North America
OpEd: The New Defense Economy Requires Building American Deterrence at Speed and Scale
For at least a few generations, discussions about America’s defense industrial base have centered on the Department of War (DOW) and major defense contractors (the Primes). That partnership won wars...Read More
Industry Headwinds and Record Attendance: Commercial UAV Expo 2026 in Review
Last month, professionals from across the commercial UAS industry came together for the annual Commercial UAV Expo. This year’s event was back in Las Vegas, Nevada, and came at a...Read More
OpEd: Five Airports Stopped When a Backup Cable Was Cut. The Lesson for Autonomy Is in the Ground
On Monday, September 21, 2026, flights stopped at five airports in the Northeast. Newark, Teterboro and Philadelphia were stopped at around 10 a.m.; JFK and LaGuardia were added at around...Read More
GrandSKY’s Next Frontier: Turning Air Domain Awareness Into Everyday Drone Operations
Seeing a drone does not tell you what it is doing. Completing a delivery does not establish a logistics network. And demonstrating a technology does not necessarily make it ready...Read More
Warren County Community College Launches Counter-UAS Concentration, Signals Growing Demand for Drone Defense Training
Warren County Community College, one of the most credentialed drone programs at the community college level in the country, is stepping into one of the fastest-growing corners of the drone...Read More
FEMA’s FY 2027 Counter-Drone Grants: $250 Million and Legal Ambiguity
FEMA’s latest counter-drone funding round gives states and territories an opportunity to strengthen airspace security. But an overdue federal legal advisory leaves applicants navigating uncertainty over which technologies trigger federal...Read More
TransMedics selects Gogo Galileo HDX for nationwide organ transport fleet
Reliable, high-performance connectivity will support time-critical transport and monitoring of donor organs for transplants aboard 22 Embraer Phenom 300E aircraft Broomfield, Colo. / 27 October 2026 – Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) today...Read More
Voyager Awarded Interstellar Lab Mission Management Contract
AI-Run Growth Chamber Will Test How Plants Develop in Microgravity Against a Matching Experiment on Earth HOUSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—October 26, 2026—Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) executed a mission management contract with Interstellar...Read More
No Runway Required: Electra Takes Off and Lands Ultra Short Airplane at Manhattan Heliport
Manhattan, NEW YORK — October 26, 2026 — Electra today announced the successful takeoff and landing of its hybrid-electric Ultra Short aircraft at Downtown Skyport in Lower Manhattan, marking what is...Read More
Percepto Launches Hardware-Agnostic Axion Platform, Bringing Physical AI to Mission-Critical Operations
Software-first strategy opens Percepto’s platform to existing drone fleets and industrial sensor systems, backed by new leadership and a vision for continuous infrastructure visibility. AUSTIN, Texas, October 27, 2026 –...Read More
