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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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WB Group's Warmate 30 Debuts as a 250km, GPS-Denied Jet Strike Drone Under Poland's Gladius 2
Polish manufacturer WB Group unveiled the jet-powered Warmate 30 at MSPO 2026, a Gladius 2 loitering strike drone claiming a 250km reach and GPS-denied guidance — a sharp break from the rotary and piston Warmate munitions that preceded it.
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Dronetag Feeds Remote ID Detections Into Airwise's Nexus Airspace Platform
Dronetag and Airwise Solutions have linked Dronetag's Scout and RIDER Remote ID receivers to Airwise's Nexus common operating picture, merging drone identification data with radar, RF, telemetry and weather feeds for a fuller low-altitude airspace view.
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EHang's Pilotless Air Taxi Flies Publicly Over Hong Kong for the First Time
EHang's autonomous EH216-S flew its first public demonstration flights at Hong Kong Cyberport under a government regulatory sandbox, with local operator Kwoon Chung already committed to buying 30 of the aircraft.
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Japan Fast-Tracks 3D-Printed Terra B1 Interceptor to Counter Shahed-Style Drone Swarms
Japan's ATLA approved mass production of Terra Drone's 3D-printed Terra B1 rocket interceptor in roughly three months — its fastest drone program ever — after it was the only one of four contenders to pass a Maritime Self-Defense Force test.
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GKN Aerospace Rolls Out Turbojet UAV Demonstrator for Sweden's FMV in Under a Year
GKN Aerospace unveiled a full-scale turbojet UAV demonstrator for Sweden's FMV just nine months after contract award, with engine testing already underway toward an 18-month program goal.
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GAO Says the FAA Still Has No Plan for How Drones Will Talk to Airplanes — Even as the Agency Touts NextGen Progress
A GAO review finds the FAA has no technical milestones for drone-aircraft communication even as its fleet swells toward 1.18 million by 2029, a gap exposed just as the agency published a NextGen fact sheet touting DroneZone, LAANC and Remote ID.
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Old-School Helicopter Beats Drones at DARPA's Lift Challenge
A 13.3 kg conventional single-rotor helicopter from AVIDrone outlifted over 100 exotic drone designs at DARPA's Lift Challenge, hauling 51 kg of cast iron for a 3.84:1 ratio — though no one hit the 4:1 target DARPA wanted.
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DARPA's Lift Challenge Crowns a Helicopter-Style Winner at 3.84:1 Payload Ratio
AVIDrone's conventional-rotor Katana beat out more exotic VTOL designs to win DARPA's $6.5M Lift Challenge, hauling 112.4 lbs on a 29.3-lb airframe — just shy of the 4:1 target DARPA set for the field.
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DARPA's Lift Challenge Falls Just Short of 4x Payload Goal as Avidrone's Katana Tops the Field
Avidrone's single-rotor Katana won DARPA's Lift Challenge with a 3.84:1 payload-to-weight ratio, narrowly missing the agency's 4x target as dozens of teams competed for a $6.5 million prize pool at the Air Force Museum in Dayton.
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A 1990s F-16 Nozzle Comes Out of Retirement: How Refurbished AVEN Hardware Clears Shield AI's X-BAT for Vertical Flight
A thrust-vectoring nozzle that last flew on an F-16 testbed in the 1990s has been refurbished, mated to GE's F110-GE-129E and lit off at Peebles, Ohio — the hardware Shield AI's tail-sitting X-BAT fighter needs to hover on engine thrust, with prototype flight tests slated for later in 2026.
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DARPA's $6.5M Lift Challenge Finals Kick Off in Dayton, Chasing a 4:1 Payload Breakthrough
Roughly 115 teams converge on the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force this week to chase DARPA's $6.5 million prize for a sub-55-pound VTOL aircraft that can lift a 110-pound payload — as one finalist, Jetoptera, walks away over new safety rules.
