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Precision Weather Intelligence Goes Mobile: Field-Ready Insights for UAS and Advanced Air Mobility

As the skies grow busier with small drones, air taxis and other advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles, the need for precise, hyperlocal weather intelligence has become important to achieve more...Read More

General Atomics United States Space Force Unit of the Year Award Presented to 11th Space Warning Squadron

SAN DIEGO – 30 June 2025 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that the 11th Space Warning Squadron (11th SWS) is the inaugural recipient of the 2024 General Atomics...Read More
Electra’s EL2 hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra-STOL) prototype aircraft takes off from a grass field during a 2024 demo flight at Felker Army Airfield at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Credit: Electra

U.S. Army Awards Electra R&D Contract for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems

Manassas, Va., July 1, 2025 – Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) was awarded a $1.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Army to advance the research and development of hybrid-electric...Read More
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There’s No Silver Counter-Drone Bullet: Build a Stronger Cyber-Centric Shield, Layer by Layer

Today, drones are just as likely to deliver packages as they are to disrupt critical infrastructure or military operations. As the need for robust, adaptable counter-drone solutions becomes increasingly apparent,...Read More
Zipline

The Sky Will Belong to the Prepared: Training the Next Generation of BVLOS Drone Operators Under Part 108

By: Bronwyn Morgan, AG Training & Education Ambassador The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon introduce Part 108, a proposed new rule to support the advancement of drone operations by...Read More
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Drone Swarms Are Coming: The Future of Autonomous Operations

By: Pramod Rajeha, AG Autonomy Ambassador magine hundreds of small aircraft moving through the sky in perfect coordination, their movements resembling a school of fish navigating underwater currents. This isn’t...Read More
Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC)

The Latest In Sea Tech: Autonomous Naval Defense of the Strait of Hormuz, Singapore-Japan MASS Trials and Underwater Robotics for Pipeline Protection

Autonomy at sea is not just about replacing human crews with machines; it’s about redefining how we move goods, secure infrastructure, and project power across the world’s oceans. Technological readiness...Read More
GrandSKY

Drone Security & Airspace Control: GrandSKY and AV Secure the Future of Advanced Aviation

Above the windswept prairies of North Dakota, emerging aviation technologies take flight. Two powerhouse organizations, GrandSKY, the nation’s first commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flight operations center, and AV, the...Read More
Joby Aviation

How eVTOLs Will Integrate into National Airspace: The eIPP Explained

We were promised flying cars decades ago. We read books like Dude, Where’s my Flying Car? by Tim Jackson. We were mesmerized by the electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)...Read More
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Leveraging Autonomous Aviation Technology: How Crewed Aircraft Integrate Drone Innovations for Safer, Smarter Flights

By: Zev Nadler, Emerging Aviation Ambassador Aviation has continuously innovated, taken risks and pushed boundaries since the Wright brothers. For most of its first century, flight was synonymous with the...Read More