UAS

The U.S. Army announces a new autonomous warfare command and orders the creation of autonomous units as industry floods AUSA with drones and robotic systems.

Will Project Agincourt spur the new U.S. Autonomy Command to great things? Editors discuss the implications of the Pentagon's military autonomy efforts and the broader context of uncrewed systems in modern warfare.

U.S. drone makers face rising expenses and supply chain challenges as Washington pushes to onshore critical components production.

A U.S. company has ordered a $20 million counter-drone system to protect its Middle East oil and gas facility, a Powerus executive told Aviation Week Oct. 12.

An Australian-developed long-endurance uncrewed aircraft flew for almost 2 hr., powered by energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries and ultra-lightweight perovskite solar arrays.

Sikorsky on Oct. 12 unveiled a containerized version of its Nomad 100 vertical takeoff and landing rotor-blown-wing uncrewed aircraft system designed to rapidly deploy the aircraft.

Japan’s Defense Ministry has signed an acquisition contract with Ukrainian company Skyfall for interceptor drones as Tokyo expands counter-UAS capabilities.

Ideal Aerosmith revealed Oct. 7 the one-way attack Troublemaker uncrewed aircraft system now in low-rate initial production for the U.S. Navy.

Leonardo DRS is establishing a UK subsidiary which will build tactical radars in-country.

Ukraine’s drone war is driving the Pentagon’s push to scale production.

The way the life and career of Robert “Magyar” Brovdi changed the day Russia invaded Ukraine would have a profound influence on future warfare.

Germany’s army is to establish a dedicated drone regiment as experiments with autonomous systems take lessons from Ukraine’s combat experience.

U.S. drone makers face higher costs rebuilding domestic supply chains amid new restrictions on foreign components.

New Zealand has issued a tender for a shipborne UAS to conduct patrol and surveillance missions in the Southern Ocean.

Taiwanese aerospace prime AIDC has unveiled the Raven X loitering munition as Taiwan seeks to expand its domestic drone-development capabilities.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for proposals for Phase III of its Drone Dominance program, an effort to buy 60,000 one-way attack drones.

CycloTech validates cycloidal-rotor propulsion, enabling precise directional control without tilting in a two-year flight campaign.

Azerbaijan orders 14 TAI Hurkus-II trainers as part of major Turkish defense deals including JF-17 fighters, Su-25 upgrades, and a new Aselsan production facility.

Australia is looking to equip its Hunter-class frigates with a very-short-range air and surface defense system to defeat uncrewed aircraft and uncrewed surface vessels.

Fifteen states are suing the FAA over “insufficient evaluation of the environmental consequences of commercial drone package delivery.”

Amprius Technologies has received a grant of up to $75 million from the Pentagon to set up domestic U.S. production of energy-dense battery cells for drones.

Electric trainer flies; large cargo UAS takes shape; clean-sheet aerial firefighter flies; and Europe’s energy-dense aviation battery.

Vertical Aerospace, which just appointed former Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Fabrice Brégier as chair of its board, said it has initiated a review of strategic alternatives.

The Ukrainian Army has combined heavy-lift drones with uncrewed ground vehicles to strike Russian positions in a new take on the airborne assault mission.

U.S. startup Poseidon Aerospace plans to fly its Egret large uncrewed cargo aircraft by year’s end after closing a $60 million Series funding round.