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Border Task Force Downs Cartel Drones with AeroVironment High-Energy Laser

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Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) confirmed this week that it successfully engaged and defeated three hostile unmanned aerial systems operating along the U.S.-Mexico border. The engagements were executed using the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL), a directed-energy platform developed by AeroVironment. The shootdowns mark one of the first confirmed domestic operational deployments of high-energy […]

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SiFly Lands $20M Series A to Tackle the Multirotor Endurance Problem

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Multirotors are aerodynamic compromises. They sacrifice horizontal aerodynamic efficiency in exchange for mechanical simplicity, precision hover, and omnidirectional agility. For over a decade, enterprise drone operations have accepted the operational tax: 35 to 45 minutes of nominal flight time, plummeting to under 25 minutes once operators bolt on a dual optical and radiometric thermal payload.

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SiFly Q12 long endurance commercial multirotor drone

Uber Bets Big on Zipline to Scale Autonomous Last-Mile Drone Logistics

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Using a 4,000-pound internal combustion vehicle to haul a two-pound burrito through suburban gridlock has always been an energetic and economic absurdity. Uber Technologies and autonomous logistics operator Zipline are finally moving to eliminate the inefficiency at scale, announcing a multi-year commercial partnership backed by a strategic equity investment from Uber. The alliance aims to

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Elroy Air Secures 6M Army Deal to Scale Chaparral for Contested Cargo Logistics

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Moving 500 pounds of munitions or blood across 300 miles of contested airspace using an $80 million CH-47 Chinook or a crewed UH-60 Black Hawk is an expensive, tactically inefficient risk. The United States Army has recognized that burning aviation fuel and risking flight crews for routine tactical resupply in hostile operational environments makes little

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Elroy Air Chaparral C1 Autonomous Hybrid-Electric Cargo VTOL Aircraft

Fortem Technologies Secures $1B DHS Counter-Drone Contract

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Small Business, Large Impact Fortem Technologies has been selected as a prime contractor for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. This five-year vehicle carries a ceiling of $1.011 billion, positioning the Utah-based firm as a critical player in domestic airspace security. Notably, Fortem is the only small business

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British Army Retires Watchkeeper for TEKEVER AR5 CORVUS Capability

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The End of Watchkeeper The UK Ministry of Defence has selected TEKEVER to deliver its new surveillance capability, designated CORVUS. The programme, valued at up to £400 million over the next decade, marks the formal replacement of the Army’s long-troubled Watchkeeper platform. Based on the TEKEVER AR5 autonomous system, CORVUS represents a shift toward software-defined,

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