UAS

U.S. startup SiFly has set a new world record with the longest ever flight of an electric multirotor drone in the 5-20 kg-class.

Grid Aero is developing an autonomous cargo UAV that can fly thousands of miles and carry thousands of pounds of payload for the U.S. military.

The UK issued an urgent request for information to industry for a low-cost means to engage jet-powered one-way-attack drones Russia is using against Ukraine.

Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.

Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.

The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.

The U.S. Army is finalizing plans to buy a new medium-altitude uncrewed aerial system as it phases out its older MQ-1C Gray Eagle.

Even though the U.S. Army canceled the FTUAS program of record, the appetite remains to quickly field a similar system at the brigade level.

Saudi Arabian property developer Diriyah Co. has signed an MOU with The Helicopter Company, the kingdom’s largest commercial helicopter operator, to explore the integration of AAM.

Amprius Technologies has delivered silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries to drone manufacturers to meet growing demand.

Vertical lift specialist Piasecki Aircraft plans to develop a larger-capacity version of the Kargo UAV.

The buy is intended to position Motorola to capture “a multibillion-dollar, rapidly growing addressable market for drone and unmanned systems,” Motorola says.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Archer has announced a pair of strategic acquisitions that it says will accelerate efforts to field a hybrid VTOL aircraft for the U.S. military.

NATO military commanders and politicians see more potential in the use of drones, but this shouldn't come at the expense of “legacy” systems, a think tank says.

Electro Optic Systems is close to securing a second order for its 100-kW-class counter-drone laser system, CEO Andreas Schwer says.

Laser-guided rockets help the U.S. Air Force down drones cheaply, though pilots say it is not as easy as it looks.

Red Cat Holdings is suing a former executive for allegedly joining a competing drone business ahead of a major U.S. Army procurement.

Polish researchers are exploring whether short but extremely intense electromagnetic pulses could provide an alternative means of defense against small drones.

The Canadian government has awarded MDA Space two contracts to provide the Navy's Halifax-class frigates with up to six new uncrewed aircraft systems.

Daedalean, a Swiss developer of certifiable artificial-intelligence (AI)-based avionics, is to be acquired by Destinus Group.

The FAA has released the long-awaited draft rule governing the operation of drones beyond visual line of sight of the operator.

Reliable Robotics has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to jointly study the integration of large, UAS into the National Airspace System.

Electro Optic Systems says it has secured a deal to provide a counter-drone laser system to an undisclosed European buyer.

The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has begun testing the Schiebel S-100 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system as a potential complement to its crewed helicopters.