UAS

By Brian Everstine
In the July 10 memo, released then redacted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlines a goal of making the U.S. the world’s leader in drone operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
KAI has revealed a conceptual design for a carrier-based UCAV, developed in support of the Republic of Korea Navy’s future drone carrier program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army plans to buy up to 10,000 small uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) that could be delivered by September 2026 for less than $2,000 each.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
French defense procurement agency DGA says it is buying 1,000 Sorona micro-drones from Harmattan AI.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Israeli strike and surveillance quadcopter drone maker Xtend plans to start delivering 3,000 systems a month from a plant in Tampa, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel has provided more details on its operations against Iran, including more than 500 strikes and interdictions attributed to what it calls its UAV Array.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Bye Aerospace continues to advance manufacturing work toward its first full-scale prototype of the eFlyer 2 electric trainer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AeroVironment’s Wildcat has transitioned to wing-borne forward flight under a DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
MightyFly has demonstrated autonomous flight, loading and unloading as well as load balancing during a demonstration of its Cento uncrewed logistics aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Diehl and Sener have struck an agreement to work together on projects such as remote carriers and hypersonic weapons technologies.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
With engine upgrades, stealth drone integration and enhanced weapons, France’s Dassault Rafale is evolving for the future—and eyeing new export wins.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Can the French-German-Spanish fighter development program be saved? The next few months could be decisive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
One of two prototypes of Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Anka 3 uncrewed combat air vehicle has been lost after crashing upon landing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The emergent advanced air mobility industry is not short of startups working on ambitious technology programs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
As U.S.-developed collaborative combat aircraft near flight trials, their designers are testing the waters for international sales.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The second Trump administration’s executive order signals a new, more aggressive phase in the U.S. effort to overcome dependency on Chinese drone supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
French armament procurement agency DGA has selected Daher as one of five companies to fly a medium-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator for uncrewed ops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
French drone maker Parrot has unveiled an all-in-one autopilot, camera and radio module for small UAVs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan will buy military drone software that Ukraine has used to defend itself against Russia from the Virginia-headquartered defense technology firm Auterion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
MBDA has lifted the lid on a low-cost, long-range, one-way attack drone concept used to saturate an adversary’s air defenses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Aircraft hydrogen fuel cell specialist H3 Dynamics is teaming with XSun to develop what they describe as the world’s first solar-hydrogen-electric UAS.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
The French military and Dassault are working to have a new, large combat drone ready early next decade for the service entry of the latest Rafale F5 fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion