Flex, Scale and Repeat: How Fighter Pilots Wage War When They Have to Drone Shoot Downs
By: Dawn Zoldi As dawn broke over the Negev on April 13, 2024, as over 300 drones darkened the skies over Israel, the airspace became a crucible for innovation, courage…
Securing the Homeland: Inside the Tabletop Exercise That Tested America’s Readiness for Drone-Borne Chaos
By: Dawn Zoldi When drone threats meet crisis planning, the result looks less like science fiction and more like tomorrow’s headlines. That reality came into focus during a recent counter-uncrewed…
Certifying the Future: How Emerging Aviation is Defining Safe Paths for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
By: Charlton Evans, AG Certification Ambassador At this year’s NBAA-BACE, one of the final panels of the week tackled a question that will shape the next decade of aviation innovation:…
Advancing Air Mobility: Crown Innovations’ Impact on Next-Gen Aviation
By: Dawn Zoldi In a recent Dawn of Autonomy podcast, Alice Griffith, Senior Director of State and Commercial Aviation at Crown Innovations, described how her team helps in reshaping the…
Tennessee: Not Just Keeping Up, Setting the Pace for Drones and AAM
By: Dawn Zoldi In the opening moments of the Tennessee Drone and AAM Summit, one line from Commissioner Will Reid crystallized the state’s ambition: “We’re not just keeping up, we’re…
AI and Automation Take Center Stage at the Energy Drone & Robotics Forum
By: Sean Guerre, Energy Drone and Robotics Coalition From refineries and renewables to pipelines and offshore platforms, drones, robotic, and intelligent systems drive efficiency, safety and sustainability at scale for…
Maps Are Everything: How Geospatial Infrastructure Shapes Science, Industry and Our Digital Future
By: Dawn Zoldi Maps help us understand, manage and shape our world. At this year’s GeoGov 25 Summit, Sanjay Kumar, CEO of Geospatial World, and Jack Dangermond, President of Esri,…
Deploy in Minutes, Detect for Miles: Rapid Radar Kits in Modern Security Operations
By Dawn Zoldi When seconds define life or death, the ability to see, and act, first can mean everything. As drone and other mobile threats grow faster, smaller and more…
XTEND’s Modular AI Drone Swarms: IDF Battlefield Results Drive New U.S. Defense Contracts
By: Arie Egozi The battlefield performance of XTEND’s AI-enabled first-person-view (FPV) drones in recent conflicts has propelled the Israeli company into the spotlight. It recently secured large orders from both…
Quantum Systems and ADV Defense Sign MoU to Strengthen German–Lithuanian Defence Cooperation
Vilnius, 25 November 2025 – Quantum Systems, the European leader in intelligent unmanned systems, and ADV Defense UAB, a Lithuanian defence technology company and part of Teltonica IoT Group, today announced…
MatrixSpace Named Active Sensor Winner in U.S. Army Operation Flytrap 4.5
Burlington, MA (November 24, 2025) – MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS missions, is the winner in the U.S. Army’s xTechCounter Strike competition, part of Operation Flytrap 4.5. MatrixSpace…
KULR Technology Rapidly Develops Counter-UAS Directed Energy Battery System: From Purchase Order to Prototype in 5 Weeks
HOUSTON / GLOBENEWSWIRE / November 24, 2025 / KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: KULR) (the “Company” or “KULR”), a Bitcoin+ Treasury company that builds a portfolio of frontier technology…
What the Other Guys Are Doing: Russia Mass Producing AI-Enabled Geran-2 Drones
By: Arie Egozi Russia just revealed a major advance in automated warfare with its mass deployment of AI-powered Geran-2 loitering munitions. This pivotal shift will likely intensify the ongoing conflict…
Airwayz to Lead Large-Scale, Multi-Region and Multi-Operator Operations Across Israel Under the INDI3 National Drone Initiative
Tel Aviv, Israel – 20 Nov 2025 – Israel’s next phase of the National Drone Initiative — INDI3 — marks a transition from controlled demonstrations to continuous, real-world, commercial-grade drone…
infiniDome Unveils AURA: Advanced Counter-Drone GNSS Protection for UAVs
By: Arie Egozi Israeli defense technology firm infiniDome has launched Aura, a next-generation GNSS anti-jamming system designed to safeguard autonomous platforms from the growing threat of GPS interference. Global incidents…
RAFAEL’s L-SPIKE 1x: AI-Powered Loitering Munition For Company-Level Precision Strike
By: Arie Egozi Israeli company Rafael has unveiled its L-SPIKE 1X, a long-range loitering weapon system that merges the speed and precision of a missile with the persistence and flexibility…
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…
OpEd – How to Submit Impactful Public Comments for the FAA Part 108 BVLOS Drone Regulations
By: James Grimsley* An important part of aviation rulemaking is the involvement of public stakeholders. Submitting effective public comments on the FAA’s Part 108 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is…
The Fine Print of Part 108: BVLOS Gotchas That Could Trip Up Energy Operations
By: Nate Ernst, AG Energy Ambassador The FAA’s new Part 108 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) lays out a sweeping framework for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations—regulations that…
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XTEND’s Modular AI Drone Swarms: IDF Battlefield Results Drive New U.S. Defense Contracts
By: Arie Egozi The battlefield performance of XTEND’s AI-enabled first-person-view (FPV) drones in recent conflicts has propelled the Israeli company into the spotlight. It recently secured large orders from both…
Quantum Systems and ADV Defense Sign MoU to Strengthen German–Lithuanian Defence Cooperation
Vilnius, 25 November 2025 – Quantum Systems, the European leader in intelligent unmanned systems, and ADV Defense UAB, a Lithuanian defence technology company and part of Teltonica IoT Group, today announced…
MatrixSpace Named Active Sensor Winner in U.S. Army Operation Flytrap 4.5
Burlington, MA (November 24, 2025) – MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS missions, is the winner in the U.S. Army’s xTechCounter Strike competition, part of Operation Flytrap 4.5. MatrixSpace…
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