Defense
Joint Israeli-American Anti-Swarm Program
The effort to develop and validate counter swarm systems continues. Israel- U,S company Skapion is developing a mobile, end-to-end counter-swarm defense system designed to detect, engage and neutralize large-scale drone...Read More
Commercial UAV Expo Debuts DRONERESPONDERS Program Management Course, Unveils Public Safety Summit Program
New two-day program manager training joins the Public Safety Summit’s agenda spanning Drone as First Responder, fire service, crash-scene applications, and shared-airspace operations, plus a two-part session on counter-UAS lessons...Read More
Echodyne Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Meet Surging Global Demand for Advanced MESA® Radar
New Washington State facility provides capacity to manufacture more than 30,000 radars annually, strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base KIRKLAND, Wash. – July 9, 2026 – As governments around the world...Read More
Unlocking a Frozen Force: Why Autonomy Is the UK’s Only Way Forward
The current debate around delivery of the long-delayed UK’s Defence Investment Plan has been framed in overly simplistic terms. Ships versus drones. Steel versus software. Tradition versus innovation. Defence debates...Read More
Drone Wars: How Cheap FPV Swarms Broke Air Defense in the Middle East and Ukraine
The age of the drone wars has arrived, and every serious military on the planet now watches the same two battle laboratories in Ukraine and the Middle East. From the...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
