Global Spotlights
RULEMAKING WATCH: FAA’s Supersonic Aircraft Draft Rule Goes Live!
Last year the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order instructing the FAA to remove the ban on civil supersonic aircraft flight. On July 2, 2026, the agency officially published a...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
Emesent secures $17 million to accelerate autonomous intelligence platform
8 July 2026: Emesent, an autonomous mapping and robotics company, today announced $17 million (USD) in total new funding to accelerate development of its Cortex AI autonomy platform, expand its Aura...Read More
Unlocking a Frozen Force: Why Autonomy Is the UK’s Only Way Forward
The current debate around delivery of the long-delayed UK’s Defence Investment Plan has been framed in overly simplistic terms. Ships versus drones. Steel versus software. Tradition versus innovation. Defence debates...Read More
GeoCue Announces TrueView LiDAR Payload Compatibility with Real-time Robotics Aerial Drone Platforms
New integration gives customers an NDAA-compliant aerial mapping solution backed by advanced UAS technology, TrueView LiDAR and LP360 software HUNTSVILLE, Ala.– GeoCue is pleased to announce that its TrueView LiDAR...Read More
Electra, UrbanV, and Signature Aviation Announce Strategic Collaboration to Unlock New Regional Mobility Ecosystem
Partnership integrates Electra’s regional airplane that can take off and land in 150 feet with UrbanV-Signature’s AAM infrastructure platform, combining next generation vertiports and global network of aviation facilities to...Read More
UNIVITY and TELKOMSAT Future Satellite Connectivity Opportunities
Paris and Jakarta, July 6, 2026 – UNIVITY, a provider of space-based connectivity infrastructure for telecom operators, and Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat), Indonesia’s national satellite operator, have signed a Memorandum...Read More
The SAFER SKIES Act’s Interim Final Rule: What SLTT Agencies and Industry Need to Know
A little over six months after Congress passed the SAFER SKIES Act (the Act), DOJ and DHS have released the rulebook that authorizes state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) law...Read More
Drone Wars: How Cheap FPV Swarms Broke Air Defense in the Middle East and Ukraine
The age of the drone wars has arrived, and every serious military on the planet now watches the same two battle laboratories in Ukraine and the Middle East. From the...Read More
Who Pays for Your Vertiport? Using AIP, AIG and P3 Deals to Turn AAM Plans Into Concrete
You want to be “vertiport ready” when eVTOLs scale, but your capital plan says otherwise. Between grid upgrades, safety geometry and terminal interfaces and Airport Layout Plan (ALP) updates, a...Read More