Zipline and Uber Technologies, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership, which aims to scale drone delivery across the United States. Uber and Zipline are partnering to bring drone delivery to millions of Americans on Uber Eats. Continue reading
Rheinmetall Launches New Containerized Loitering Munition from Moving Truck
Rheinmetall has successfully launched its FV-014 loitering munition system from the Containerized Missile Launcher, a modular multi launcher for guided missiles and loitering munitions. Both the Containerized Missile Launcher and the FV-014 loitering munition system are in-house developments. Continue reading
Swiss Researchers Invent Sound Powered Micro-Drones
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have invented small drones that use sound waves as fuel to power through air and on water. Continue reading
Decoy Drone Tricks Enemy Radar into Seeing a Target 20 Times Larger
An unmanned aircraft equipped with a microwave retroreflector, a device that bounces radar signals back with the strength of an object roughly twenty times its actual size, is designed to make one radar blip look like a genuine incoming strike drone. Continue reading
Presidential Proclamation Adjusts Imports of UAS and Components into the USA
On 13 August 2026, the President issued a Section 232 proclamation adjusting imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS components, stating that such imports “threaten to impair the national security of the United States.”
US Centcom Launches Multinational Attack Drone Task Force
The U.S. Central Command announced efforts to establish the first multidomain, multinational attack drone task force on August 13.
UGV Drone Base Launches Aerial Assets on the Move
A partnership between two US firms is creating a mobile autonomous platform that allows drones to launch, recover, and continue operating without stopping or requiring human intervention. Continue reading
West Point Cadet Collaborates with Army Engineers to Advance UAS Defeat Algorithms
As the threat of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) continues to evolve on the modern battlefield, the U.S. Army is looking to its future leaders for innovative solutions. In a unique collaborative effort, a cadet from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has partnered with Army engineers to develop alternative engagement algorithms designed to optimize UAS defeat.