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15 September

This New Cargo Drone Concept Brings 6,000 Pounds to Pilotless Resupply

Textron Aviation and Merlin have introduced the Cessna SkyCourier UX, a new cargo drone concept designed to carry up to 6,000 pounds of payload and accommodate up to three LD3 containers.

15 September

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Turkish Akinci Drone Fires Supersonic Ballistic Missile in Black Sea Test

Turkey has test-fired a supersonic ballistic missile from an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, striking a surface target in the Black Sea located 250 kilometers from the drone’s launch site.

15 September

Christine Casimiro

Elbit, Diehl Demonstrate SkyStriker Kamikaze Drone’s Capabilities

The SkyStriker loitering munition, jointly offered to Germany by Elbit Systems and Diehl Defence under a partnership inked in June, has presented several of its capabilities in a live demonstration.

15 September

Rojoef Manuel

Polish, Norwegian Defense Giants Team Up on Strike-Capable Drone Boats

Poland’s WB Group and Norway’s Kongsberg have signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce autonomous maritime platforms.

15 September

Rojoef Manuel

Indonesia Pursues Underwater Drones to Patrol Strategic Straits

The Indonesian Navy is planning to develop unmanned underwater vehicles with domestic defense firms to strengthen surveillance across the country’s vast maritime territory.

15 September

Ronny Jackson

America Can’t Afford to Test Drones at Peacetime Speed

The US can't keep testing and fielding small drones at peacetime bureaucratic speed while adversaries iterate at wartime speed.

14 September

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Elbit Unveils AI-Powered Operating System to Orchestrate Air and Ground Assets

Bringing large formations of autonomous aircraft and ground vehicles under real-time coordinated control was the driving concept behind Dominion-X, a new AI-powered operating system from Elbit Systems’ FUSE.

14 September

Ethan M. Encarnacion

The MQ-9 Reaper’s Proposed Successor Emerges: Meet ‘Wildfire’

The MQ-9A Reaper’s proposed successor has finally stepped into view, with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) revealing a lower-cost, highly autonomous aircraft called “Wildfire.”

14 September

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Quantum Sensing Steers Northrop’s Lumberjack Drone Through GPS Denial

Cut off from GPS, Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack drone turned to Earth’s magnetic field in a milestone navigation test conducted over land and open water.

11 September