Emily Ryan Miller

Emily Ryan Miller is responsible for covering defense tenders, company statements, and weapons market analytics. As an Editorial Fellow, she brings clarity to complex industrial developments and ensures our readers receive timely updates on key business and procurement trends.

B.E. Meyers set to debut VSLAP-V1 targeting laser at SOF Week

B.E. Meyers & Co. is heading to SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, Florida, with a new high-power laser targeting and illumination system in tow. The Redmond, Washington-based defense technology manufacturer will unveil the VSLAP-V1 at Booth 1153...

Poland takes control of its own radar satellite constellation

Poland has taken operational control of its own radar satellite reconnaissance constellation less than twelve months after signing the contract to build it, a delivery timeline that ICEYE, the Finnish-American company that built the system, describes as...

U.S. autonomous surface vessel joins NATO Arctic exercise in Norway

An American autonomous surface vessel operated north of the Arctic Circle alongside U.S. and Norwegian naval forces this month, as BlackSea Technologies brought its Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft to Arctic Sentry 2026, a NATO enhanced vigilance activity...

U.S. Army adds casualty tracking to unified battlefield picture

Valinor's Harbor platform has joined Anduril Industries' $99.6 million Next-Generation Command and Control contract with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, bringing battlefield casualty tracking and medical supply chain data into the same operational picture that commanders...

U.S. firm DZYNE builds Blitz for affordable mass drone missions

California-based DZYNE Technologies has developed Blitz, a Group 1 expendable unmanned aircraft system designed for mass deployment and swarm operations, announcing the system on May 14, 2026 ahead of its public display at SOF Week 2026 in...

Red Cat’s Blue Ops USV gets multi-orbit satellite link from Kymeta

Red Cat Holdings has partnered with satellite communications company Kymeta to integrate multi-orbit connectivity into its Blue Ops Variant 7 uncrewed surface vessel, announcing the collaboration on May 14, 2026. Kymeta, a flat-panel satellite terminal manufacturer that has...

Romanian firm develops IRON-690 modular support drone

Romanian manufacturer IRUM has unveiled the IRON-690, a modular autonomous ground drone designed for defensive support operations, at the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace exhibition in Bucharest. The prototype was presented at BSDA on May 13, 2026, according...

U.S. Army trains soldiers to fight drones at Alaska base

The U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska is training soldiers to detect, evade, and counter small drones using commercial off-the-shelf aircraft loaded with tennis balls to simulate explosive drops. Donovan Fredericksen, a training...