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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.
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.
Turkey's 100-unit naval drone swarm contract across three domestic vendors signals sovereign industrial strategy and doctrine shift toward expendable autonomous maritime strike platforms.
Ukraine develops low-cost interceptor missiles ($10K–$50K) to counter Russian Shahed drones, inverting the cost-exchange ratio that favored Moscow's $20K–$50K attack drones.
U.S. Air Force confirms three parallel autonomous strike programs—Anduril Fury, AEVEX Disruptor, DZYNE IonStrike—as MQ-9 losses in Iran drive shift toward cheaper, expendable platforms.
Packet Digital secures $9.8M Navy SBIR Phase 3 contract for NDAA-compliant UAS battery manufacturing, but commercial viability remains unproven beyond defense procurement.