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4 December

MQ-9 Reaper Gains Smart Surveillance Boost in Breakthrough Flight

Surveillance network tech is an airspace monitoring system, fuses multiple sensor types, tracks cooperative and non-cooperative aircraft, provides real-time airspace awareness, and supports counter-UAS operations.

4 December

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New Airborne EW Platform Lets Forces Spot Emitters in GPS-Dark Zones

Wraith is an airborne EW system, weighs 32 pounds, navigates using visual odometry with multiband global navigation satellite systems, and can be launched by two people in minutes.

3 December

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon Launches $1B Program to Procure 300,000 Attack Drones

The US Department of Defense has initiated a $1-billion program to significantly scale up domestic drone manufacturing.

3 December

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment practice target lock-on against an incoming drone during Project Flytrap at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, June 9, 2025. The Soldiers attached a Smartshooter SMASH 2000L to M4A1 carbine rifles for improved sight picture and accuracy. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elijah Magaña)

Rojoef Manuel

Applied Intuition, SNC Collaborate on Air Defense, Anti-Drone Autonomy

Applied Intuition and SNC have launched a partnership to speed the rollout of mission-ready autonomous air defense and counter-drone systems.

3 December

A V-BAT unmanned aerial system launches aboard Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), Feb. 9, 2024. The V-BAT provides the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable (MEU(SOC)) the capability to increase maritime awareness through utilization of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with the embarked 26th MEU(SOC) is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rafael Brambila-Pelayo)

Rojoef Manuel

India’s JSW Breaks Ground on $90M Shield AI V-BAT Factory in Hyderabad

Indian firm JSW Defence has begun building a new $90-million plant in Hyderabad in partnership with Shield AI to locally produce the V-BAT unmanned aerial system.

2 December

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Turkey’s Catapult-Launched Kamikaze Drone Emerges in New Flight Trials

A new kamikaze drone from Turkish firm Skydagger soared into the air in recent trials, launching from a catapult and showing off its agility.

2 December

Officials of Egypt’s state-owned Arab Organization for Industrialization and China North Industries Corporation sign agreement to jointly produce armed drones. Photo: Egypt State Information Service

Rojoef Manuel

Egypt, China Launch Joint Military Drone Production

Egypt’s state-owned Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and China’s North Industries Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly produce tactical unmanned aerial systems.

2 December

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Germany Experiments With Faster, Smarter Interceptors for Small-Drone Fight

The Kinetic Defence Vehicle is a short-range counter-drone system that uses AI-enabled automation, radar and electro-optical sensors, and layered effectors.

2 December

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New InVeris Tech Preps Troops for FPV-Centric Drone Ops

Fats Drone is a virtual training simulator that prepares troops for sUAS operations, supporting ISR missions, loitering-munition tactics, one-way attack runs, droppable munitions, and resupply drops.

2 December