FAA Leaders Tell XPONENTIAL 2026: The Airspace Is Open, Now Comes the Hard Part
By: Dawn Zoldi The FAA took the stage at XPONENTIAL 2026 to signal a cultural shift. Franklin McIntosh, Chief Operating Officer of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, and Jessica Jones,…
Tulip Tech Is Opening a U.S. Front With Battle-Tested Custom UAV Batteries, Doubling Flight Time in the Process
The Netherlands-based power solutions company has battle-tested its technology on the front lines of Europe. It is now bringing it to American drone manufacturers with a performance claim the industry…
Pentagon’s Top Industrial Base Official Delivers Unvarnished Assessment at XPONENTIAL 2026
By: Dawn Zoldi The U.S. defense industrial base is in crisis, according to the official charged with fixing it. The Honorable Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base…
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AUVSI’s Michael Robbins Opens XPONENTIAL 2026 With a Clear-Eyed Call to Build, Scale, Lead
Michael Robbins, President and CEO of AUVSI, delivered a keynote address titled Built to Lead. Driving Towards Impact to a record-setting crowd to kick off XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit. Progress…
Bridging Sky and Space: Viasat’s Velaris and the Future of BVLOS UAV Connectivity
By: Dawn Zoldi When a UAV crosses the threshold of visual line of sight, the pilot loses direct perception of the aircraft. A reliable, continuous data link that carries command-and-control…
Vertical Flight Infrastructure: Understanding the Layers of Legal Risk
By: Rex Alexander, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Infrastructure Across the United States, a dangerous misconception continues to persist within the vertical flight community that if something is not explicitly regulated,…
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Fiber Optic FPV Drones Force Israel and U.S. Army to Rethink Soldier-Level Counter-UAS Solutions
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global — Ambassador for Israel Israel’s Ministry of Defense and Israeli defense industries are deep into an urgent effort to counter fiber optic-controlled FPV drones. This…
European Navy Expresses Interest in Elbit’s Seagull Autonomous USV
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global — Ambassador for Israel The escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has sharply accelerated naval interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems. Israeli sources…
Firestorm Labs Secures $30M APFIT Award to Scale Expeditionary Manufacturing and Tempest UAS production for the Indo-Pacific
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 7, 2026 Firestorm Labs today announced it has been selected for an award of up to $30 million through the Department of War’s Accelerate the Procurement…
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Free Drone Safety Handout for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
As unmanned aircraft become a fixture at parks, construction sites, public events, emergency scenes, schools, and commercial job sites, law enforcement officers and public safety personnel face a growing challenge:…
Jamming and/or Spoofing: GNSS Interference Resource Guide
Newly released edition of the FAA’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Interference Guide. This significant update offers expanded insight into current jamming and spoofing activity, operational impacts on aircraft systems,…
Report: Indianapolis Downtown Heliport 2024 Assessment Shows Why 8A4 Must Remain Open
Indianapolis has a piece of aviation infrastructure that most cities only wish they had, and aviation consultant Five-Alpha, LLC’s Airport Assessment Report, published June 6, 2024, makes that clear in plain…
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Dr. Kirill Rivkin & Ned Tabat | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 122
Join us this week on The Dawn of Autonomy with Dr. Ned Tabat, Chief Technology Officer of Meadowlark Aircraft Company, and Dr. Kirill Rivkin, Co-Founder of Genesis Aeronautica, as we…
Lt. Col. Matt Limeberry & Tom Swoyer | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 121
Join us this week on The Dawn of Autonomy with Lt. Col. Matt Limeberry, Commander of the RAPTR Task Force within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for…
Full Crew 80: Defense Tech
Thursday, May 28, 11am ET, the Full Crew tackles Defense Tech with a stacked lineup: Michelle Duquette, Mike McCalip of Carahsoft, Tom Furey of Sagetch, and Maj. Gen. (USAF Ret.)…
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