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17 September

Mojave Completes ‘First-Ever’ Battlefield Short-Field Ops by a MALE Drone

The Mojave drone has completed what its developers called the first-ever battlefield short-field operations by a medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft.

17 September

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division conduct a night live-fire range during Service Level Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 17, 2025. SLTE is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christian Cutter)

Rojoef Manuel

US-Mexico Border Drone Activity Drops 75% After Laser Deployment

Suspected cartel drone incursions along the US-Mexico border dropped by approximately 75 percent following the military’s first operational use of a high-energy laser weapon against unmanned aircraft, according to US officials.

16 September

Tarsis unmanned aerial system. Photo: Indra

Rojoef Manuel

Spain Moves Closer to Fielding First Domestic Tactical Drones With Indra’s ‘Tarsis’

Indra is advancing the development of up to 147 Tarsis drones for Spain, moving the European nation closer to fielding its first domestically produced tactical unmanned aerial systems.

16 September

Participants of the Indian Air Force’s Dronathon 2026. Photo: Indian Ministry of Defence

Rojoef Manuel

Indian Air Force Tests Drone Combat Power at First ‘Dronathon’

The Indian Air Force has launched its inaugural Dronathon 2026 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, bringing domestic defense companies, startups, and other innovators into three days of operational drone trials.

16 September

A Turkish TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle sits on the flight deck of TCG Anadolu during Exercise Steadfast Dart 26. Between January and March, around 10,000 troops from 13 NATO Allies deployed across Europe for the Alliance’s largest exercise of the year. Photo: NATO

João Pires Cordeiro

NATO’s Drones Work. Its Foundations Don’t.

NATO’s growing reliance on unmanned systems is exposing an overlooked weakness: the physical infrastructure needed to deploy, sustain, and respond with those capabilities.

16 September

Inder Singh Bisht

IDV USA Selected to Develop Autonomous Breaching Vehicle for US Army

IDV USA has been selected to develop an autonomous vehicle platform capable of breaching battlefield obstacles for the US Army.

16 September

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Peraso Advances Low-Latency Drone Comms With 60 GHz mmWave Tech

Peraso is taking aim at one of the key challenges facing autonomous aviation: keeping unmanned aerial vehicles securely connected in environments crowded with electronic interference.

16 September

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Swarm Aero’s Missile-Carrying ‘Gamera’ Drone Joins Race to Replace MQ-9 Reaper

A new contender to succeed the MQ-9A Reaper has taken shape, with Swarm Aero pitching a low-cost autonomous aircraft designed to carry bomber-class missiles on long-range strike missions.

16 September

Christine Casimiro

GA-ASI to Support US Air Force UAS Programs With Innovation Hub in Ohio

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is establishing an innovation hub in Dayton, Ohio, to support hardware and software development for US Air Force programs.

15 September