Emily Ryan Miller

The U.S. Army has selected the THOR Group 2 unmanned aircraft system for company-level small UAS requirements, awarding a contract to Mistral Inc. that will put a backpack-portable, fully autonomous multi-rotor drone into the hands of soldiers...

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $335 million contract modification on April 24, 2026, to keep Standard Missile-6 production running. Raytheon Co., headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, received the modification to contract N00024-25-C-5409, exercising options and providing funding for...

Avibras Aeroco officially commenced operations on April 30, 2026, establishing itself as a new Brazilian-owned enterprise with private Brazilian capital built on the strategic assets and consolidated technological portfolio of Avibras Indústria Aeroespacial. The new company designs, develops,...

A Utah defense technology company has launched an autonomous ground vehicle that carries 2,400 pounds of payload, travels 280 miles on a single charge, and exports 38 kilowatts of power to charge drones, run directed energy weapons,...

General Dynamics European Land Systems has successfully demonstrated an acoustic drone detection system on the ASCOD infantry fighting vehicle. This is a passive, vehicle-integrated sensor that locates FPV attack drones in real time without emitting any signal...

An Israeli AI defense company has cleared a major operational hurdle for its drone detection system. Axon Vision, listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker AXN and headquartered in Israel, announced on April 30, 2026,...

A California antenna company has officially announced a High Power Microwave weapon that can fry drone electronics without firing a round, and it is already small enough to mount on an Infantry Squad Vehicle. ThinKom Solutions, headquartered in...

The German Bundeswehr successfully tested AI-enabled drone swarms last week, with European defense technology company STARK demonstrating its loitering munition and command and control software in a live exercise that integrated reconnaissance and strike capabilities into a...