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October 8, 2025
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Lockheed Unveils Hybrid VTOL Drone Combining Fixed-Wing Speed With Helicopter Lift

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky has unveiled a new generation of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drones that blend the characteristics of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Known as the Nomad family,...

October 6, 2025
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Procurement & Contracts

Tennessee-Based Firm Wins US Air Force Contract to Build Fuel-Saving UAV Engine

Minco Technologies, a Tennessee-based company, has secured a $13.6 million U.S. Air Force contract to design and demonstrate a fuel-efficient next-generation unmanned aerial system (UAS) engine. The program, known...

October 6, 2025
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Rheinmetall and Milrem UGVs Undergo Field Trials in Japan

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has initiated field evaluations of two European-made unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) — the Rheinmetall Mission Master SP and Milrem THeMIS — as part...

October 1, 2025
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Rapid Smart Masts Power Drone Comms on Ukraine Frontline

Ukrainian technology group 1ms has introduced a rapid-deploy communications system designed to maintain continuous drone connectivity on the battlefield. Known as Smart Mast, the solution features a mobile telescopic...

October 1, 2025
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Serbia Rolls Out PEGASUS Armed UAV as Combat Drone Future

Serbia has unveiled its armed PEGASUS unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), now equipped with the RASH-2M precision-guided munition kit developed in the UAE. Initially designed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance...

September 30, 2025
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Mergers & JV

Baltic Firms Unite on Anti-Drone Systems Against Russia

Latvia’s defense-tech startup Origin Robotics and Estonia’s Defsecintel Solutions have inked a memorandum of understanding to back the European Union’s cross-border “drone wall” project, set to counter repeated Russian...

September 29, 2025
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South Korea’s Hanwha to Deliver Bomb Disposal Robots by Late 2025

South Korea’s military will begin fielding indigenously built bomb disposal robots from Hanwha Aerospace later this year, marking a significant step toward improving operational safety and efficiency. Valued at...

September 25, 2025
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Mergers & JV

Blue Water, Conrad Partner to Develop First-Ever Drone Ship Fleet

Blue Water Autonomy, a Massachusetts-based defense technology firm, has signed a production deal with Conrad Shipyard in Louisiana to manufacture its first fleet of unmanned surface vessels (USVs). Under...

September 25, 2025
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BlackSea’s Latest Modular USV Boosts Payload and Power Capacity for US Navy Tasks

BlackSea Technologies has introduced its Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC), a new class of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) tailored to the US Navy’s demand for flexible, multi-mission platforms. Unlike...

September 24, 2025
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A new partnership between MARTAC and Taiwan will focus on jointly producing Unmanned Surface Vessels.

MARTAC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Confucian, its Taiwan-based sales and marketing partner, and the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to advance unmanned surface...