General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is establishing a new innovation hub in Dayton, Ohio, to support closer collaboration with the U.S. Air Force on UAS hardware, software, autonomy and mission operations
Volatus Aerospace has secured a five-year Government of Canada contract covering an initial 100 tactical ISR UAS, with options for up to 4,900 additional systems under a procurement framework with a maximum envelope of C$25 million
Combining unmatched range, heavy payload capacity, and lower costs, GA-ASI’s new clean-sheet Wildfire UAS delivers modular autonomy at scale for defense and commercial missions
The Italian Air Force has ordered two new MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to bolster its long-endurance surveillance capabilities across domestic, Mediterranean, and NATO operational spheres
XTEND has successfully deployed its first XOS-powered AtlasROVER to a customer in the Asia-Pacific region, expanding the hardware-agnostic robotics operating system beyond aerial systems into ground domain applications
Deep-tech startup SunCubes is deploying AI-powered cloud simulation tools from SimScale to develop laser-based charging systems that enable commercial and industrial drones to recharge in flight without physical contact
GuRu Wireless will demonstrate a dual-drone persistent flight system using a single 24 GHz Generator Unit to keep untethered aircraft airborne continuously at the MOSA Industry Summit
Following rigorous field evaluations in Alabama, the US Army has selected small uncrewed aerial systems from five commercial vendors, including Vantage Robotics, to advance to manufacturing readiness assessments for short range platoon reconnaissance
A recent naval exercise demonstrated live-fire missile capabilities from a Saildrone autonomous surface vessel, proving that uncrewed ocean platforms can seamlessly integrate combat-ready strike systems into carrier strike group operations
Designed to absorb the highest-risk initial wave of beach landings, FNSS has introduced an eight-ton modular unmanned amphibious vehicle capable of field swapping ten distinct mission payloads in forty minutes
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