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Pentagon Expands Drone Dominance Program with 1,320 Additional Ukrainian F10 FPV Drones

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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 Completes First Autonomous Flight of YFQ-48A Talon Blue

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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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Northrop Grumman YFQ-48A Talon Blue autonomous combat drone in flight over Mojave

DeltaQuad Unveils Evo-LE Electric VTOL Drone with Eight-Hour Endurance

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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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US Navy Awards Boeing $562M First Production Contract for MQ-25A Stingray Carrier Drones

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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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Japan Loses RQ-4B Global Hawk in Sea of Japan Crash, Slashing HALE Fleet by a Third

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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has confirmed the loss of an RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30(I) high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle following a crash in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Tottori Prefecture. The incident, which occurred during an active operational flight on September 15, reduces Japan’s strategic high-altitude surveillance inventory

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Japan Air Self-Defense Force RQ-4B Global Hawk stationed at Misawa Air Base

General Atomics Unveils Wildfire UAS: Low-Cost Mass for Contested Airspace

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For nearly three decades, medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed aviation followed a predictable trajectory: higher unit costs, longer development cycles, and increasingly exquisite sensor payloads. The MQ-9A Reaper and MQ-9B SkyGuardian proved indispensable in permissive environments, but modern contested air defense networks turned high-cost, single-digit production airframes into operational liabilities. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has

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General Atomics Wildfire Unmanned Aerial System concept render

Taiwan Signs $847M Deal for 2,000 Anduril Altius Loitering Munitions

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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence has formalized an NT$26.9 billion (approximately $847 million) contract with the United States to procure over 2,000 tube-launched loitering munitions and reconnaissance drones from Anduril Industries. The procurement covers 1,554 Altius-700M strike platforms and 478 Altius-600 ISR surveillance airframes, anchoring Taipei’s transition toward low-cost, high-density asymmetric denial in the Taiwan

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Anduril Altius-700M tube-launched loitering munition system

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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