Global Spotlights
Hexagon’s Xwatch Safety Solutions and RodRadar Unveil Industry- First Safety-Grade System for Utility Strike Prevention
Breakthrough integration closes the safety gap by automatically stopping the excavator bucket before striking buried utilities during excavation LAS VEGAS, NV – February 23, 2026 – Xwatch Safety Solutions, part...Read More
Radia Appoints Former USAF Lieutenant General Rick Moore as Advisor
Aurora, Colo. | February 19, 2026 (AFA Warfare Symposium) — Radia, developer of the WindRunner, the world’s largest cargo aircraft, today announced that Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Rick Moore, former Deputy Chief of Staff for...Read More
Collaborative Combat Aircraft program progresses through deliberate weapons integration testing
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) — The Air Force has entered the next phase of developmental testing for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, initiating disciplined weapons integration and captive carry...Read More
DAF increases B-21 Raider production capacity to deliver combat capability faster
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) – The Department of the Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corp. have reached an agreement to expand production capacity for the...Read More
Parallel Flight Granted FAA 44807 Exemption, Unlocking U.S. Commercial Operations of Heavy-Lift Hybrid UAS
[La Selva Beach, CA] 2/24/2026 — Parallel Flight Technologies today announced it has been granted an exemption under 49 U.S.C. §44807 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), authorizing operation of...Read More
MD Aircraft Signs LOI for 10 MDA1 Aircraft with Makmor in India
Friedeburg, Germany – February 2, 2026 – MD Aircraft GmbH announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the sale of 10 MDA1 eViatorTM aircraft to...Read More
Europe’s Drone Wall: Software‑Centric RF‑Cyber Core Key to Defeat Commercial and DIY Drone Threats
By: Dawn Zoldi Europe’s proposed “Drone Wall,” now increasingly referred to as the European Drone Defence Initiative (EDDI), reflects the new reality that cheap, commercially available drones that can be...Read More
Portuguese Man-of-War, Reimagined for the Unmanned Age
By Philip Hicks, Autonomy Global Ambassador – U.K. and Middle East A European Turning Point in Naval Design Europe is reconceiving maritime power. Instead of relying on traditional large, crew-intensive...Read More
Epirus, Digital Force Technologies Partner to Develop Non-Kinetic Counter UAS Kill-Chain
Los Angeles & San Diego, Calif—February 23, 2026—Epirus and Digital Force Technologies (DFT) have partnered to deliver a fully integrated counter-UAS kill chain unifying the companies’ respective technologies for detection,...Read More
From Executive Orders to “Drone Dominance”: Washington’s New Blueprint for Drone Power
By: Dawn Zoldi, Col. USAF Ret. As the Air & Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium kicks off this week in Aurora, Colorado, you may find uncrewed systems, autonomy and counter‑UAS...Read More