From France to Romania, there has been a clear shift away from expensive, vulnerable MALE UAVs in April towards lower-cost, expendable systems. Hard lessons from Ukraine and Iran have driven this shift.
After months of delays, Rheinmetall has inked a €300 million deal with Germany for its FV-014 drone this week as part of a wider framework contract worth €2.4 billion for loitering munition procurement. Shephard looks at how the as-yet-unawarded funds could be spent.
At DSEI 2025, Red Cat outlines its expansion from UAVs into uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), positioning itself as a multi-domain defence provider spanning land, sea, and air.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
At SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida, Stu Bradin, President and CEO of the Global SOF Foundation (GSOF), underscored the increasing operational demands placed on special operations forces (SOF) as globa...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) will extend a support contract for its current mine countermeasure (MCM) UUVs, avoiding a potential capability gap as it …
Kraken Robotics has successfully completed sea trials of its SeaVision 3D underwater laser imaging system, the company announced on 15 March. SeaVision is an ultra-high …
CCTV-7, a Chinese state-owned military channel, recently showed television footage of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) testing an unmanned Type 59 medium tank. Described as …
Dassault Aviation and Thales are to carry out the French DGA's Man-Machine-Teaming preliminary advanced study programme (PEA MMT), Dassault announced on 16 March. The programme …
Aspen Avionics and Sensurion Aerospace have entered into a partnership to develop certified avionics for UAS and unmanned air-taxi platforms, Aspen announced 19 March. The …
Kinetic weapons are still the best option for intercepting ballistic missiles in their initial boost phase despite recent indications this could be performed by directed …
Endeavor Robotics has received a $9.2 million order from the US Marine Corps (USMC) to deliver additional Small UGVs (SUGVs), the company announced on 15 …
As the US military continuously looks for ways to protect convoys and forward operating bases from enemy UAVs, Raytheon is touting recent successes in shooting …