GPS Lies: Autonomous Systems Need to Navigate a World That Can’t Be Trusted
By: Dawn Zoldi At the 2026 GEOINT Symposium, a panel of defense technologists, geospatial innovators, and autonomy engineers discussed how the navigation assumptions built into most autonomous systems are already…
Inside Israel’s New AI‑Driven Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the way modern wars are fought, and Israel’s latest generation of air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBMs) offers one of the clearest examples yet. Battle-tested in recent…
Trump’s NSPM-11 Sets New Rules for AI in Defense: What Drone and Autonomy Vendors Must Know Now
The Trump Administration’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy moved decisively forward last month with the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 (NSPM-11), a sweeping policy that charts the next phase…
Defense Tech at the Crossroads: The Convergence of Drones, Airspace Safety and Grand Strategy
Three urgent questions define American defense in 2026: Can the United States build and field autonomous systems fast enough to matter? Can the nation’s airspace absorb the platforms it is…
BAE Systems teams with Vantor to build high-resolution imagery satellites
Vantage imaging satellites build on shared space vehicle production heritage, looks to future of satellite constellation development BROOMFIELD, Colo. – June 24, 2026 – BAE Systems announced today that it…
DEFENTURE AND DRONESHIELD ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE MOBILE COUNTER-UAS CAPABILITY
DroneShield, a global leader in counter-drone technology solutions, along with Defenture, an innovation-driven company specialising in tactical mobility solutions, just announced a strategic partnership to accelerate joint commercial opportunities for mobile counter-UAS capability. A Memorandum of…
SBIR Strategies, Teaming and IP Protection: Key Takeaways from An “Ask the Contracting Officer” Session at SOF Week
A Q&A recap for defense industry partners navigating federal acquisition At SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, industry partners joined the “Ask the Contracting Officer” session presented by Jennifer Morris, Partner,…
NATO’s GEOINT Imperative: Intelligence Integration, Alliance Security and the Pipeline That Decides Wars
By: Dawn Zoldi The 2026 GEOINT Symposium opened its keynote stage with Major General Paul Lynch, Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Joint Intelligence and Security Division at NATO. A…
Safer Skies or Patchwork Protection? The Regulatory Landscape for Airspace Security Over Critical Infrastructure
At the inaugural Energy Drone and Robotics Summit’s Energy Security and C-UAS Forum, three of the nation’s leading voices on counter-UAS law and public safety operations delivered their assessment of…
Component-Level Intelligence: What You Don’t Know About Your Drone Could Ground Your Operation
By T. Seth Ford, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Systems Integration You can fly a drone, sure. But right now, the more important question is whether you can tell me, with…
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…
New Jersey Puts Down Roots for a National Aviation Innovation Corridor
By: Dawn Zoldi At the Shore to Soar 2026 (S2S) in Cape May, New Jersey, a panel moderated by NARTP Board Chairman Mark Loeben, a 31-year Air Force veteran (Major…
The Nightmare Scenario Is Already Here: Stolen Spray Drones and the C-UAS Reckoning
By Dawn Zoldi On March 24, fifteen Ceres Air C31 agricultural spraying drones, each the size of an ATV, each capable of dispersing 40 gallons of liquid across a 15-mile…
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…
Japan’s Commercial Space Ascent: SPACETIDE, the Space Strategy Fund and U.S.-Japan GEOINT Cooperation
By: Dawn Zoldi Masayasu Ishida, co-founder and CEO of Tokyo-based SPACETIDE Foundation, took the stage for his first-ever appearance at GEOINT, in front of a room dotted with Japanese colleagues…
Crimson Tide Counter-Drone: The Future of Campus Airspace Security
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa boasts an enrollment record of 41,000 students. On any given autumn Saturday, more than 100,000 fans pack Bryant-Denny Stadium, one…
Safer Skies or Patchwork Protection? The Regulatory Landscape for Airspace Security Over Critical Infrastructure
At the inaugural Energy Drone and Robotics Summit’s Energy Security and C-UAS Forum, three of the nation’s leading voices on counter-UAS law and public safety operations delivered their assessment of…
Component-Level Intelligence: What You Don’t Know About Your Drone Could Ground Your Operation
By T. Seth Ford, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Systems Integration You can fly a drone, sure. But right now, the more important question is whether you can tell me, with…
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…
Japan Drone and AAM Expo 2026: Heavy-Lift UAVs Tackling Disaster Response, Infrastructure Inspection and ISR
Japan Drone and AAM Expo 2026, Japan’s annual drone showcase, has grown into one of Asia’s most important unmanned systems gatherings. It brings together commercial developers, researchers, defense-adjacent companies, and…
The Nightmare Scenario Is Already Here: Stolen Spray Drones and the C-UAS Reckoning
By Dawn Zoldi On March 24, fifteen Ceres Air C31 agricultural spraying drones, each the size of an ATV, each capable of dispersing 40 gallons of liquid across a 15-mile…
Echodyne Expands Public Safety Radar Applications Through Partnership with Axon
Kirkland, WA, May 27, 2026 – Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announced a partnership with Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global public safety technology leader, to support a joint focus activity on delivering best…
Crimson Tide Counter-Drone: The Future of Campus Airspace Security
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa boasts an enrollment record of 41,000 students. On any given autumn Saturday, more than 100,000 fans pack Bryant-Denny Stadium, one…
Black River Systems’ Ninja™ C-sUAS Platforms Arm First Responders and Defenders
By: Dawn Zoldi The small unmanned aircraft threat that has pervaded the battlefield has also moved far beyond it. From critical infrastructure attacks to cartel surveillance of border patrol agents,…
Trump’s NSPM-11 Sets New Rules for AI in Defense: What Drone and Autonomy Vendors Must Know Now
The Trump Administration’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy moved decisively forward last month with the issuance of National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 (NSPM-11), a sweeping policy that charts the next phase…
GeoCue Welcomes Steel City Drones as New Distributor for TrueView and LP360 Solutions
Steel City Drones will offer GeoCue TrueView LiDAR systems and LP360 software to help drone professionals expand aerial mapping capabilities. HUNTSVILLE, Al— GeoCue, a leading provider of drone mapping hardware,…
20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns to Oshkosh
50+ Confirmed Speakers for World’s Longest Running Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Conference Fairfax, Virginia, USA, June 28, 2026 — The 20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS) returns to Oshkosh, Wisconsin,…
AI Governance in Robotics: Smart Organizations Scale Autonomous Systems Without Scaling Liability
The accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in robotics delivers extraordinary operational advantages. It also introduces legal and reputational risks that organizations can no longer afford to underestimate. As AI…
Detroit Was Never Just About Cars. It’s Always Been About Mobility
During AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026, a different kind of conversation kept surfacing in hotel lobbies, restaurants and walks between sessions. It usually started with some version of the same admission: I…
New Epson Low-power OCXO RedefinesPrecision Timing for AI and Edge Infrastructure
Designed for next-gen switches, SmartNICs and synchronised communications networks, the compact low-SWaP OCXO provides a highly stable reference clock with exceptional phase-noise performance. LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – June 23, 2026…
WaiV Robotics launches its autonomous drone landing platform in the U.S. as offshore infrastructure heads into deeper waters
Following a $7.5 million seed round, WaiV Robotics brings its maritime UAV recovery platform to the United States, allowing offshore operators to reliably deploy and recover UAVs directly from moving…
spoga+gafa 2026｜Orbbec Unveils Four Vision Solutions for Robotic Lawnmowers
Orbbec leveraging its expertise in 3D vision and robotics manufacturing to support the robotic lawnmower market Showcasing four mainstream industry solutions: Stereo VSLAM, LiDAR+Vision Fusion, Vision+RTK Fusion, and Monocular Vision…
Large UAS Over Critical Infrastructure: What It Really Takes to Get It Right
The energy sector has spent years watching drone technology evolve from a novelty into a genuine operational tool. But moving from Group 1 multicopters to large, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft operating…
Inside Israel’s New AI‑Driven Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the way modern wars are fought, and Israel’s latest generation of air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBMs) offers one of the clearest examples yet. Battle-tested in recent…
Safer Skies or Patchwork Protection? The Regulatory Landscape for Airspace Security Over Critical Infrastructure
At the inaugural Energy Drone and Robotics Summit’s Energy Security and C-UAS Forum, three of the nation’s leading voices on counter-UAS law and public safety operations delivered their assessment of…
20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns to Oshkosh
50+ Confirmed Speakers for World’s Longest Running Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Conference Fairfax, Virginia, USA, June 28, 2026 — The 20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS) returns to Oshkosh, Wisconsin,…
Drone Awareness for Critical Infrastructure: The SkyHaven Edge in Unsettled Airspace
Remote ID-Based Detection Offers Affordable Situational Awareness While Operators Wait for Finalized Federal Drone Restrictions Over Critical Sites The power plant manager staring at the sky above a substation has…
Component-Level Intelligence: What You Don’t Know About Your Drone Could Ground Your Operation
By T. Seth Ford, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Systems Integration You can fly a drone, sure. But right now, the more important question is whether you can tell me, with…
BAE Systems teams with Vantor to build high-resolution imagery satellites
Vantage imaging satellites build on shared space vehicle production heritage, looks to future of satellite constellation development BROOMFIELD, Colo. – June 24, 2026 – BAE Systems announced today that it…
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…
Certified Isn’t the Same as Competent: The FAA Is Cracking Down on Drone Pilots Who Don’t Know the Difference
On April 29, 2026, United Airlines Flight 1980 was on final approach to San Diego International Airport at 3,000 feet when the crew reported striking a drone. The FAA and…
New Jersey Puts Down Roots for a National Aviation Innovation Corridor
By: Dawn Zoldi At the Shore to Soar 2026 (S2S) in Cape May, New Jersey, a panel moderated by NARTP Board Chairman Mark Loeben, a 31-year Air Force veteran (Major…
Crimson Tide Counter-Drone: The Future of Campus Airspace Security
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa boasts an enrollment record of 41,000 students. On any given autumn Saturday, more than 100,000 fans pack Bryant-Denny Stadium, one…
The Most Important FAA Drone Safety Day Yet; The Future of the NAS at Stake
By Juan B. Plaza, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Operational Safety Today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) holds its fifth consecutive Drone Safety Day (DSD). This year, the stakes are higher…
From Classroom to Cornfield: Building Skills for Precision Agriculture
By Bronwyn Morgan, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Training and Education Once a novelty, highly automated and autonomous drones have become indispensable tools in modern farming. From pinpoint crop surveillance to…
ASSUREd Safe: Building Trustworthy Drone Programs for High‑Stakes Public Safety Missions
By: Dawn Zoldi When lives and communities are on the line, “good enough” UAS training is not really good enough. ASSUREd Safe, the public safety training arm of the FAA’s…
From Purdue to Colorado: How the Data Mine of the Rockies Is Training an AI-Ready Space and Defense Workforce
By Samantha Louque, VT-ARC* – Autonomy Global Media Partner Companies and government teams depend on a tech-savvy workforce as the world becomes increasingly data-driven, from the factory floor to the…
Finding Lost Civilizations with Lidar: How Terra Incognita and Stitch3D Turned NASA Data into 3D Evidence in the Amazon
By: Dawn Zoldi and Dahlia Kopycienski Using NASA lidar, lean processing workflows and browser‑based 3D visualization, Terra Incognita Research Institute and Stitch3D have outlined a practical way to find, and…
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Inside Israel’s New AI‑Driven Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the way modern wars are fought, and Israel’s latest generation of air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBMs) offers one of the clearest examples yet. Battle-tested in recent…
GeoCue Welcomes Steel City Drones as New Distributor for TrueView and LP360 Solutions
Steel City Drones will offer GeoCue TrueView LiDAR systems and LP360 software to help drone professionals expand aerial mapping capabilities. HUNTSVILLE, Al— GeoCue, a leading provider of drone mapping hardware,…
20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns to Oshkosh
50+ Confirmed Speakers for World’s Longest Running Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Conference Fairfax, Virginia, USA, June 28, 2026 — The 20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS) returns to Oshkosh, Wisconsin,…
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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:…
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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,…
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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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Michael Mazur, CEO at AI Clearing | Dawn of Autonomy Ep.129
This week, the Dawn of Autonomy podcast continues “Tech Leaders” month sponsored by TruWeather Solutions with Michael Mazur, Founder and CEO of AI Clearing, the company building the global standard…
Don Berchoff CEO of TruWeather Solutions | Dawn of Autonomy Ep.128
Join us as the Dawn of Autonomy launches “Tech Leaders” Month with our sponsor, TruWeather CEO Don Berchoff. While autonomy, aircraft, and infrastructure often dominate the conversation, weather remains one…
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Join us live Tuesday, June 23, 2 pm CT from the 2026 Energy Drone & Robotics Summit show floor as we dive into the latest in autonomous systems and energy…