Global Spotlights
The Israeli defense forces will form a Robotic corps
The Israeli defence forces (IDF) will form a dedicated robotic corps that will perform a long list of missions in combat. Lt. General Eyal Zamir, the Chief of Staff of...Read More
Auterion and Skyfall to Ship 50,000 Shrike Strike Drones to Ukraine’s Front Lines
Partnership equips Skyfall’s Shrike with Auterion’s Skynode S and Strike software, delivering terminal guidance today and a software path to swarming KYIV, Ukraine — July 13, 2026 — Auterion and...Read More
Voyager Awarded $298M NASA Contract Under Completed Astrobotic Acquisition
Milestones Position Voyager as a Fully Integrated Commercial Lunar Platform DENVER—July 13, 2026—Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology, Inc. The close comes as NASA recently...Read More
South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute Uses Drones to Save Lives
Wildfires continue getting worse. Globally, fire seasons grow longer, burn hotter and reach terrain that ground crews simply cannot access in time. For South Korea, a country where nearly 70...Read More
Joint Israeli-American Anti-Swarm Program
The effort to develop and validate counter swarm systems continues. Israel- U,S company Skapion is developing a mobile, end-to-end counter-swarm defense system designed to detect, engage and neutralize large-scale drone...Read More
BVLOS in Energy: What Operators Are Doing Now and How They’re Preparing for What’s Next
The pathway to routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations in the energy sector is no longer a question of whether, but of how. The gap between where...Read More
Commercial UAV Expo Debuts DRONERESPONDERS Program Management Course, Unveils Public Safety Summit Program
New two-day program manager training joins the Public Safety Summit’s agenda spanning Drone as First Responder, fire service, crash-scene applications, and shared-airspace operations, plus a two-part session on counter-UAS lessons...Read More
Beyond Cope and Avoid: TruWeather’s Mission to Anticipate and Exploit Low-Altitude Weather
Drones and advanced air mobility (AAM) will not scale on aircraft performance alone. They will scale when operators can trust the airspace below 5,000 feet with the same confidence that...Read More
Echodyne Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Meet Surging Global Demand for Advanced MESA® Radar
New Washington State facility provides capacity to manufacture more than 30,000 radars annually, strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base KIRKLAND, Wash. – July 9, 2026 – As governments around the world...Read More
Energy Sector Robotics Reaches Inflection Point: Scale or Stall
At the 10th Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit (EDRS), a panel of senior asset owners from Chevron, Shell, Devon Energy, Imperial Oil, and Dow Chemical, led by Suzanne Lemieux,...Read More