The drone war will be won on the factory floor, not just the front line
From FPV drones to autonomous rotorcraft, scale and repeatability are becoming as important as innovation.
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Army can outfit small drones to each unit, but needs the training to do so
“Where we still have some work to do candidly is getting everybody trained at the appropriate level," Col. Gregory Merkl, Drone Dominance director for the Army, said.
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Building the stand-off and stand-in weapons needed for the fight
Threats have changed the range, seeking and attack capabilities necessary to ensure effectiveness.
Drone companies, admin leaders meet for first White House ‘Drone Dominance’ meeting
“The cavalry arrived here to meet your cavalry in private industry to make sure that we are not drone sufficient, from parity, but drone dominant,” Pentagon R&E chief Emil Michaels said.
Under ‘Drone Dominance’ push, Pentagon begins receiving small drones
So far, the department has ordered 20,000 small, FPV-style drones from 10 vendors.
Shield AI tapped to integrate autonomous software on LUCAS drone
The company says it will integrate its Hivemind software on the drones, with plans to demo its swarming capability later this year.
Five companies win DoD’s Drone Dominance small drone ‘Lethality Prize Challenge’
"[The] Lethality Challenge selection gives us a rail-locked pathway to thousands or tens of thousands of unit orders for this product, which has absolutely changed the caliber of discussion we’re having with investors, suppliers, other customers/partners, etc," drone-maker Bravo's Kevin Landtroop told Breaking Defense.
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How the industrial base is responding to Air Force, Space Force needs
Demand signals from leadership are shaping investments in design, engineering and manufacturing.
Army’s digital marketplace for drones is officially open
"Traditionally it takes a long time to fill a requirement, and we have this protracted competition, and maybe you only choose one or two. Now it's you tell us when you're ready," Col. Danielle Medaglia, head of the Army’s project management office for UAS, told reporters here in Huntsville, Ala.
Robinson Helicopter launches unmanned division, envisions next-gen helo drones
The company will absorb Ascent Aerosystems, maker of small drones already invovled in a DoD competition.
Drone Dominance: Pentagon to order 30,000 one-way drones in ‘next few days’
The DoD is about to choose the winners from its "Gauntlet" unmanned exercise and provide successful systems to military units "over the next five months," a DoD official said.
Pentagon picks 25 vendors to show off one-way attack drones in the Gauntlet competition
After military operators fly the drones, the department plans to award deals totaling $150 million.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.