The Agentic Lair
The Agentic Lair
DJI just dropped a bombshell with last week’s launch of the Mini 5 Pro, and it’s forcing us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about the trade-offs between portability and performance. For the first time ever, a sub-250g drone…
Lockheed Martin’s famed Skunk Works advanced projects division has lifted the lid on a new, higher-end stealthy Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) type drone named Vectis. The unmanned aircraft is designed to be highly adaptable to an operator’s requirements, whether they…
In the Moscow region, the CEO of Umatex Group, the only Russian carbon fiber producer and a key supplier of raw materials for the production of Shahed/Geran drones, was found shot to death. The death of the Russian top manager…
– BAE Systems and QinetiQ have successfully completed synthetic trials to show how unmanned aircraft can operate alongside existing manned aircraft like Typhoon to provide a more cost-effective and flexible concentration of combat air power. The exercise, conducted at BAE…
– Sentrycs has been honoured with the Innovation Award in the 2025 Army Technology Excellence Awards, one of the defense industry’s most prestigious and widely recognized programs. This award, powered by GlobalData’s independent business intelligence, recognizes Sentrycs’ commitment to setting…
– SwissDrones, an advanced aerial intelligence solutions provider specializing in long-range unmanned helicopter systems and Omni Unmanned, the air transport leader serving the oil sector and part of OMNI Helicopters International (OHI) Group, recently completed an offshore Proof-of-Concept trial for an…
DJI Warns BVLOS NPRM Could Exclude Its Platforms — With Big Implications for Users DJI’s Viewpoints: Support for BVLOS, but Exclusion Concerns In a recent Viewpoints blog post, DJI welcomed the FAA’s proposed Part 108 regulation for Beyond Visual Line…
New MOU strengthens Taiwan’s defense ecosystem and builds long-term sustainment for UAS fleets AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a U.S. leader in uncrewed systems, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST)…
DOT, FAA call for proposals for AAM operations By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill The U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA have issued a call for state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments to compete for a chance to…
For many drone pilots, the key spec in a drone isn’t its camera or its flying time. It’s the drone’s weight. Drones under 250 grams are popular for several reasons. They’re easy to transport. They’re typically safer to fly. But…
– Uber Technologies, Inc. and Flytrex, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership and Uber’s first investment in drone delivery, marking a major step forward in the future of autonomous logistics. Expected to begin with Uber Eats pilot markets in the…
Three Polish organizations have formed a strategic consortium to build what they claim is Europe’s first unmanned fighter aircraft designed to combat the growing threat of drones, drone swarms and loitering munitions on the modern battlefield. The industry partners —…
Authorities in Poland have said that two Belarusian citizens were detained and a drone was “neutralised” after it was flown over government buildings and the presidential residence in the capital city, Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said early on…
A game developer who admitted operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire was sentenced Monday to a mix of prison and home detention. Peter Tripp Akemann, 57, of Culver City,…
The U.S. military has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system during multinational drills in Egypt. According to the U.S. Air Force, the 1st Special Operations Wing launched the Edge 130 Blue small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) during BRIGHT STAR…