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.
Palladyne AI Teams With NORDA Dynamics To Fuse SwarmOS And Ukraine-Proven Terminal Guidance — Aug 28, 2026 — Palladyne AI and Ukrainian-Estonian drone specialist NORDA Dynamics are integrating SwarmOS with NORDA's combat-proven Underdog Autonomy Module to let...Korean Air Partners With Archer Aviation On Militarized Midnight eVTOL For South Korea — Aug 28, 2026 — Korean Air has struck a partnership with Archer Aviation to adapt the Midnight eVTOL for the South Korean military, with the flag carrier handling air...Ukraine's DETECT GROUP Puts A Direction Finder Onto Attack Drones — Aug 25, 2026 — Kyiv-based DETECT GROUP has unveiled SeekLevel, a 200-gram airborne direction-finder that lets FPV drone crews locate Russian electronic-warfare emitt...NORINCO Debuts Fuxi Humanoid For Remote Reconnaissance And Hazard Ops — Aug 23, 2026 — China's state-owned defense conglomerate NORINCO Group unveiled Fuxi, a 90 kg full-size humanoid that mirrors human operators in real time via a domes...Lightning Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beating Bolt at Beijing Robot Games — Aug 23, 2026 — Honor's humanoid robot Lightning ran 100 metres in 9.32 seconds at China's second World Humanoid Robot Games, edging Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation...Ondas' Mistral Wins $50M+ U.S. Army Order For Lethal Unmanned Systems — Aug 23, 2026 — Ondas' defense prime Mistral has secured an additional $50M+ delivery order under the U.S. Army's $982M Lethal Unmanned Systems IDIQ, pushing Mistral'...XTEND Wins Up To $15M NATO Deal Amid Shift Off Chinese Drones — Aug 18, 2026 — Israeli-American AI drone maker XTEND signed a multi-year contract worth up to $15 million with a European NATO member's Ministry of Defense, with $4....HII's Watcher sUSV Wins DIU Nod, Advances Toward Production — Aug 17, 2026 — DIU has officially recognised successful completion of the PRIME prototype programme for HII's Watcher small USV, built with MetalCraft Marine on the...Stratom Wins US Army TALUS Contract For Contested Logistics — Aug 16, 2026 — The U.S. Army has picked a Stratom-led team of Forterra, ND Defense, GS Engineering and Waltonen to build TALUS, a modular autonomous distribution sys...DHS Awards $1.5B Counter-Drone Deal to Anduril, Booz Allen, GDIT and Others — Aug 16, 2026 — The Department of Homeland Security has split up to $1.5 billion in counter-UAS work across 14 vendors including Anduril, Booz Allen, GDIT, Fortem, D-...Hanwha Wins South Korea's First Military UGV Mass-Production Deal — Aug 16, 2026 — South Korea has awarded Hanwha Aerospace its first mass-production contract for a multipurpose military robot, selecting the Arion-SMET UGV for the Ar...Pentagon Hands Palantir Up To $244M Sole-Source In Feinberg Memo — Aug 15, 2026 — A Defense Department memo directs agencies to spend as much as $243.9M on Palantir software with no competition through March 2027 — and hunt for more...US Army Picks Six UGV Makers For Infantry Last Tactical Mile Program — Aug 13, 2026 — The U.S. Army awarded prototype OT agreements to Overland AI, Forterra, American Rheinmetall, HDT Global, Hendrick Motorsports, and Maren-Go to build...Ondas Wins Israel MoD 'Digital Bat' Tender For Next-Gen Attack Drones — Aug 13, 2026 — Israel's Ministry of Defense picked Ondas over Elbit and Rafael for its multi-million-dollar 'Digital Bat' program to design and produce the IDF's nex...Pentagon Task Force To Field Counter-Drone Defenses At Top 46 U.S. Sites — Aug 13, 2026 — JIATF-401 director David Bagnati says the Pentagon has begun procurement to add counter-UAS defenses at the top 46 U.S. installations on a global prio...Marines Fly VXE30 Stalker As FPV Drone Truck For Neros Archer Strikes — Aug 13, 2026 — Advanced Infantry Training Battalion Marines just flew a VXE30 Stalker as a mothership for Neros Technologies' Archer FPV drone in a live-fire test at...Marines Buy 10 V2X Tempest Counter-UAS Trucks In $19.06M Pentagon Award — Aug 13, 2026 — The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered 10 V2X Tempest mobile counter-UAS vehicles under a $19.06 million Pentagon contract, adding another kinetic layer to...Marines Award Epirus $11M HAVOC Contract To Zap Fiber-Optic Drone Swarms — Aug 11, 2026 — The USMC will bolt Epirus's Leonidas high-power microwave onto its fielded MADIS air-defence vehicles, adding a non-kinetic counter to the class of dr...AeroVironment Locks In $117M Army Order For 82 P550 Reconnaissance Drones — Aug 10, 2026 — AeroVironment has been awarded a $117.3M US Army production contract for 82 P550 eVTOL uncrewed aircraft under the service's Long Range Reconnaissance...US Army commits $400M for AeroVironment Locust laser counter-drone production — Aug 8, 2026 — The US Army has awarded AeroVironment at least $400 million for its Locust high-energy laser system, the Pentagon's first production contract for a di...