DroneSense and MatrixSpace have partnered to accelerate the safe expansion of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations for Drone as First Responder (DFR)
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Metis wins contract to supply NATO country with Skyperion C-UAS systems
Metis has won a contract to supply a number of Skyperion drone detection systems to a NATO customer to provide the drone detect function as
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There are now 92 US cities and airports planning for eVTOL commercial operations
The “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” presidential executive order of June 6 has accelerated the momentum towards advanced air mobility (AAM) commercial operations in the USA.
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USD2 billion plus for counter-UAS in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” was signed into law on July 4, 2025. According to analysts Holland & Knight: “The defense
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LYNEports, Eyrie Aero, ELSA link to provide site selection, renewable energy vertiport services
LYNEports, the AI-powered airside planning software provider, today announced a collaboration with Eyrie Aero, a pioneer in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technology, and
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Europe’s U-space logjam: the dangers of, and remedies to, slow progress
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The slow rate of U-space adoption in Europe is starting to take its toll on the European drone and wider advanced air
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GDIT wins USD 580 million contract to protect US Army from drones and other threats
General Dynamics Information Technology reports it has been awarded a USD580 million Integrated Base Defense Sustainment Support task to continue enhancing the security and readiness
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US Navy awards Coherent a USD29.9 million contract to develop a 400kW laser weapon
The US Office of Naval Research has awarded Coherent Aerospace and Defense USD29.9 million for directed energy weapons research as part of the SONGBOW project.
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“ESA trials validate Agilica’s non-GNSS precise navigation/landing system for drones and eVTOLs”
Agilica BV, a spin-out from the Royal Military Academy of Belgium, has successfully completed a European Space Agency (ESA)-funded feasibility study to develop an alternative
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MightyFly’s autonomous Cento logistics drone takes flight as part of AFWERX programme
MightyFly reports it has successfully conducted a live flight demonstration for the U.S. Air Force as part of its SBIR Phase II contract under the
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