Protecting the Skies: Europe’s Layered Approach to Counter-UAS
Across Europe, the skies have become increasingly complex. Drones now share what was once the exclusive domain of commercial aviation and military operations. From infrastructure inspection and agriculture to emergency…
Drones Over There, Headed Over Here? Operation Spider Web, Baghdad’s FPV Strike and Barksdale’s Swarms Should Shake the U.S. Awake
From Ukraine’s deep‑strike “Operation Spider Web” to Iran‑backed FPV drones blowing up U.S. assets around Baghdad, the modern drone threat has become normalized across Eurasia in just a few years….
Commercial UAV Expo 2026 Sneak Peek: An Industry Ready to Execute
By: Matt Collins, Content Manager for the Commercial UAV Portfolio at Diversified Communications Commercial UAV Expo will return to Las Vegas from September 1–3, 2026, and we are excited to…
Homeland Protection at Speed‑and‑Scale: Lockheed Martin’s Layered Integrated Air and Missile Defense
By: Dawn Zoldi Now that the U.S. is at war, Iran’s missile barrages and drone swarms overseas have turned integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) into a homeland emergency. Lockheed…
Force Multiplier: How LiveU Delivers Resilient Live Video for Public Safety Teams
By: Dawn Zoldi LiveU turns fragmented feeds from drones, vehicles and body‑worn devices into a single, resilient, real‑time picture for public safety teams, even when networks are congested, degraded or…
No Blind Spots: Building Real Airspace Awareness for Low‑Altitude Fliers
Airspace has increasingly become a contested, crowded and data-rich domain where public safety, national security and commercial opportunity all converge. For the panelists gathered at the recent DRONERESPONDERS NACON, a…
Virtual Sky High Immersion: Aviation Training Gets Real With XR
By Capt. Fahad ibne Masood, MRAeS, Squadron Leader (R) General aviation, aircraft maintenance, military operations, commercial airlines and emerging aviation all have one thing in common: the need for training…
Asymmetric Tactical Edge: How Blue Arrow’s RII Stack Rewrites Battlefield Management
By: Dawn Zoldi When Russia’s full‑scale invasion shattered Ukraine’s sense of normalcy, Blue Arrow co‑founder and CEO Sergii Tereshchenko decided that his Kyiv‑based IT company would stop building training tools…
US Space Force selects L3Harris to strengthen America’s defense with advanced space surveillance
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 7, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $150 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to sustain and modernize critical ground systems,…
ExLabs Pushes Private Sector Role in Planetary Defense as Apophis Asteroid Approaches Earth
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 9, 2026) — ExLabs, a commercial deep-space exploration company, will highlight the growing role of private companies in planetary defense ahead of asteroid Apophis’ historic 2029…
Proven on orbit: L3Harris congratulates Missile Defense Agency for receiving top defense honor for HBTSS
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 8, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) congratulates the government and civilian team recognized by the Department of War with the 2025 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award….
Digital Force Technologies and Powerus Partner to Deliver Integrated Kinetic Counter-UAS Capability
San Diego, CA, and West Palm Beach, FL., Tuesday, April 7, 2026 — Digital Force Technologies (DFT), a defense technology company specializing in the development and manufacturing of advanced sensing systems, and Powerus,…
VICTUS Technologies Raises Seed Round to Advance Contested Autonomy Platform
Mar 25, 2026, 15:46 ET Funding to accelerate hardware-agnostic software for autonomous systems operating without GPS WASHINGTON, March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VICTUS Technologies, a contested autonomy company, today announced…
Vigilant Aerospace Deploys Airspace Safety System with Radars at Oklahoma Air & Space Port
BURNS FLAT, OK March 31st, 2026 — Vigilant Aerospace has installed a FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system with multiple long-range radars and transponder receivers at the Oklahoma Air & Space Port in western Oklahoma as a…
VIAVI Partners with Ground Control to Enable Assured Maritime Vessel Tracking and Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments
Chandler, Ariz., April 2, 2026 – VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced its partnership with satellite communications and positioning solutions provider Ground Control to integrate its Secure µPNT™ STL-1000 into the RockFLEET Assured asset tracking and…
Deliveries on Schedule: Quantum Frontline Industries sends first batch of drones to Ukraine
Munich, Germany | Kyiv, Ukraine – 01 April 2026: Quantum Frontline Industries (QFI) has completed production of the first batch of drones. The systems will be delivered to the Armed Forces…
OpEd – Drone Delivery’s Blind Spot: Why FAA’s Drone Package PEA Potentially Puts Heliports, Hospitals and Safety at Risk
By: Dawn Zoldi* By midnight January 8th, the FAA’s official public comment period on its Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Drone Package Delivery Operations quietly closed with only a…
OpEd – Secretary Duffy’s $12.5 Billion Air Traffic Control Overhaul Must Include UAS and AAM Interoperability
By: Michelle Duquette, AG Operations Ambassador In a recent fireside chat at the Honeywell American Aviation Leadership Summit, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy laid out an ambitious timeline: rebuild America’s air…
Op-Ed: Restoring American Leadership in UAS, AAM and eVTOL Technologies
By: Rex Alexander, AG Infrastructure Ambassador On June 6th, 2025, President Donald Trump issued his Executive Order, “Unleashing American Drone Dominance,” in an attempt to restore American leadership in uncrewed…
OpEd – Quantum-Enhanced Right of Way: Manned-Unmanned Skies in Harmony in a Brave New World
by Fahad ibne Masood, MRAeS In the year 2030, the population density of urban areas will cause rush hour to be a time of extreme congestion. Electric air taxis will…
OpEd – Beyond the Earthly Rulebook: Navigating the Cosmic Gray Zone in Space
By: Tracy L. Reynolds, AG Maritime and Space Law Ambassador As humanity’s ambitions propel us beyond Earth’s boundaries, we find ourselves at the edge of a new legal frontier where…
Clear Words, Safer Skies: A “Words Matter” Review of the FAA Part 108 BVLOS NPRM
By: Michelle Duquette, AG Operations Ambassador The FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Part 108 Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations marks a pivotal advancement in modernizing…
Op-Ed – Why GPS-Only Solutions Are Not Enough: The Case for Independent Surveillance in Part 108 BVLOS Drone Operations
By: Ray Adams,* AG Contributor As the FAA’s Part 108 rule for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations moves toward implementation, it’s clear that advanced cooperative technologies like…
OpEd – America’s Counter-Drone Imperative: Permanent Congressional Action Needed Now to Secure the Skies
By: Dawn Zoldi The American drone industry, as a whole, has marked its collective calendar with a single, palpable date: October 6th, the conclusion of the public comment period for…
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US Space Force selects L3Harris to strengthen America’s defense with advanced space surveillance
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 7, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $150 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to sustain and modernize critical ground systems,…
ExLabs Pushes Private Sector Role in Planetary Defense as Apophis Asteroid Approaches Earth
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 9, 2026) — ExLabs, a commercial deep-space exploration company, will highlight the growing role of private companies in planetary defense ahead of asteroid Apophis’ historic 2029…
Proven on orbit: L3Harris congratulates Missile Defense Agency for receiving top defense honor for HBTSS
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 8, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) congratulates the government and civilian team recognized by the Department of War with the 2025 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award….
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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…
The 2025 AAM National Strategy & Comprehensive Plan – A White Paper
This white paper unpacks the U.S. AAM National Strategy and Comprehensive Plan for 2026–2036, detailing how DOT, FAA, NASA, DOD, DHS, DOE, and more than 25 federal agencies will coordinate…
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Kimberly Benson & Dave Krause, UAS Center at SBD | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 117
On this week’s episode of Dawn of Autonomy, part of the “UTM and Infrastructure” series sponsored by Airspace Link, the focus turns to California’s Inland Empire and the UAS Center…
AGN Live! Space Foundation Space Symposium 2026
Autonomy Global Network is heading to Colorado Springs for a special AGN LIVE! stream from Space Symposium. Join host Dawn Zoldi in conversation with leaders from Carahsoft, Lockheed Martin, Epsilon3,…
Manoel Coelho & Samuel Salomao, Speedbird Aero | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 116
On this week’s episode of Dawn of Autonomy, our “UTM and Infrastructure” month—sponsored by Airspace Link—turns to the front lines of drone logistics with guests Manoel Coelho, CEO of Speedbird…