UAS

The Turkish government has called for a more effective deconfliction mechanism for air operations over Syria after a U.S. combat aircraft shot down a UAS.

The incident highlights the dangers of fighting in Northern Syria, where Syrian rebels and American forces are fighting ISIS amidst broader regional conflicts.

Kratos' newly acquired 5GAT platform could also be developed to perform a "wide range of other applications," along with new configurations of the XQ-58.

The UK is moving toward an outcomes-based approach in regulating remotely piloted aircraft systems and the advanced air mobility sector.

U.S. startup Pyka’s Pelican Cargo autonomous electric heavy-payload aircraft has flown in the UK for the first time.

Joby Aviation has begun flying its S4 tiltprop electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft with a pilot on board.

Australia’s V-Star Powered Lift Aviation and radiopharmaceutical supplier Cyclotek have signed an agreement to trial the use of long-range uncrewed aircraft to deliver time-sensitive medical tracers to regional imaging centers.

Acquire thousands of cheap drones within a few years by empowering combatant commands and defense-wide agencies, Anduril's Chris Brose says.

Insurance is vital for any business to obtain, but convincing an insurer to take a risk on an unprecedented product may be trickier than inventing new tech.

The request for information published on Sept. 29 by the Air Force tells industry to assume a CCA program will be launched in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.

The Marines awarded a contract to a Malloy-Survice Engineering team in April to deliver 189 Tactical Resupply UAS.

The first uncrewed aircraft system to operate from an aircraft carrier is two years behind schedule due to design, production and supplier management problems.

A consortium of companies led by Swedish drone and vertiport startup Kookiejar plans to demo drone delivery of goods from Monaco to a superyacht.

BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have for the first time demonstrated the ability of a heavy lift uncrewed multicopter to drop a torpedo.

Byron Callan and Sam Bendett join to discuss the Pentagon’s initiative to manufacture masses of uncrewed vehicles with an eye on the Indo-Pacific theater.

Instead of operating from a large aircraft carrier, a U.S. Navy request seeks concepts for ships with flight decks between 50-200 ft. long and 40-100 ft. wide.

Textron and Griffon will compete for the Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System development contract after the U.S. Army has eliminated three other teams.

An Icelandic startup is attempting to develop an uncrewed aircraft system that will mimic the flight of a bird.

The vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS is designed to provide the Singapore Armed Forces command post last-mile intelligence of areas of interest.

Rain, a developer of an uncrewed firefighting helicopter technology, has raised a $9.7 million seed round of financing.

Yemen’s Houthi movement has restored a Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft to flight.

UAV-maker envisions pushing decisions to frontline soldiers, autonomous weapons.

The German defense ministry has completed trials of a laser weapon demonstrator that could equip warships for anti-drone defense.

A $19 million contract launches the Flyer One program, with the goal of dramatically accelerating the airworthiness approval process for new aircraft designs.

A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.