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RF & Microwave Electronics

Leonardo and Baykar Move Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming From Simulation to Flight

Leonardo and Baykar have completed the first live flight phase of their K-SWARM program, moving a key crewed-uncrewed teaming effort from simulation into real-world...

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Unmanned Systems

Airbus, Boeing Reveal New Autonomous Aircraft Technologies at ILA Berlin 2026

Airbus and Boeing revealed modified and upgraded variants of a military drone and an uncrewed helicopter during the ILA Berlin Air Show last week. The...

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Test & Measurement

Hermeus Quarterhorse Completes First Uncrewed Supersonic Flight

Hermeus — the Atlanta, GA-based hypersonic startup company — announced its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 successfully completed its first supersonic flight, reaching a top speed of...

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Aerospace

Heritage in Motion: Why Legacy Engineering Matters More Than Ever in Today’s UAV Market

The uncrewed aerial vehicle market is advancing at extraordinary speed, reshaping both commercial and defense aviation. Yet this rapid innovation brings with it growing engineering pressure. UAVs are expected to be lighter, more autonomous, more modular, and more adaptable, all while maintaining near-flawless reliability. This is where heritage becomes decisive. Read on to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

Northrop Grumman’s AI Revolution in Space Engineering

Teaming with Flexcompute powered by NVIDIA, Northrop Grumman recently created a physics AI model that accurately predicts thruster impingement – a challenging simulation and modeling problem that exists when the exhaust from a spacecraft or rocket will interact or impact other nearby spacecraft or surfaces. Read on to learn more.

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Design

Varda Teams with United Therapeutics to Advance In-Orbit Pharmaceutical Processing

Varda Space Industries has launched a new collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to explore the use of microgravity to develop improved...

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Defense

SAE Media Group Launches First Dedicated Loitering Munitions Hub

SAE Media Group announced the launch of the Loitering Munitions Hub, a new online platform dedicated exclusively to one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic areas in modern defense. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Army Teams with Defense Manufacturers to Host 'Right to Integrate' Hackathon

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and leaders from Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial...

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Unmanned Systems

Talon IQ Flight with Shield AI’s Hivemind Software

Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ™ testbed completed its first partner mission autonomy flight with Shield AI’s Hivemind software, showcasing a ready to fly platform that accelerates innovation, cuts development costs and eliminates the need to build a dedicated airframe for every new autonomy solution. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

MyDefence Expands Production, Validation of Wearable and Mobile Counter-UAS Systems

MyDefence has officially opened its U.S. counter uncrewed aircraft systems manufacturing and innovation facility in Oklahoma City, marking a major step in the company’s expansion of its North American production footprint. The latest MyDefence facility became operational in February. Read on to learn more.

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Weapons Systems

C-UAS Tactical Vehicle Testing

American Rheinmetall recently conducted a live-fire demonstration of its Ultra-Short Range Air Defense counter-uncrewed aerial system system integrated onto a tactical vehicle during testing at the Big Sandy Range in Arizona. Read on to learn more.

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Photonics/Optics

Marines Evaluate Fiber-Optic FPV Drones

U.S. Marines with Marine Expeditionary Force partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit and industry professionals during a three-day event in January to evaluate first-person view small uncrewed aerial systems that use fiber optic cables, marking the U.S. Marine Corps’ first field evaluation of the technology for sUAS employment in contested environments. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

A Shipping Container That Builds 50 Interceptor Drones a Day

Sensofusion has developed the Tactical Drone Factory: a fully self-contained drone manufacturing facility built inside a standard shipping container. Equipped with industrial 3D printers, an electronics assembly station, and a complete parts inventory, a single Drone Factory can produce approximately 50 interceptor drones per day. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Airbus Equips Kratos Drones for German Air Force UCCA System

Airbus is working to offer the German Air Force an operational Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft system by 2029. Read on to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

The Drone Equation: Proportional Response to the UAS Threat

Drones do not follow predictable patterns. They can fly high and fast or low and slow with minimal radar signatures, attacking individually or in swarms from kilometers away or at the fence line. This operational flexibility demands layered defense architecture. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Army Researchers Design 3D-Printed Soldier Portable Autonomous Reconnaissance Transitioning Aircraft

Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory harnessed bottom-up Soldier innovation to develop an experimental 3D-printed small unmanned aerial system that was demonstrated at the inaugural U.S. Army Best Drone Warfighter Competition in Huntsville, Alabama. Read on to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

Teaching Robots to Fly Like Birds

A bird banking in a crosswind doesn’t rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment. Engineers at Rutgers University have taken a major step toward building birdlike drones that move the same way. Read on to learn more about it.

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Aerospace

Virginia Tech Experts Accelerate Skydio Drone Flights Over People and Vehicles

Operators using a drone from the leading manufacturer in the U.S. can now conduct missions over people and vehicles much easier and with even greater confidence in their safety. Read on to learn what this means.

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Automotive

Driving Reliability: Simulation Driven EMI Techniques for Modern Vehicle Electronics

As modern automative designs increasingly integrate higher-speed electronics, advanced driver assistance systems, and complex on-board computers and sensors,...

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Power

Harbinger Extends its Range of Medium-Duty EVs

Harbinger has unveiled the HC Series, a medium-duty commercial EV truck with an integrated range extender that aims to offer the best of both EC and ICE worlds in terms of range, uptime and payload capacity.

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Unmanned Systems

Airbus Tests Low Cost Missile on New Bird of Prey Interceptor Drone

Airbus completed the first demonstration flight of its new Bird of Prey drone, featuring a low-cost interceptor missile, at a military training area in northern Germany.

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Software

Microchip, Hyundai interested in 10BASE-T1S

We spoke with Matthias Kaestner, corporate VP, Microchip Technology’s data center, about the recently announced Microchip Technology and Hyundai Motor Group collaboration to test 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet technology for advanced in-vehicle networks to provide improved ADAS and connected-vehicle features. Read now!

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Defense

Autonomous Undersea Gliders for Anti-Submarine Warfare

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated — from January 17 through January 22 — conducted an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) demonstration in Icelandic waters using its series of autonomous underwater vehicles. Read on to learn more.

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Defense

New Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Can Recharge Other Vessels

Lockheed Martin has unveiled the Lamprey Multi Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), a breakthrough “plug-and play” submersible that gives U.S. and allied warfighters technological and strategic advantages in today’s contested maritime arena. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

NightTrain Autonomous Vessel Reaches Critical Design Milestone

BlackSea Technologies marked a key milestone in the development of its NightTrain autonomous surface vessel with a keel-laying ceremony. Read on to learn all about it.

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Unmanned Systems

Success at Sea: NIWC Atlantic Uncrewed Surface Vessel Completes Fastest Transatlantic Crossing

Scientists with Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic’s Unmanned Naval Innovation Team reached a historic milestone on Sept. 9, 2025 when they recovered a U.S. Navy-sponsored Lightfish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in Troia, Portugal, following its harrowing — and completely solo — transatlantic crossing. This fully autonomous vessel accomplished the journey in just over two months, nearly 12 days faster than the last known previous attempt of its kind. Read on to learn more.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Times Microwave Systems Launches New Levitate RF Cable Assemblies for UAV Avionics

Designed for both military and commercial radio frequency (RF) systems, the Levitate line features an ultra lightweight construction with minimal signal loss,...

Technical Innovation

Transportation

AVL Develops ‘Generic’ Automation for Off-Highway Vehicles

AVL’s Generic Off-Road Automation System demonstrates that scalable autonomy is achievable through modular design, simulation‑driven development, and a phased integration approach.

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Unmanned Systems

How Precise GNSS Unlocks Scalable, Cost-Effective Mapping for ADAS and Autonomy

There are benefits to using GNSS and SD maps to keep ADAS/AVs up-to-date, including lower data requirements.