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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...Read More
UAS Magazine Announces 2026 UAS Summit & Expo Dates and Call for Abstracts
Produced by UAS Magazine, the UAS Summit will provide a comprehensive overview of the unmanned aircraft systems industry while celebrating two decades of leadership in UAS development, deployment and technology. Grand...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
NASA’s Moon Base No Longer Science Fiction; Industry Has Four Weeks to Get Ready
By: Dawn Zoldi At the 2026 Space Symposium, NASA’s Moon Base Program Executive Carlos Garcia-Galan and Redwire Space President Mike Gold laid out an unambiguous vision for a permanent human...Read More
ANELLO Photonics Selected for Resilient Navigation on BlackSea Technologies’ Chaser USV Platforms
SANTA CLARA, CA., April 20, 2026 – ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) and a leader in solid-state, high-precision inertial navigation systems, and BlackSea Technologies...Read More
Kratos Tracks Iran’s Satellite Jamming Campaign and the Oil Smuggling Network Behind It
By: Dawn Zoldi As Tehran continues to wage an active electronic warfare (EW) campaign against U.S. and Israeli drone and missile operations, Kratos Defense is tracking it every step of...Read More
Echodyne Named as Radar System for Trust Automation’s $490M Air Force Counter-UAS Engineering Contract
Kirkland, WA, April 20, 2026 – Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announces its inclusion as a primary radar system within Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) Counter-UAS platform, to be...Read More
U.S. Space Force Delivers Final GPS III to Orbit, Advancing its Most Resilient Constellation for Military, Civil Capabilities
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and Combat Forces Command (CFC) successfully delivered the Global Positioning System (GPS) III-8 (Space...Read More
Lockheed Martin’s Ignite: The Team Racing to Find Life in the Stars and Win the Next War
By: Dawn Zoldi At the 2026 Space Symposium Media Breakfast on April 13 in Colorado Springs, Lockheed Martin’s space division offered a rare look inside Ignite, its internal research and...Read More
