Global Spotlights
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
Airbility Signs Strategic MoU with Germany’s Schübeler on EDF Propulsion Technology for eVTOL Platforms
Airbility Inc. (“Airbility”), an advanced air mobility company based in the Republic of Korea, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Schübeler GmbH (“Schübeler”) of Germany...Read More
Steadicopter’s Golden Eagle Emerges as Rotary UAV Mothership for Contested ISR and Precision Strike Missions
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global — Ambassador for Israel Israeli company Steadicopter has unveiled a mothership variant of its Golden Eagle rotary UAV It engineered the platform to serve as...Read More
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,...Read More
10 Things You Were Afraid to Ask About the FCC’s Foreign UAS Ban
Last December, right before Christmas, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dropped a regulatory bombshell on the drone industry. All foreign-produced unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components now sit...Read More
The Old Guard Must Reinvent: The Space Economy Rewrites the Rules of Business
By: Dawn Zoldi While typical hardware and hardware-adjacent technologies occupied much of the 2026 Space Symposium focus, John May, Space Leader and Partner at PwC, approached the space economy through...Read More
No Infrastructure Required: Elroy Air’s Chaparral Breaks New Ground in Autonomous Middle-Mile Cargo
By: Dawn Zoldi When Andrew Clare, Ph.D. CEO of Elroy Air, and Jose Martin, Founder and CEO of Martin Solutions, joined Episode 119 of the Dawn of Autonomy podcast, they...Read More