Spain’s New Stealth Drone Takes Center Stage at World Defense Show 2026 Spain unveils new stealth multi-role drone at World Defense Show 2026 Spain used World Defense Show 2026 to showcase a new stealth unmanned aircraft, underscoring its push into higher-end military dro... stealth Feb 11, 2026
Veronte & Shearwater: Next-Gen UAV Mission Planning - AUVSI Embention links Veronte Ops with Shearwater planning software in UAV workflow push Embention has added compatibility between Veronte Ops and Shearwater Smart Flight, allowing mission plans to move dir... mission planning Feb 6, 2026
The Companies Tapped for the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Push Pentagon picks 25 firms for first round of low-cost attack drone program The Pentagon has invited 25 companies into the first phase of its Drone Dominance Program, a fast-track effort to buy low-cost ... military Feb 5, 2026
New DIU Project Targets Scalable, Containerized Drone Launch and Recovery Systems Pentagon seeks containerized drone launch and recovery systems to scale autonomous operations The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking containerized systems that can launch, recover and refit drones ... dock system Feb 5, 2026
Grid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS Grid Aero raises $20 million to push long-range cargo drone toward first flights Grid Aero has raised $20 million to move its Lifter Lite autonomous cargo aircraft into flight testing this year. The S... cargo Feb 5, 2026
High-powered laser beams could keep drones flying indefinitely Laser power transmission pushes drones closer to continuous flight U.S. defense-backed engineers and private companies are advancing wireless power systems that could recharge drones in midair and sha... power Feb 5, 2026
ST Engineering, Air Inc. Unveil Large Cargo Drone For Commercial Operations ST Engineering unveils 600-kg cargo drone, targets commercial service by 2028 ST Engineering has unveiled its largest unmanned cargo aircraft, sharpening its push into commercial drone logistics for h... cargo Feb 3, 2026
Teledyne FLIR Wins $17.5M Swiss Contract for Black Hornet 4 Nano-Drones Teledyne FLIR wins $17.5 million Swiss deal for Black Hornet 4 nano-drones Teledyne FLIR Defense has secured a $17.5 million contract from Switzerland’s federal defense procurement office to supply Bl... nano drone Feb 2, 2026
AirData expands global access to drone fleet platform with 8 new languages AirData adds eight languages to widen access to its drone fleet platform AirData has rolled out full multilingual support across its drone fleet management platform, making the service available in ei... software Jan 30, 2026
‘One Eye for All Drones’: Ukraine Launches Central Mission Control for UAVs Ukraine deploys Mission Control to unify battlefield drone operations Ukraine has launched Mission Control, a digital service designed to bring all in-service drones under one battlefield management s... command-and-control Jan 26, 2026
D.C. Bolsters Counter-Drone Capability With Web of Sensors U.S. military activates Athena counter-drone network over Washington region The U.S. military has brought a new counter-drone system to initial operating capability in the Washington region to detect ... counter-uas Jan 26, 2026
Around the Commercial Drone Industry: New ZenaDrone, Drones in Archaeology, Zipline Expands Operations ZenaTech unveils surveying drone as archaeologists deepen UAV use and Zipline expands delivery network ZenaTech has launched a new surveying and mapping drone, while researchers are widening drone use... mapping Jan 23, 2026