JIATF-401 and NORAD-NORTHCOM Establish Permanent Counter-UAS Test Lanes After Falcon Peak 26.2

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has concluded Falcon Peak 26.2 at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, completing a counter-UAS operational experimentation exercise conducted in support of U.S. Northern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Border. The exercise evaluated emerging counter-unmanned aircraft systems alongside operational warfighters and interagency partners and established permanent counter-UAS testing and evaluation lanes at ...

September 28, 2026

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Royal Saudi Navy Moves Toward Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV Deployment Following Crew Training

The Royal Saudi Naval Forces have completed a new stage in preparations for operating the Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aircraft, with 30 Saudi naval personnel graduating from training conducted by Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar in Türkiye. Baykar announced on September 25, 2026, that 15 pilot trainees and 15 mechanical and electronic technician trainees from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces had completed AKINCI training at the company's ...

September 28, 2026

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Peraso to Showcase 60 GHz mmWave Technology for High-Speed Drone and UAS Communications

Peraso will showcase its 60 GHz mmWave wireless technology for drone, defense and tactical communications at the 11th Annual UAV Technology Conference in London. The company will demonstrate beamforming and RF technologies designed to provide high-speed, low-latency communications for unmanned aircraft operating in congested and contested electromagnetic environments. Peraso CEO Ron Glibbery will also present on the use of 60 GHz drone ...

September 24, 2026

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Textron Aerosonde UAS Completes First Vertiport Flights in Commercial Airspace

Textron Systems has completed a demonstration with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech in which its Aerosonde UAS flew between two vertiports through commercial airspace. According to Textron Systems, the demonstration marked the first time an uncrewed aircraft system has flown in commercial airspace utilizing two vertiports. The Aerosonde UAS vertiport flights supported the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility Smart Airspace ...

September 24, 2026

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DroneShield Opens Adelaide R&D Facility to Advance Counter-UAS and Electronic Warfare Technology

DroneShield has officially opened a new research and development facility in Adelaide, expanding its Australian engineering footprint and increasing its capacity to develop next-generation counter-UAS and electronic warfare technologies. The new DroneShield Adelaide R&D facility provides dedicated software development and dry laboratory space for engineers working across embedded systems, advanced sensing, communications, software and ...

September 24, 2026

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Joby Completes Historic Fully Autonomous Cross-Country Flight Across the United States

Joby Aviation has completed what the company says is the first autonomous flight across the United States, flying 3,199 miles with no control inputs from the onboard safety pilot. The Joby autonomous flight used a converted Cessna Caravan equipped with the company's autonomy technology and concluded its eastbound journey in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The aircraft autonomously handled taxiing, takeoffs, route navigation and landings while ...

September 23, 2026

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SKYTRAC Marks 40 Years of Advancing Aviation Connectivity and Tracking Technology

SKYTRAC Systems is celebrating its 40th anniversary, marking four decades of developing satellite communications, aircraft tracking and intelligent connectivity technologies for aviation operators. Founded in British Columbia in 1986, the company has grown from an aircraft tracking operation into a global provider of mission-critical communications and connectivity systems. Today, SKYTRAC aviation connectivity technology supports more than ...

September 23, 2026

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Finnish Drone Operator Unveils UAS Compliance Platform to Simplify European Drone Regulations

Flyby Guys has launched Drone Assistant, a regulatory intelligence platform designed to help commercial drone operators determine which aviation rules apply to specific operations, countries and operating conditions. The Finland-based company's new platform addresses UAS regulatory compliance by organizing official regulations and aviation authority guidance into structured information that operators can query using plain-English questions. ...

September 23, 2026

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FQ-42 Vengeance Combat Drone Arrives at Creech Air Force Base for U.S. Air Force Operations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) congratulates the U.S. Air Force (USAF) on the pace of progress for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, which features the FQ-42 Vengeance designed and produced by GA-ASI. The latest milestone took place Sept. 18, when a new FQ-42 Vengeance was delivered to Creech AFB, Nev., to continue operations with test and evaluation units. “The CCA program’s rate of progress has been ...

September 22, 2026

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DroneX 2026 to Spotlight Autonomous Drones and UAS for Europe’s Critical Infrastructure

As autonomous systems become increasingly embedded across critical infrastructure, public services, defence and industry, the distinction between commercial and sovereign capability is rapidly disappearing. Technologies originally developed for infrastructure inspection, surveying, environmental monitoring and public safety are now supporting resilience, security and defence objectives, creating a new generation of dual-use autonomous systems. ...

September 22, 2026