Month July 2025

German AI Strike Drones Maker Stark Acquires Berlin AI Startup

German autonomous strike drones startup Stark has acquired a Berlin-based company building autonomous navigation software for drones to boost its swarming capabilities. Two-year-old Pleno creates an AI pilot to turn low-cost quadcopters into autonomous systems that can use vision-based navigation…

Escorting Drone Swarm Formation

Robot swarms provide a robust approach for performing common tasks in which the emergence of collective capabilities outperforms the addition of the individual ones. They are frequently used in surveillance or defence systems where resilience is a must. In this…

Wingtra Launches WingtraRAY

– Wingtra has announced its new drone, WingtraRAY. The only drone designed specifically for surveyors, it breaks down limits that have held them back thanks to waiver-free operations over people (OOP)*, and a wider range of hot-swap sensors. Driving a…

What the U.S. Section 232 Drone Probe Means for the Industry

U.S. Initiates Section 232 Investigation Into Imported Drones: Implications for Industry and Security On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce formally announced the initiation of a Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of importing unmanned aircraft…