autonomous systems

Siemens to Revamp WWII Depot Into US Army Drone Component Factory

The US Army has awarded Siemens Government Technologies an $80-million contract to transform a World War II-era facility into a secure, government-controlled plant for unmanned aerial system components.

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Serbia, Israel’s Elbit to Inaugurate Drone Factory in September

Serbia has announced plans to establish a military drone manufacturing facility with Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems, expanding Belgrade’s domestic capacity to produce unmanned aerial systems.

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UK’s GEREON Ground Drones Endure Punishing Six-Day Desert Trial

ARX Robotics UK has deployed eight GEREON unmanned ground vehicles through extreme desert conditions during the US Army-led Project Convergence-Capstone 6.

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South Korea’s UGV Buildup a Manpower Fix, Not a Technology Push: Report

South Korea’s growing investment in unmanned ground vehicles may look like a push to modernize its military, but a key driver is the country’s shrinking pool of available soldiers.

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Drone Makers Prove Universal Military UAS Dialect in Field Demos

US nonprofit Dronecode Foundation has brought together 14 defense and commercial companies to test whether military drones and their equipment can work across vendors using the new MAVLink-Military communications protocol.

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UAE Flies New Long-Range ISR Drone Born From a Civilian Kit Plane

Emirati defense firm EDGE has taken its new JERNAS-M long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone airborne for the first time, showcasing a design based on a civilian kit plane.

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DZYNE to Scale Grasshopper Resupply Drone Development for US Air Force

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract worth more than $6 million to DZYNE Technologies to advance development of the Long-Range Grasshopper autonomous aerial resupply system.

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Ukraine, Philippines to Boost Defense Ties With Drone Pact

Ukraine and the Philippines have agreed to draft a formal defense framework focused on joint drone production and sharing lessons from wartime experience.

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PDW Lands $820M Pentagon Backing to Scale Drone Component Production

The US Department of Defense has issued a conditional loan commitment of up to $820 million to Performance Drone Works to expand domestic manufacturing of critical unmanned aerial system components.

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Baltic States Turn to Ukraine for Combat-Tested Drone Technology

Latvia and Lithuania are expanding defense cooperation with Ukraine to jointly manufacture, test, and develop unmanned aerial systems, bringing Kyiv’s battlefield-tested drone experience into the Baltic region’s defense industry.

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