LiveU and Airwise Partner to Advance Drone-Powered Public Safety Situational Awareness

LiveU and Airwise have announced a strategic partnership to provide an integrated drone operations and live video solution for public safety agencies, combining UAS fleet management, airspace awareness, video distribution and resilient wireless connectivity within a unified operational architecture. The partnership is designed to improve drone public safety situational awareness by connecting Airwise's flight and fleet management capabilit...

Teledyne FLIR Launches Prism A-ISR AI Software for Drone Detection and Air-to-Ground Tracking

Teledyne FLIR OEM has launched Prism A-ISR, a new embedded software module designed to provide AI-enabled air-to-ground object detection, classification and tracking for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The software is intended for uncrewed aircraft systems and other aerial ISR platforms and processes passive midwave infrared, longwave infrared and visible electro-optical sensor data in real time. Teledyne ...

A2Z Drone Delivery Selected for Indonesia UAS Delivery Trials

A2Z Drone Delivery has been selected by Grab and SKYY Network as the drone technology partner for an operational food delivery pilot in Bali, Indonesia. The program is using A2Z's Longtail Dual aircraft, AirDock infrastructure and CloudOS software to evaluate how autonomous drone delivery can complement existing ground-based logistics. The proof-of-concept connects Café del Mar Bali with Nuanu Creative City and represents what the companies ...

XMX Defense Expands U.S. Drone and UAS Operations with New North Texas Facility

XMX Defense has begun establishing new unmanned aircraft operations at Mineral Wells Regional Airport in North Texas, marking the start of a facility expansion that will support UAS assembly, integration, engineering, maintenance, training and flight operations. The American defense technology company marked the beginning of its Mineral Wells presence with an October 3 groundbreaking ceremony attended by company leadership, state and local ...

FAA Invests in Drone and UAS Research to Advance Safe Airspace Integration

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $12 million to 19 drone research and testing projects focused on safely expanding unmanned aircraft operations within the National Airspace System. The awards were made through the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Broad Agency Announcement Program, which connects companies and research organizations with FAA-designated UAS Test Sites to evaluate technologies supporting drone integration. FAA ...

GeoCue Expands Drone LiDAR Network with Maverick as TrueView and LP360 Distribution Partner

GeoCue has added Maverick as its newest distribution partner for TrueView aerial LiDAR systems and LP360 geospatial processing software, expanding the company's sales, training and technical support network across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The partnership will provide surveying, engineering, construction, infrastructure and other geospatial customers with access to an integrated GeoCue TrueView LiDAR workflow covering aerial data ...

GA-ASI and SoftBank Demonstrate UAS Communications System for Disaster Relief Operations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a successful flight test using its MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) featuring a new communications payload developed by SoftBank Corp., a major Japanese telecommunications and technology operator. The Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) communications pod can be used for disaster relief and recovery communications in areas where cellular service is not available. The pod was ...

Microcon Unveils MICRO-D Lightweight EO/IR Laser Designator Payload for Drones and UAS at AUSA 2026

Microcon Vision has unveiled the MICRO-D, a new lightweight multi-sensor EO/IR payload that combines intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities with laser target designation for small drones and other lightweight airborne platforms. Weighing 1.9 kg, the MICRO-D EO/IR drone payload integrates seven sensors and functional channels, including day and thermal imaging, target tracking and a 30mJ laser target designator. Microcon ...

DoorDash Air Launches Drone Delivery System for Local Business and Last-Mile Logistics

DoorDash today unveiled its purpose-built autonomous aircraft powered by DoorDash Air, and outlined plans for an end-to-end drone delivery system with infrastructure and delivery orchestration designed to scale for all local businesses. Pilot drone deliveries will begin in Northern California in partnership with national restaurant brands including Chipotle and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen®. Building from the Ground Up Our drone delivery ...