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Counter-UAS
Kongsberg Puts Its PROTECTOR Counter-Drone Layer on Dutch JLTVs via Oshkosh
Kongsberg will supply Oshkosh Defense Europe with PROTECTOR RS4 weapon stations carrying its PROTECTOR CUAS software for Dutch JLTVs. Counter-drone capability is arriving as a software layer on hardware the Netherlands was already buying.
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Tech & Builds
Ukraine's 93rd Brigade Runs the First Amphibious Robot Resupply Mission, a 40 km Trip Across Land and Water
Ukraine's 93rd Brigade drove an amphibious ground robot 40 km across land and water to resupply troops in a sector where rivers block ordinary robots. Operators steered it by hand the whole way, and it came through Russian fire. Brave1 calls it the first logistics mission of its kind.
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Policy & Regulation
Ukraine Presses Washington to Sanction Suppliers of Russia's Rassvet Satellite Network, Fearing Real-Time Drone Control
Kyiv will hand Washington and Congress lists of companies supplying Russia's Rassvet LEO constellation. Ukrainian officials warn that a finished network would let Russian forces fly attack drones in real time across Ukraine, and the US administration has until Oct. 18 to choose its sanctions targets.
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Tech & Builds
Russia's Jet-Powered Geran Drones Now Outpace the Piston-Engine Model That Started the War
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia now builds more jet-powered Geran-4/5 drones each month than the original piston Geran-2/Shahed-136 — and the new variant's 600km/h top speed is outrunning Ukraine's existing interceptors.
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Defense & Combat
Japan's First-Ever Global Hawk Crash Cuts Its Surveillance Drone Fleet by a Third
A JASDF RQ-4B Block 30i Global Hawk crashed into the Sea of Japan on September 15, 2026, instantly shrinking Japan's three-aircraft high-altitude surveillance fleet to two.
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Industry & Contracts
Textron and Merlin Unveil an Uncrewed SkyCourier for Contested Logistics
Textron Aviation and Merlin revealed the SkyCourier UX, an uncrewed cargo variant of the Cessna SkyCourier built for autonomous short-field delivery in contested military logistics.
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Tech & Builds
MagLev Aero Wins Dual DARPA Awards to Fast-Track Maglev Drone Propulsion
Boston startup MagLev Aero landed simultaneous DARPA MVP and Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative awards on Sept. 25 to push its magnetically levitated ducted-fan propulsion toward a TRL-6 flight demo.
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Commercial & Delivery
'It's Like a Beehive Up There': Richardson Residents Revolt Over Amazon Drone Noise as Prime Air Eyes 500 Cities
Richardson, Texas residents are logging dozens of daily Amazon Prime Air drone flyovers and organizing against the noise just as Amazon prepares to expand delivery drones to nearly 500 U.S. cities by year's end.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC's '$5 Billion' Drone Manufacturing Claim Mixes Pledges With Real Capital, Filing Shows
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the Covered List drone ban drove $5 billion into U.S. manufacturing, but the agency's own filing counts valuations and five-year pledges alongside cash actually raised.
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Counter-UAS
Fortem Closes $50 Million Series B Led by Lockheed Martin as Counter-Drone Demand Surges
Utah's Fortem Technologies closed a $50M Series B led by Lockheed Martin, which put in $25M in April, to expand Lindon manufacturing and SkyDome deployments as it cites DHS, Army and World Cup work.
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Commercial & Delivery
Hillsborough County Starts Flying Whole Blood to Trauma Scenes by Drone in October
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue showed off its drone whole-blood program Sept. 28 and goes live in October with two ArcherFRS drones covering 70 square miles. The delivery times are projections, and the county has not said what it pays.
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Tech & Builds
Kitemill Pitches a Wind-Powered Tethered Kite as a Persistent ISR Drone
Norwegian airborne-wind-energy firm Kitemill showed Kitewall at DroneX London: a tethered VTOL kite that it says generates 15 kW from tether pull, lifts 20 kg to 500 m and can detach for untethered patrols. All figures are company claims.
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