The Agentic Lair
The Agentic Lair
– Northrop Grumman Corporation is announcing the first six strategic partners who will use its Beacon testbed ecosystem to rapidly test and deliver new autonomous solutions at scale. The initial partners are Applied Intuition, Autonodyne, Merlin, Red 6, Shield AI and SoarTech, an…
– Korean Air and US defense technology startup Anduril Industries have signed a partnership to jointly produce autonomous aircraft in Korea. This agreement, signed on August 7, 2025, follows a pre-existent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed between the…
They heard it would be the aircraft that would finally bring frontline American technology within their reach. It’s 1983, and a group of South Korean defense procurement officials excitedly enters a meeting room to get a glimpse of the Northrop…
As DoD accelerates drone procurement, DIU’s vetted manufacturing marketplace bridges the gap between innovation and industrial scale. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has unveiled the Blue Manufacturing Initiative, aimed at forging direct links between defense technology developers and pre‑vetted, advanced…
Unifly, a provider of UTM technology and part of the Terra Drone Group, has teamed up with Skyports Drone Services for a groundbreaking drone trial in Belgium. The project is one of the first real-life demonstrations in Europe where drones…
Hallowell, ME-based mapping company Blue Marble Geographics will host a free webinar on Thursday, August 21, at 10:00 AM EDT, focusing on bathymetry and terrain analysis with their software Global Mapper Pro. This event, which also serves as the debut…
China’s AutoFlight achieves a world-first with certified heavy-lift eVTOL drone, paving the way for large-scale low-altitude operations. Historic Delivery of Certified Heavy-Lift eVTOL Shanghai-based advanced air mobility company AutoFlight has made aviation history by delivering the world’s first electric vertical…
Three days after the FAA unveiled its long-awaited proposed rule to enable routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations, industry stakeholders are offering both praise and caution. The proposed BVLOS drone rule, published on August 5, outlines a…
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has selected American autonomous drone company Skydio, alongside its European partner COBBS BELUX BV, as part of a new agreement to supply and support small ISR drones across NATO member nations within the Uncrewed…
Russia has introduced a new unmanned aerial vehicle, the MiS-150, a heavier and more capable version of its earlier MiS-35 drone, which reportedly failed to meet expectations on the battlefield. The original MiS-35—a hexacopter equipped with 82mm mortar rounds and PG-7 anti-tank projectiles—was widely promoted by Russian…