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1747 articlesRafael's Iron Beam laser air defense system deployed by IDF disrupts missile-based air defense economics with sub-$10 cost-per-shot, reshaping global C-UAS procurement and competitive positioning.
Saab and GA-ASI complete first flight of LoyalEye, integrating airborne early warning radar onto the MQ-9B Sky Guardian unmanned platform, shifting AEW from crewed to attritable systems.
Smart Shooter's SMASH 2000LE fire control system achieves cross-branch U.S. military adoption, signaling a pathway to program-of-record status and validating AI-enabled counter-drone capability under operational conditions.
Ukraine deploys Dutch AI autonomous target-tracking software on Wovkulaka Spitfire interceptor drones against Russian Shahed swarms, marking NATO's first live AI-in-weapons deployment in active conflict.
USAF requests $986M in FY2027 budget for first Collaborative Combat Aircraft procurement, with production downselect between Anduril and General Atomics expected by end of 2026.
Pentagon's $54B Defense Autonomous Warfare Group budget consolidation reshapes defense robotics market; Iron Beam, Anduril, and Saronic wins signal structural shift in autonomous systems procurement.
A German firm called CiS claims to have built the world's first fully automatic naval drone launch system, but corporate verification remains elusive across all standard evaluation dimensions.
Weekly drone conflict assessment tracking 1,437 attack events globally, with Ukraine and Russia accounting for 91% of tempo. Analyzes extended-range strike doctrine evolution and C-UAS developments.
Royal Navy First Sea Lord declares hybrid crewed-uncrewed fleet doctrine as structural necessity, not supplement, signaling major procurement shift toward autonomous systems.
U.S. Navy awards Austin-based Saronic Technologies a $392M production contract for Corsair autonomous surface vessels, marking a major inflection for the MUSV program and establishing the startup as a program-of-record vendor.