HyLight has secured €13 million in Series A funding to industrialize its 12-meter hydrogen-powered autonomous airship fleet, delivering 10-hour endurance and 350 km range for utility infrastructure inspection.
Harris Aerial has opened pre-orders for the H4C Quad, an NDAA-compliant compact drone offering a 4 kg payload capacity, dual hot-swappable 12S batteries, and up to 50 minutes of flight endurance.
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Ideal Aerosmith, an 88-year-old precision manufacturing and motion testing supplier based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has transitioned into direct defense production with the debut of Troublemaker. The aircraft is a Group 3 uncrewed aerial system engineered for long-range kinetic strike, persistent surveillance, and electronic decoy roles in contested operational environments. Specifications and Aerodynamic Architecture
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The United States Department of Defense has placed a follow-on order for 1,320 F10 strike FPV quadcopters from Ukrainian manufacturer F-Drones under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance initiative. The order expands upon an initial batch of 2,000 units delivered in July 2026, bringing total US military procurement of the platform to 3,320 units. Non-Chinese Supply Chain
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Northrop Grumman completed the maiden flight of its YFQ-48A Talon Blue uncrewed combat demonstrator on October 3, 2026, at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The aircraft executed all mission phases autonomously, including taxi, takeoff, navigation maneuvers, and landing, without human pilot intervention. Autonomous Flight Profile and Mojave Trials Bearing civil registration N444LX,
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Skydio has introduced the F10 Lightrunner, an autonomous 100 mph fixed-wing drone with a 30-mile radius, supported by a five-bay robotic MegaDock system.
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Textron Systems Corporation and the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech have completed the first uncrewed aircraft transit between two vertiports through commercial civilian airspace. The cross-state demonstration covered nearly 150 nautical miles using the Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 VTOL platform, linking research facilities in western Virginia to industrial assembly hubs in the east. Flight Profile
Dutch unmanned systems manufacturer DeltaQuad has unveiled the Evo-LE, a long-endurance variant of its electric fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform. Engineered specifically for persistent intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations, the aircraft extends flight duration to eight hours on purely electric propulsion. Drivetrain and Architecture Modifications Reaching an eight-hour flight profile
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Fremont-based battery developer Rincell has introduced the RC50T, an NDAA-compliant tabless 21700 lithium-ion cell engineered specifically for demanding uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) flight profiles. The cell is designed to deliver sustained high-current output during high-load mission segments such as vertical takeoff, aggressive climb profiles, and high-G maneuvers. Performance Specifications and Tabless Design The RC50T utilizes
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The United States Navy has committed its first production dollars to operational carrier-based uncrewed aviation. Under a fixed-price incentive contract valued at $562 million, Boeing will manufacture Lot 1 Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) units of the MQ-25A Stingray uncrewed aerial refueling tanker. The contract covers three Lot 1 air vehicles and funds the acquisition of
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