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US Army Readies Gray Eagle Replacement Race for a Drone That Needs No Runway
The US Army is preparing an RFP for its Group 4+ S/VTOL drone, the planned Gray Eagle replacement. Leaders frame it as…
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AeroVironment Mayhem 10 Launched Effect to Fuse Satellite, Cellular and Radio Against Jamming
AeroVironment is integrating Elsight’s Halo module into the Mayhem 10 launched effect, bonding satellite, cellular, and radio links into one layer as…
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US Navy’s Seahawk Unmanned Surface Vessel Is First to Deploy With a Carrier Strike Group
The Leidos-built Seahawk unmanned surface vessel deployed on October 8 with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, the first US carrier group…
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US Army Bolsters Its Arctic Division With New Logistics and Electronic Warfare Units
The 11th Airborne Division activated its own sustainment brigade at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Oct. 16, 2026, and reactivated an intelligence and…
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US Army Trains Soldiers on LUCAS Kamikaze Drones to Strike Warships and Iskander Launchers
Army commanders used AUSA to explain how LUCAS kamikaze drones will be employed. The 7th Infantry Division trains soldiers to launch them…
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Firm Flying Shahed Drone Stand-Ins Joins U.S. Air Force’s $5.4B Adversary Air Contract
Three small businesses, including drone threat replication specialist KestrelX, have joined the Air Force’s $5.4 billion CAF CAS adversary air vehicle. With…
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US Army Counter-Drone Tests Head to Morocco in 2027 With 180-Day Fielding Goal
The U.S. Army will test counter-drone and force protection systems in Tan-Tan, Morocco, in spring 2027, aiming to put validated C-UAS equipment…
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US Navy Awards Boeing $80M MQ-25A Stingray Contract to Upgrade Carrier Tanker Drone
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a not-to-exceed $80 million IDIQ contract to fund MQ-25A Stingray configuration development, integration, and sustainment through…
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US Air Force F-22 Pilot Directs YFQ-44A Fury CCA Through Simulated Combat Tasks in Flight
An F-22 Raptor pilot directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury through dynamic maneuvers and simulated combat tasks from the cockpit, while the drone’s…
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US Sends One of Its Last Wooden Minehunters to Philippine Maritime Cooperative Activity
On October 14, 2026, the US Avenger-class minehunter USS Warrior sailed with Philippine frigate BRP Miguel Malvar and coast guard vessel BRP…