4+ hour ago  (833+ words) The Pentagon has announced eleven winners for Gauntlet Phase I, publishing a leaderboard based on a combination of industrial capacity and readiness assessments, mission performance evaluations, and user ratings generated by the soldiers who operated the systems following a short…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1536+ words) Robinson Helicopter's launch of Robinson Unmanned signals an effort to address that challenge. The company is combining the modular drone designs developed by Ascent AeroSystems with Robinson's long history in helicopter manufacturing. The goal is to build a family of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (677+ words) Prepared testimony from Owen West, Senior Advisor for Drone Dominance; program manager Travis Metz; and Major General Steven Marks, Director of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG), showed that DDP is not simply a rapid-fielding initiative, but an instrument of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (462+ words) JIATF-401, FAA Complete Counter-Drone Laser Tests at White Sands'Inside Unmanned Systems Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) and the Federal Aviation Administration completed a two-day high-energy laser test campaign at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, held March 78, aimed at advancing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (687+ words) On January 1st, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) assumed responsibility for rapidly transitioning Blue List UAS certification into an NDAA-compliant marketplace compatible with the DoD's "Unleashing U.S. Drone Dominance" directive." In an exclusive,"Air Force Col. Dustin Thomas, the agency's commander,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (287+ words) The initiative is built around what partners are calling the Vantis Federal Radar Data Enclave " a secure integration point between Federal Aviation Administration radar feeds and North Dakota's statewide UAS infrastructure. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site in Grand Forks…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (565+ words) American Robotics" Optimus platform joins the DCMA Blue UAS Cleared List, confirming NDAA-compliant supply chain and 24/7 autonomous operations for... - Inside Unmanned Systems News Magazine American Robotics" Optimus platform joins the DCMA Blue UAS Cleared List, confirming NDAA-compliant supply chain and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (426+ words) Michigan's National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) has been selected by federal defense officials as a key national training site for advanced uncrewed aerial systems, according to a new announcement from the Michigan House of Representatives and follow-on statements from congressional…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (720+ words) JIATF 401 Offers Low-Cost Framework to Harden Sites Against Small UAS'Inside Unmanned Systems New "Harden, Obscure, Perimeter" framework translates battlefield lessons into low-cost, non-technical defenses for stadiums, bases and public facilities ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (339+ words) The Pentagon has named 25 companies invited to compete in Phase I of its new Drone Dominance Program (DDP), an acquisition effort designed to rapidly field low-cost, one-way attack drones at scale. The Phase I evaluation event'nicknamed "the Gauntlet'will begin 18 February…...