Drones
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...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
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...Read More
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...Read More
From Rigs To Refineries: The New Energy Ops Stack For Offshore And Petrochemical Assets
Energy operators have entered a new world as AI, long-range cargo drones, and task‑specific robots now do the work once reserved for helicopters, scaffold, and people in harnesses. In the...Read More
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...Read More
At the Six-Month Mark of 2026, Energy Autonomy Gets Real: Inside Sean Guerre’s Front-Row View of Drones, Robotics, AI and Humanoids at Scale
At the halfway point of 2026, the energy sector is no longer testing whether drones, robotics and AI belong in daily operations. It is now figuring out how to scale...Read More
Manna Secures SAIL III Operational Authorisation from UK Civil Aviation Authority
Approval Demonstrates Advanced Safety, Operational, and Regulatory Maturity. Milestone Reinforces Manna’s Position as a European Leader in Advanced Air Delivery Operations. Dublin, Ireland, 18 June 2026 – Manna Air Delivery...Read More
Japan Drone and AAM Expo 2026: More Heavy-Lift UAVs Pushing the Boundaries of Drone Innovation
Japan’s drone sector is thinking big, building bigger and deploying at scale. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced four Japanese companies at the Japan Drone and AAM Expo...Read More
SPARC AI Strengthens Ukraine Market Entry, Engages CFC Defence to Drive Frontline Adoption of Overwatch and Expand Its Roster of Partnered Drone Manufacturers
Agreement builds on the Company’s previously announced Ukrainian office, local agent network and growing roster of partnered drone OEMs, formalizing a structured pathway from in-country relationships to capability validation, manufacturer...Read More
