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Dandelion-like micro-drones and unmanned system vertiport could monitor natural phenomenon, aid border security, contribute to smart cities and potentially explore Mars.

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Dr. Troy Meink, underscored a dominant theme in current military thinking: the integration of drones and unmanned systems as a cornerstone of modernization efforts. Meink's vision for the future of the Air Force signals a growing reliance on these technologies to maintain strategic advantage in an era of rapid technological evolution.

The drone industry is experiencing a significant shift in funding priorities, with military and defense applications attracting substantial investments.

For Ukrainian and Russian drone operators, constantly evolving tech means they can never rest on their laurels. Since it's become a frontline job, physical fitness is key. And tactics have gone crazy. There are now elite units that hunt one another, operators conduct drone ambushes and drone dogfighting, and even Russians even target drone units for war crimes.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has announced significant updates to its Blue UAS List and Framework following a three-day flight demonstration challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms

60 Minutes Interview on Drone Swarms Over U.S. Military Bases Reveals Critical Security Gaps

The Oklahoma National Guard and Oklahoma State University's Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education recently hosted the second annual Unmanned Aerial Systems and Launched Effects Symposium at OSU's Hamm Institute for American Energy in Oklahoma City. 

After three days of flight demonstrations at the Blue UAS Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Service evaluators selected 23 platforms and 14 unique components and capabilities for National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) verification and cyber security review. Over the coming months, as these selections complete the verification process, the Blue UAS List and Blue UAS Framework will expand with new additions.

The 60th Maintenance Group completed the first in-house drone training for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems used for aircraft maintenance in the Department of Defense Jan. 27-31, 2025.

A Durham, North Carolina start-up company is developing a system that employs a tethered-drone with a 12-foot wing span, capable of generating enough electricity to power an average size house by flying in a series of continuous figure 8 loops.

By producing a singular Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems, the Secretary and the Department are orienting around a common understanding of the challenge and a shared approach to addressing it.

Unidentified drones were observed flying over three Royal Air Force (RAF) bases used by the United States Air Force (USAF) in eastern England. The sightings, which occurred between Wednesday and Saturday, have prompted investigations by U.S. and U.K. defense officials.

Intelligence from Kyiv has uncovered Russia's strategic move to establish two drone manufacturing facilities in Tatarstan, approximately 800 miles from the Ukrainian border. These factories are now producing "hundreds per week" of the Shahed 136 drones.

The Refresh is part of the DIU's effort to ensure that the Blue UAS list is dynamic and valuable – evaluating platforms to ensure that those on the list have continued to evolve and maintain cutting edge functionality in a rapidly changing environment.

The aerospace and defense industry is likely to see broad-based operationalization of an array of technologies

DRL U.S. Air Force Miami Invitational, debuting in 2025. This future-forward collaboration seeks to find the next generation of technical talent and STEM prodigies through the electrifying fusion of sports entertainment and immersive technology. 

The unmanned aircraft systems company will create 48 new jobs, providing military defense companies with counter drone technology.

Balancing Concerns Over Chinese Tech With Investment in U.S. Innovation

Defines eligibility criteria and application process for OSC loans. This will be the first OSC application call to accelerate commercialization and scale production for critical technologies.

A collaboration between the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Singapore's Ministry of Defence, aims to leverage technologies to enhance drone communications and offer novel means of combatting unauthorized drone incursions through counter-UAS capabilities.

Drone counter-countermeasures are a critical part of the competition between drone offense and defense. Today's drones can defeat countermeasures through a broad range of technologies and tactics.

AUVSI Submits Comments to the House Armed Services Committee on Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base.
Key Focus on Supporting Autonomous Systems and U.S. Navy Readiness.

Weaponized drones that look and fly like birds may sound like something out of a movie, but they are very real with a long history.

Unmanned Air Warfare Centers will be used to control MQ-25 Stingray tanker drones and other future advanced uncrewed aircraft.

Footage from China underscores the trend of militaries scrambling to defend against FPV drones, while also harnessing their deadly abilities.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) will run a prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS.

The objective is to evaluate aircraft flying capabilities along with infrastructure, including electric charging systems, and overall flight operations in the context of Air Force including stakeholder concepts of employment."

The U.S. Air Force is experimenting with new ways to improve maintenance and repair practices on the B-52 Stratofortress bomber by using drones, advanced scanning, augmented reality, and data processing algorithms that reduce the time and effort.

This project is being completed under an SBIR Phase II contract, which is a program designed to fill important capability gaps quickly and to utilize technologies that have a high-impact, near-term implementation path for the military as well as having a potential civilian market.

Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Effort, or CLUE, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management, or UTM, system at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

DIU Blue sUAS program manager Trent Emeneker said that users in the field would provide feedback on what does – and does not – work for them.  That feedback will provide the basis for the competitive refresh of the list.

Fuel cells allow for increased range with UAS only weighing 54 pounds

The US Air Force is asking industry for help for potentially carrying defensive systems aboard mobility aircraft that can fend off small drones.

The summit, themed "Level the Playing Field – Raise the Bar," aimed to foster a collaborative environment where participants from various bases could share knowledge, experiences, and innovation with industry experts in the field to enhance sUAS programs across the command

Booz Allen Hamilton's recent research report, "Top 10 Emerging Technologies For DoD and National Security," highlights Non-Kinetic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) as a crucial technology for defense and intelligence sectors.

NATO Nations Unite to Create a High-Tech Border Defense System

Innovative X-plane designs from an array of companies aim to benefit Navy, other services

Representatives ) are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate a drone-industry advocacy group that they say is actually run by DJI, a Pentagon-designated Chinese military company,

The drone industry is defined by people who are committed to the technology and unlocking the value it can create for individuals and society as a whole,

Learn how to compete for funding, while networking with global industry scouts, investors, and key federal leadership representing the nation's largest seed fund

The group of officers and innovators, known as Black Phoenix, created a goal for themselves to design, create, build, and fly an unmanned aerial system within 24 hours.

Advancing Defense Innovation: Defense Innovation Unit 3.0 Focuses on Rapid Deployment of Commercial Technologies

Many commercial companies see the DOD as a potential lifeline, in an era of shrinking venture capital funding and limited regulatory guidance for the types of complex operations needed to scale the uncrewed industry.

The agreement sets a framework for drone component manufacturers holding Green UAS certification to share their data directly with DIU.

DRL unveils "Women Taking Flight" to recruit women pilots and spotlight women pursuing underrepresented career paths

The DoD is seeking commercial solutions that allow Group 1 and 2 sUAS (as well as other UxS) to communicate in electromagnetic spectrum contested environments, including, but not limited to, jamming, interference, and spoofing. 

Over the last 13 years, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has explored the use of polymer/composite and metal additive manufacturing (AM) as a cost- and time-saving alternative to conventional manufacturing,

U.S. tech companies and government agencies are racing to develop defenses against potential terrorist drone attacks, a threat that has security experts increasingly concerned as they've watched the rise of drone warfare in Israel, Ukraine and Yemen.

Air taxis and package deliveries dominate the headlines when it comes to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). However, the latest advances in automated vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAS technology are set to disrupt a key part of the global economy: maritime logistics and resupply. 

Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc., a provider of multi-sensor detect-and-avoid safety systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM), announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to develop a detect-and-avoid system for the Air Force's new long-endurance drone.