Tech Policy at a Crossroads: The Rules Are Catching Up, But Is Public Trust?
Regulation continues to lose the race against the technology it is meant to govern, but writing faster rules is only half the fix. The harder, less visible problem is that…
Drone Industry Rallies Behind MAVLink-Military: Dronecode Hackathon Opens Door to New Era of Interoperable Payloads and Platforms
14 teams integrated the MAVLink-Military dialect, verifying cross-vendor systems end to end and flying working demos for government and industry guests MANASSAS, Va — Jul 30, 2026 — Engineering teams…
Ironaxe Comes Out of Stealth Mode: A Counter-UAS Tiltwing VTOL That Hunts by Tangling, Not Killing
Peter Schmidt, founder and CEO of Ironaxe Corporation, believes the smartest way to stop a hostile drone is not to blow it up with a $30,000 heat-seeking missile. It is…
Announcement: FlightHorizon ALERT Provides Low-Infrastructure Airspace Awareness for Airports and Critical Sites
Vigilant Aerospace Systems has launched the FlightHorizon™ ALERT service, an easy-to-use, fully managed airspace awareness and alerting system for general aviation airports, critical infrastructure and any facility that needs better awareness of nearby aircraft and drones. The new service is designed…
Counter-UAS Is Growing Up: From Defeating Drones to Managing the Low-Altitude Economy
The conversation around counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) has changed dramatically over the past decade. Not long ago, success was measured by one simple question: “Can you detect a drone?” Today,…
When the Machine Decides: Inside the Legal Battle Over AI in Autonomous Systems
The gap between what artificial intelligence (AI) can do and what the law says it should do keeps widening. An expert “Minds and Machines” panel at Law-Tech Connect explored that…
DroneShield Breaks the Detection Paradigm: RfAI-3 Senses Drones That Have Never Been Seen Before
28 July 2026 – DroneShield today unveiled RfAI-3, the third generation of its proprietary radio frequency intelligence engine. RfAI-3 marks a significant evolution in counter-drone doctrine, prioritizing wideband detection to sense drone threats…
After the Alert: Maximizing the Operational Value of C-UAS Analytics
The drone operational environment has changed. It now demands robust counter‑UAS data, not just fast reactions. With rulemaking sharpening restrictions around sensitive facilities, the SAFER Skies Act expanding mitigation authority…
Drone Industry Rallies Behind MAVLink-Military: Dronecode Hackathon Opens Door to New Era of Interoperable Payloads and Platforms
14 teams integrated the MAVLink-Military dialect, verifying cross-vendor systems end to end and flying working demos for government and industry guests MANASSAS, Va — Jul 30, 2026 — Engineering teams…
Ironaxe Comes Out of Stealth Mode: A Counter-UAS Tiltwing VTOL That Hunts by Tangling, Not Killing
Peter Schmidt, founder and CEO of Ironaxe Corporation, believes the smartest way to stop a hostile drone is not to blow it up with a $30,000 heat-seeking missile. It is…
Intelligence Assessment: AI On Russian Drones
Western intelligence organizations suspect that Russia has transferred to Iran the technology that enables the use of AI on advanced attack drones. Israeli sources said that in the Ukraine war,…
When the Machine Decides: Inside the Legal Battle Over AI in Autonomous Systems
The gap between what artificial intelligence (AI) can do and what the law says it should do keeps widening. An expert “Minds and Machines” panel at Law-Tech Connect explored that…
AI Festival Returns to Milan in 2027: International AI Business and Advanced Training Take Center Stage
On February 11–12, 2027, the event created by Search On Media Group and powered by WMF – We Make Future arrives at Superstudio Maxi, featuring 30,000 sqm to welcome companies,…
DroneShield Breaks the Detection Paradigm: RfAI-3 Senses Drones That Have Never Been Seen Before
28 July 2026 – DroneShield today unveiled RfAI-3, the third generation of its proprietary radio frequency intelligence engine. RfAI-3 marks a significant evolution in counter-drone doctrine, prioritizing wideband detection to sense drone threats…
Quantum Systems announces major upgrades to its long-range unmanned aerial system RELIANT
Quantum Systems has upgraded its long-range Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) RELIANT. The latest generation offers increased payload capacity, broader mission flexibility, and software integration into the company’s MOSAIC UXS ecosystem….
MD Aircraft GmbH and ST Airborne Systems AB Announce Collaboration on Electric Aircraft for Airborne Surveillance Missions
Farnborough International Airshow, United Kingdom – 21 July 2026 MD Aircraft GmbH and ST Airborne Systems AB have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) taking a significant step toward integrating…
Drones Are Overrunning Borders. This Award-Winning RF-Cyber Solution Stops Them
Borders have always been contested. The emergence of weaponized, commercial,and cartel-controlled drones has rewritten the threat calculus in ways that legacy security infrastructure was never designed to handle. Surveillance cameras…
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…
Spaceflux Selected by MDA Space to Deliver Optical Systems for Canadian Space Surveillance Programme
LONDON, UK — Spaceflux, the London-based specialist in space domain awareness and space intelligence, has been selected as the optical systems provider by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) (NYSE: MDA)…
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…
MGI Engineering Successfully Launches TigerShark in Strategic Partnership with Auterion
Historic test marks Europe’s most significant advance in autonomous deep strike capability in over a decade Oxfordshire, UK – 01 April 2026 – MGI Engineering Ltd (MGI) today announced the…
ePropelled unveils expansion at Global Innovation Centre in Coventry as it accelerates toward producing more than one million propulsion systems annually by 2027
Strategic development of new sovereign European Systems Hub Coventry, UK | 20 March 2026 ePropelled opened its new Global Innovation Centre in Coventry on 20 March, a major expansion that…
ePropelled Announces Largest Expansion of Motor Controllers (ESCs) and Intelligent Power Systems, Strengthening Electronic Propulsion Leadership
LACONIA, N.H./ COVENTRY/ CHENNAI – 4 March 2026, ePropelled, a global innovator in electric propulsion and power management solutions for uncrewed vehicles and advanced mobility platforms, today announced its largest expansion…
Autonomous Tech: Gold Rush, Geopolitics or Europe’s New Industrial Era?
By Philip Hicks, Autonomy Global Ambassador – U.K. & Middle East In Europe, autonomous systems have become the backbone of sovereignty, industrial capability and defence readiness. A continent that once…
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Drones Are Overrunning Borders. This Award-Winning RF-Cyber Solution Stops Them
Borders have always been contested. The emergence of weaponized, commercial,and cartel-controlled drones has rewritten the threat calculus in ways that legacy security infrastructure was never designed to handle. Surveillance cameras…
Drones, AI, and the Missing Operational Readiness Link in African Wildlife Conservation
By: Peter Karanja, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Africa African conservation does not have a drone adoption problem. Over the years, drones have been deployed to track wildlife. AI has been…
Human-In-The-Loop Beats Full Autonomy in Africa – Here’s Why
By: Peter Karanja, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Africa Autonomy is easy to sell on a slide deck. I have seen potential customers light up when they learn that artificial intelligence…
Egypt Reportedly Signs 400 Million Dollar Deal for Chinese WJ-700 Combat Drones, Expanding Long-Range Strike and Red Sea Surveillance Capabilities
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel Egypt has reportedly concluded a major unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) deal, signing a contract valued at about 400 million dollars…
International Drone Regulations: Key Updates On BVLOS, UTM and Use Cases from Europe, Canada, Australia and Africa
By: Dawn Zoldi Navigating the world of drone regulations can be challenging. At this year’s Law-Tech Connect, industry leaders and attorneys from Australia, Africa, Canada and Europe highlighted the international…
Landmark Year for Advanced Air Mobility in Africa: Milestones, Momentum and Challenges Ahead
By: Peter Karanja, AG Africa Ambassador Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is becoming a reality across Africa, and with it, new aviation technologies across the continent. In 2025, Africa claimed a…
Global Autonomous Tech Startups: Perspectives from Africa, Asia & Europe
By: Eno Umoh, Business & Entrepreneurship Ambassador Expert voices from three continents gathered to talk about the state of autonomous tech startups and provided a real-world look at how startups…
Autonomous Drone-in-a-Box Solutions: Real Global Efficiencies and Industry Insights from Commercial UAV Expo 2025
By: Juan B. Plaza, AG Operational Safety Ambassador The Commercial UAV Expo 2025 panel “How Real-World Efficiencies Are Being Enabled by Drone-in-a-Box (DIB) Solutions” showcased autonomous DIB solutions and highlighted…
Drone Industry Rallies Behind MAVLink-Military: Dronecode Hackathon Opens Door to New Era of Interoperable Payloads and Platforms
14 teams integrated the MAVLink-Military dialect, verifying cross-vendor systems end to end and flying working demos for government and industry guests MANASSAS, Va — Jul 30, 2026 — Engineering teams…
The Quantum Road: America’s Answer to Jellyfish Drone Swarms
The skies over a contested airspace in April 2026 offered a preview of tomorrow’s air warfare, and it was unlike anything a fighter pilot had trained for. The F-15E Strike…
Airwayz and Tenna Systems Partner to Integrate Spectrum Intelligence into Airspace Governance
Integration already live, first deployed as part of INDI, Israel’s National Drone Initiative Tel Aviv, 16 July 2026 — Airwayz and Tenna Systems today announced a strategic partnership integrating Tenna’s…
Russian Drones With Mines
The “first drone war” between Russia and Ukraine is producing new deadly combinations of cheap drones and explosives. Israeli sources following this war because it has implications for the use…
Drone Pathways in the Sky: What Global Drone Operators Need to Know About UTM, BVLOS and Spectrum Risk
Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is no longer just a regulatory milestone. It is a systems challenge that depends on UAS Traffic Management, spectrum policy, secure supply chains and…
Quantum Systems selected for Japan’s Counter-UAS Proof-of-Concept Program
Quantum Systems has been selected by Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to participate in Japan’s Counter-UAS Proof-of-Concept Program, supporting the evaluation of next-generation interceptor drone capabilities. Tokyo/Japan, 15…
How WaiV Robotics Is Solving the Last 10 Feet of Offshore Drone Operations
Landing a drone on a moving ship is one of the hardest problems in unmanned aviation. WaiV Robotics built a system that does it autonomously, without touching the drone itself….
South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute Uses Drones to Save Lives
NFRI President Kim Yeon-sang (right) and drone program lead Kim-Tae Dong (left) at the Japan Drone and AAM Expo. Wildfires continue getting worse. Globally, fire seasons grow longer, burn hotter…
Uruguay’s Ministry of Interior speeds critical incident response with citywide autonomous drone program, powered by FlytBase
Autonomous drones reach incident scenes within minutes, giving Montevideo public safety officials a live view before they arrive. San Jose, California (USA), Jun 24, 2026: FlytBase, Inc, a physical AI…
Drones Are Overrunning Borders. This Award-Winning RF-Cyber Solution Stops Them
Borders have always been contested. The emergence of weaponized, commercial,and cartel-controlled drones has rewritten the threat calculus in ways that legacy security infrastructure was never designed to handle. Surveillance cameras…
The Dawn Of Confined Space Autonomy: Flyability’s Elios 3
In heavy industry, there are places even robots were never supposed to go. Deep inside boilers and tanks, down lightless sewer lines, behind concrete in nuclear storage vaults and inside…
From Rigs To Refineries: The New Energy Ops Stack For Offshore And Petrochemical Assets
Full Crew YouTube; The Energy Ops crew from Top L to R; Nate Ernst, David Cole, Julien Dupont and Gabrielle Wain. Energy operators have entered a new world as AI,…
Speedbird Aero and iFood Launch New Drone Delivery Routein São Paulo
Operation in Alphaville, Greater São Paulo, integrates Speedbird aircraft, autonomous robot, and partner delivery riders in a multimodal model São Paulo, June 1, 2026 – Speedbird Aero, a Brazilian company…
Speedbird Aero Drones Debut in New York City as Skyports and Port Authority Launch Yearlong Cargo Drone Trial Between Manhattan and Brooklyn
New York, April 23, 2026 – Speedbird Aero, a global leader in unmanned aerial logistics, is proud to announce its role as the aircraft partner in a major drone delivery…
From Brazil to the World: Speedbird Aero Builds the Airspace Infrastructure To Make Drone Delivery Scale
Certified aircraft, purpose-built droneports, and a battle-tested UTM stack have turned this Latin American startup into a global logistics force. It plans to launch in the United States next. By:…
Speedbird and Moya Aero Sign Strategic MoU to ExploreIntegrated Drone Logistics Collaboration.
São José dos Campos — April 13, 2026 — Moya Aero and Speedbird announced today the signing of a nonbinding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic collaboration aimed…
T-REX and GrandSKY: Coming at You Sideways Like a RAPTR
The DoW’s most agile testing engine and the nation’s premier drone proving ground are closing the gap between commercial innovation and battlefield readiness. By: Dawn Zoldi The Pentagon has a…
Former Air Force Base Becomes UAS Proving Ground: Inside the UAS Center and Norton Test Range at San Bernardino International Airport
By: Dawn Zoldi Some of the most consequential stories in aviation happen at places most people have never heard of. The San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) is one of those…
ANELLO Photonics and Q-CTRL Announce Strategic Collaboration to Redefine Resilient Navigation for UAVs in GPS-Denied Environments
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SYDNEY, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) and a leader in solid-state, high-precision inertial navigation systems, and…
Geo Week 2026: Emesent Launches the Emesent GX1, an All-in-One SLAM LiDAR, RTK and 360° Imagery Scanner
Industry first: GX1 delivers independently validated 5-10mm global accuracy, providing surveyors, AEC sector with long-awaited mobile scanning speed and survey-grade accuracy they can prove DENVER, 16 February 2026 ―Today at Geo Week, Emesent, a global leader in autonomous mapping technology, launches the Emesent GX1, the world’s most accurate integrated Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and Real-Time Kinematic…
AI-Powered SMASH 3000 Fire Control System Selected for Australian Army Counter-Drone Evaluation
By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel The Israeli company SMARTSHOOTER has brought artificial intelligence (AI) to the small arms battlefield with its SMASH family of fire control…
International Drone Regulations: Key Updates On BVLOS, UTM and Use Cases from Europe, Canada, Australia and Africa
By: Dawn Zoldi Navigating the world of drone regulations can be challenging. At this year’s Law-Tech Connect, industry leaders and attorneys from Australia, Africa, Canada and Europe highlighted the international…
Lessons from the Black Sea: Maritime Uncrewed Systems, Strategic Doctrine and the Future of AUKUS
By: Philip Hicks, AG U.K. Ambassador* In the Black Sea, Ukraine’s daring use of small unmanned surface vessels (sUSVs) against the Russian Navy drives a new chapter in naval warfare–…
Mapping Wildfire Resilience With GIS: Perspectives from the ESRI Safety and Security Summit
As wildfires become more frequent and severe across the globe, the need for advanced tools to predict, detect and respond to these disasters has become increasingly critical. At the 2025…
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14 teams integrated the MAVLink-Military dialect, verifying cross-vendor systems end to end and flying working demos for government and industry guests MANASSAS, Va — Jul 30, 2026 — Engineering teams…
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