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Fiber Meets Fire: The Consortium Building FPV Fiber-Optic Attack Drones in North Dakota
By: Dawn Zoldi Drones on the battlefield have already changed the game for aerial combat. Now, a consortium of American defense technology companies hope to change the game for the...Read More
Drones, AI, and the Missing Operational Readiness Link in African Wildlife Conservation
By: Peter Karanja, Autonomy Global Ambassador – Africa African conservation does not have a drone adoption problem. Over the years, drones have been deployed to track wildlife. AI has been...Read More
Japan’s Commercial Space Ascent: SPACETIDE, the Space Strategy Fund and U.S.-Japan GEOINT Cooperation
By: Dawn Zoldi Masayasu Ishida, co-founder and CEO of Tokyo-based SPACETIDE Foundation, took the stage for his first-ever appearance at GEOINT, in front of a room dotted with Japanese colleagues...Read More
Ten Years Of Progress In Energy Drone & Robotics Summit and What’s Next
By: Sean Guerre & Sylvia Ibarra, Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition (Autonomy Global Media Partner) Ten years ago, a small group of energy professionals gathered in Houston with a clear...Read More
Want to Operate In Europe? Pay Attention to the Light Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate (LUC)
By: Joanna Wieczorek and Yves Morier, Autonomy Global Ambassadors – Europe If you operate drones commercially and Europe is anywhere on your business roadmap, you need to understand the Light...Read More
Show Me The Quan! What Small Defense Businesses Need to Know about DoW SBIR/STTR
At SOF Week 2026, Regina “Gina” Sims, Director of the Department of War’s (DoW) Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program Office under the Undersecretary of...Read More
T-REX and GrandSKY: Coming at You Sideways Like a RAPTR
The DoW’s most agile testing engine and the nation’s premier drone proving ground are closing the gap between commercial innovation and battlefield readiness. By: Dawn Zoldi The Pentagon has a...Read More
Crimson Tide Counter-Drone: The Future of Campus Airspace Security
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa boasts an enrollment record of 41,000 students. On any given autumn Saturday, more than 100,000 fans pack Bryant-Denny Stadium, one...Read More
Is Your Tech Vision Crazy Enough? The High Risks, High Rewards Stuff DARPA Cares About
By Dawn Zoldi Stephen Winchell doesn’t run a typical government office. As the 24th director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), he leads an organization that doesn’t just...Read More
Black River Systems’ Ninja™ C-sUAS Platforms Arm First Responders and Defenders
By: Dawn Zoldi The small unmanned aircraft threat that has pervaded the battlefield has also moved far beyond it. From critical infrastructure attacks to cartel surveillance of border patrol agents,...Read More