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Commercial & Delivery
Zipline Asks FAA for 220,000 Texas Deliveries a Day While Shopping a $1 Billion Round at a $20 Billion Valuation
An FAA draft environmental assessment would let Zipline fly up to 220,000 Texas deliveries a day, versus 30,000 under its DFW approval, as Bloomberg reports early talks to raise about $1B at about $20B with Part 108 still unpublished.
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Commercial & Delivery
Commercial UAV Expo 2026 Draws Record Crowd as 100% Drone Tariffs and FCC Rules Reshape the Industry
Commercial UAV Expo's 12th edition drew a record 3,800 professionals to Las Vegas as new Section 232 tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones took effect on the show's closing day.
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Policy & Regulation
Athens Locks Down Southeastern Aegean Airspace to Drones Through October Amid Turkish Incursions
Greece's aviation authority has grounded all daytime drone flights over Karpathos, Kasos and nearby islets through October 31, citing Turkish UAV activity that officials say is probing Greek air-defense response times.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Jets Down a Drone Over Lithuania in a First for the Baltic Nation
Italian Eurofighters flying NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an explosive-laden drone that crossed into Lithuania from Belarus, the first such intercept in Lithuanian airspace and the second Baltic shootdown in 30 days.
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Counter-UAS
Águila Alta: Mexico's Anti-Drone Pact Delivers Zero Results
Three weeks into the joint US-Mexico Águila Alta counter-drone operation at the Tijuana border, Mexico has intercepted zero cartel drones while US forces have downed over 300 this year alone.
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Industry & Contracts
Canada's Drone Marketplace Goes Live With First Contract Awards Tied to Ukraine Partnership
Canada's new Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace issued its first C$50 million in contracts to six drone makers on Sept 10-11, with 30% of the resulting systems earmarked for Ukraine's Defense Forces under a broader C$1B+ bilateral package.
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Industry & Contracts
AeroVironment Guides to $2.1-2.2 Billion for FY2027 as Backlog Tops $1.2 Billion
AeroVironment posted 6% revenue growth in fiscal Q1 2027 and guided to $2.125-2.225 billion for the full year, days after a $464.8 million Army laser-weapon contract and a record fiscal 2026 backlog.
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Counter-UAS
Air Force Wants Cargo-Plane-Launched Drone Swarms That Build Their Own Defensive Perimeter
A new Air Force SBIR topic seeks swarms of autonomous drones deployable from C-130s and KC-135s that transition to coordinated flight and defend a ground perimeter using onboard sensors and encrypted links.
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Defense & Combat
Army Cuts Rafael, Advances Lockheed and Boeing-Anduril to Next Phase of IFPC Increment 2 Interceptor Race
The Army has narrowed its IFPC Increment 2 interceptor competition to Lockheed Martin and a Boeing-Anduril team, dropping Rafael's US arm as the program moves toward a competitive demonstration to fill the air-defense gap below Patriot and THAAD.
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Tech & Builds
Ukraine's Navy Claims History's First Drone-on-Drone Naval Battle in the Black Sea
Ukraine says its Sargan-3000 USV, cued by HUR intelligence, hunted down and destroyed a Russian Orcan-type attack drone boat on September 12, 2026 — the first recorded naval battle fought entirely between uncrewed vessels.
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Defense & Combat
Army Moves TITAN Targeting System Into Production With $192M Split Between Palantir and Anduril
The Army's TITAN ground-station program has left prototyping for full production, with Anduril taking a $65M hardware slice to build eight new mobile intelligence nodes alongside Palantir's software lead.
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Industry & Contracts
Army's 'Amazon-Style' Drone Marketplace Tops $750M in Sales, Now Adding Group 3 Systems
Six months after launch, the Army's UAS Marketplace has moved past $750 million in sales and is expanding from small Group 1/2 drones to systems weighing up to 1,320 pounds, with the UK and other allies exploring access.
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