UAS

By Robert Wall
Schiebel says it has logged the first flight trials for its S-300 helicopter uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Washington has green-lit the potential sale of $11.1 billion in military equipment to Taiwan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Polish aircraft startup Draco Aircraft is making a play for the low-cost combat aircraft market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Cai Hong-7 stealthy uncrewed aerial system made by CASC has completed its maiden flight from an undisclosed airfield in northwest China.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
UAS maker Edge Autonomy plans to license its Penguin C MK2.5 vertical takeoff and landing drone used by the U.S. military for production in Taiwan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Quantum Systems has secured a deal to provide up to 747 Twister reconnaissance drones to the German Armed Forces to replace the Aladin used across the services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan's and Poland's drone associations have signed a letter of intent aimed at strengthening uncrewed systems industries and supply chain resilience.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan has the advanced manufacturing capabilities to become a leading exporter of defense technology systems.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC says it has conducted the first flight of a large uncrewed aerial system called SS-UAV Jiu Tian, or Nine Heavens, designed to be a drone mothership.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Investors were widely disappointed with UAV pioneer AeroVironment's financial results for the fiscal second quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
British uncrewed aircraft system developer Rotron Aerospace is set to work with South Korea’s LIG Nex1 to develop a new generation of UAS engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
AeroVironment should secure deals for its P550 vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed system from abroad within the next six months, CEO Wahid Nawabi says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab plans to fly an uncrewed aircraft in 2026 using a software-defined fuselage as part of an initiative to optimize processes to field equipment faster.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Swiss startup Jekta has completed its second 1:9-scale prototype amphibious seaplane and is preparing to launch into a flight test campaign in January.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan's Thunder Tiger plans to participate in the U.S. Army’s Drone Dominance program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The much-anticipated first flight of the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray for the U.S. Navy has been pushed to early 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Beehive says Frenzy test results for performance, ignition at altitude, operability, and durability “met or exceeded challenging Air Force requirements.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Steve Trimble
A job advert posted by Anduril indicates that work is underway on a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS in the Group 5 size category.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program has set a goal of acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones by 2028, positing major price drops as production ramps up.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Central Command plans to use one-way attack drones based on a copy of the Iranian Shahed-136, and has set up a new task force to deploy them.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Strategic decisions loom for some of the biggest Western airlift programs.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Thierry Dubois
Daher has tested a modified TBM turboprop single to demonstrate autonomous flight capability.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The D18, with a 4,350-kg gross weight, is a member of Tengden’s Twin-Tailed Scorpion family of twin-boom uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility