strategic partnership with Oshkosh Defense to manufacture uncrewed cargo.

Industry officials say the FAA's upcoming BVLOS drone rule marks a starting point, not the finish line, for commercial scale.

Machina will deploy two “Edge Factories” for designing and making the metallic airframes of large, one-way attack drones on two U.S. Air Force bases.

NATO has set up a system to facilitate counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) deals, selecting 16 systems from five vendors for direct procurement.

Anduril is ramping up its activities at its European Test and Training Site in Wales, as the company brings in more European users to the facility to train and test systems.

The UK has undertaken a series of launches of a BAE Systems one-way effector design from the deck of its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, expanding the number of launch platforms for the system.

Zipline has raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation to expand U.S. drone manufacturing and delivery operations nationwide.

HyLight has completed its Series A funding round, raising €13 million ($15 million).

Bulgarian cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics plans to go public on the Nasdaq through a merger with special purpose acquisition company GP-Act III Acquisition Corp.

Shield AI has shown off the first prototype of its X-Bat tail-sitting, vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous combat aircraft and plans a first flight before year’s end.

Drone delivery firms Wing, Zipline and DoorDash are cutting noise and building community trust as U.S. states sue the FAA over drone package delivery impacts.

On Oct. 15, DARPA tested the ability of a single human, wielding a laptop, to command a small group of lethal robots.

Beta Technologies has begun early systems testing on its CX300 electric aircraft and has applied to certify an upgraded pusher motor.

UVAD Technologies is looking to commence flight testing of the Falcon Supersonic uncrewed air system powered by twin Safran engines in 2027, the companies said.

A two-week fly-off will be staged in 2027 for companies competing to meet new requirements for the U.S. Marine Corps' next tactical-sized UAS for resupply.

Korean Air Aerospace Division (KE-ASD) has built and delivered two Low Observable Wingman UAV System aircraft to South Korea's Agency for Defense Development.

The emergent drone interceptor market has shifted into overdrive in response to Russia’s increasing use of one-way attack drones in its strikes on Ukraine.

ARIA has picked North Wales’ Snowdonia Aerospace Test Center for £70 million stratospheric platform flight trials.

North Korea has publicly displayed a previously unseen tailless stealth uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) at an exhibition attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

Reliable Robotics begins autonomous flight system tests under the FAA’s eIPP initiative.

Reach Power says that in September it demonstrated a quadcopter flying for 10 hr. via wireless power beaming.