Defense Systems News Coverage of military robotics and AI-enabled defense technology, including unmanned aerial, ground, and maritime systems, counter-drone platforms, autonomous weapons policy, and defense procurement programs. The Robotics Media reports on contract awards, field deployments, R&D from agencies like DARPA, and developments from defense contractors and dual-use robotics startups worldwide.
Fedorov's 'Army Of Robots' Wants A Humanoid Killing Russians Within Six Months — Sep 27, 2026 — Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov unveils Army of Robots, a defense-tech push aiming to put humanoid combat robots on the Russian fro...UK MoD Signs £400M AR5 Deal With Tekever, Ships Skydio X10 And FOXE-NATO Drones To The Army — Sep 27, 2026 — Britain is buying more than 1,000 reconnaissance drones under a £400M Tekever AR5 deal plus a £16M contract for Skydio X10 and Evolve Dynamics FOXE-NA...US Navy Stands Up Robotics And Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center In Virginia — Sep 27, 2026 — The Navy has opened a new Robotics and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story under Rea...XTEND Wins USSOCOM Phase III Modular Kinetic Drone Program Selection — Sep 26, 2026 — XTEND has secured the Phase III award of U.S. Special Operations Command's Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone program, advancing its XOS-powered Striker, Sc...Army Awards Palantir $48.1M To Modernize Ammunition Management — Sep 25, 2026 — The U.S. Army has awarded Palantir a $48.1 million contract to consolidate nine legacy platforms into a single AI-powered ammunition-management system...US Army Awards $10.64M Contract For Ukraine-Proven Raybird Drone — Sep 23, 2026 — The U.S. Army has awarded Skyeton Inc., the U.S. arm of Ukraine's Skyeton, a $10.64 million contract to deliver combat-proven Raybird reconnaissance d...US Navy Names 5 Tech Priorities, Woos VCs With Co-Investment Model — Sep 20, 2026 — Navy CTO Justin Fanelli lays out five priority tech areas and a "co-investment" strategy that leans on VCs to fund earlier-stage work, then buys at Se...Boeing-Anduril Advance To Phase 2 Of Army's IFPC Mid-Range Interceptor Race — Sep 20, 2026 — The US Army has picked Boeing-Anduril and Lockheed-AeroVironment for Phase 2 of the IFPC Increment 2 Second Interceptor competition, cutting Rafael.Anduril Sweeps DHS' $1.5B Counter-UAS Framework After Track 1 Protest Win — Sep 20, 2026 — DHS added Anduril to Track 1 of its $1.5B Counter-UAS IDIQ, giving the defense-tech firm access to both halves of the framework alongside only BAE Sys...Saronic Wins Navy LCU Contract To Build Landing Craft At Port Alpha — Sep 18, 2026 — Saronic will build a series of Landing Craft Utility vessels for the US Navy at its new Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas — its first traditio...IDF to launch unmanned systems and AI branch by December — Sep 16, 2026 — Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told commanders that Israel's military will stand up a dedicated branch for robotics, drones and AI-driven warfare by Hanukk...Air Force Names Its First CCA Drones 'Vengeance' And 'Fury', Plans 1,000-Drone Autonomous Fleet By 2032 — Sep 15, 2026 — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink used the AFA Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 14 to officially christen General Atomics' FQ-42A 'Vengeance' and A...Pentagon Sets 'GroundBreaker 1' UGV Demo For October Amid Robot Race — Sep 11, 2026 — The Defense Department will run its first joint UGV showdown at Camp Grafton, North Dakota in October, letting six vendors run Overland AI, HDT, Ameri...AeroVironment Books First-Ever US Laser Weapon Production Deal With $464.8M LOCUST X3 Award — Sep 10, 2026 — The Army's Enduring-High Energy Laser program moves LOCUST X3 from prototype to sustained production, tapping AeroVironment for dozens of 30 kW counte...AeroVironment Books First International LOCUST Laser Order For $50M+ — Sep 9, 2026 — A landmark direct commercial sale — AeroVironment's first foreign purchase order for its LOCUST laser weapon system — arrives days after the US Army's...Hanwha Unveils Drone-Guided K9 Howitzer Concept At Estonia Users Club — Sep 8, 2026 — Hanwha Aerospace showcased a next-generation K9 concept pairing the self-propelled howitzer with a VTOL fire-guidance drone at the K9 User Club in Tar...Army Awards $192M To Palantir, Anduril For TITAN Production Phase — Sep 4, 2026 — The U.S. Army moved its Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node program into production, awarding $127M to Palantir and $65M to Anduril for eight...Virtuix To Demo AI Counter-Drone Trainer To US Army At Maneuver Warfighter Conference — Sep 3, 2026 — Virtuix (Nasdaq: VTIX) will demo its AI-enabled Counter-UAS Personnel Trainer, built on Omni One with LeadTech, to US Army and Joint leaders at the Ma...AITAN Bags $41M To Sell 'Robotic Sovereignty' To Allied Militaries — Sep 3, 2026 — Israeli defense-tech AITAN, formerly eyesAtop, closed a $41M round co-led by Deep33 and Dell Technologies Capital to scale its AI drone-coordination s...Critical Materials Group Raises $10.3M To Automate US Munitions Production — Sep 2, 2026 — Texas-based CMG closed a $10.3 million seed round led by Overmatch Ventures to build modular, automation-ready energetics factories and add surge capa...