Drones & UAVs News
Latest Drones & UAVs news and analysis — 157 articles tagged Drones & UAVs on The Robotics Media.
- Skydio Debuts 100 MPH F10 Lightrunner Fixed-Wing Drone And MegaDock At Ascend 2026 — — Skydio pushed beyond quadcopters at its Ascend 2026 conference, unveiling the 100 mph F10 Lightrunner fixed-wing drone, a robotic MegaDock that launch...
- XTEND Wins USSOCOM Phase III Modular Kinetic Drone Program Selection — — 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...
- Zipline Signs 8-Year Côte d'Ivoire Drone Deal, Extends Reach To 12 Million People — — Zipline has extended its Côte d'Ivoire partnership with an 8-year contract for nine new distribution centers, targeting drone health deliveries for 12...
- US Army Awards $10.64M Contract For Ukraine-Proven Raybird Drone — — 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...
- Tekever Closes $580M Series D At $6.4B To Bankroll Defense M&A Push — — European AI-drone maker Tekever bags a first close of $580 million led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, valuing the Ukraine-hardened surveillanc...
- Amazon Drones Drop Packages Where 10 State Laws Say They Cannot — — Amazon’s Prime Air MK30 is the only U.S. delivery drone that releases packages in flight — a method banned or permit-restricted in at least 10 states...
- Anduril Sweeps DHS' $1.5B Counter-UAS Framework After Track 1 Protest Win — — 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...
- Zipline In Talks For $1B Round At $20B As Part 108 Rule Sits Idle — — Instant-logistics operator Zipline is reportedly negotiating a $1 billion raise that would nearly triple its valuation to $20 billion, even as the FAA...
- Amazon Files Portland Drone Hub In A State That Fought FAA Review — — Amazon has filed a pre-application for its first Prime Air drone-delivery center in Oregon, staking out a Portland site for MK30 launches even after t...
- Zipline Breaks Ranks On Drone Safety, Amazon And Wing Stay Silent — — Zipline became the only major US delivery drone operator to answer on-the-record safety questions this month, disclosing weight, parachute and camera...
- Air Force Sets December Emerald Flag As CCA Drones' First Live Kill-Chain Test — — The US Air Force will fly its YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft at Emerald Flag in December, the first end-to-end live kill chain with...
- Draganfly Wins FAA Section 44807 Nod For Heavy Lift Drone Above 55 Pounds — — Draganfly has secured a FAA Section 44807 exemption that lets its Heavy Lift Drone platform fly commercial U.S. missions above the 55-pound Part 107 w...
- IDF to launch unmanned systems and AI branch by December — — 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...
- Kite Aero Kicks Off Australian Serial Production Of Its Long-Range KITE Logistics Drone In Geelong — — Sydney-based Kite Aero has started serial production of its 240 km-range KITE autonomous logistics drone in Geelong with partner Sykes Advanced Manufa...
- Air Force Names Its First CCA Drones 'Vengeance' And 'Fury', Plans 1,000-Drone Autonomous Fleet By 2032 — — 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...
- Mach Industries Doubles Valuation to $3.7B on $600M Series C Extension — — Mach Industries raised a fresh $600 million in a Series C extension co-participated by Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital and Sequoia —...
- AeroVironment Books Record $1.5B Backlog As Q1 FY27 Revenue Hits $480.5M — — AeroVironment opened fiscal 2027 with record first-quarter revenue of $480.5 million and a funded backlog of $1.5 billion, up 37% year over year, as a...
- DroneXL Launches Public Tracker Of Every US Amazon, Wing And Zipline Delivery Drone Hub — — DroneXL launched a public Drone Delivery Tracker mapping 40 Amazon Prime Air hubs, 368 Wing nests, five Zipline authorizations and eight incidents, wi...
- Textron Wins $85M In Navy Task Orders For Aerosonde ISR Drones In The Pacific — — Textron Systems has landed two Navy task orders worth up to about $85M to fly Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 VTOL drones as contractor-owned ISR services supportin...
- Iran Seizes Anduril Dive-LD Underwater Drone That Had Been 'Dead In The Water' Near Hormuz — — U.S. Central Command says the Anduril Dive-LD that Iran's IRGC Navy claims to have seized near the Strait of Hormuz was an older model that had malfun...