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Defense & Combat
Britain Buys Tekever's AR5 to Replace Watchkeeper and Fields 1,025 Small Spy Drones Under 'Recce Strike'
The British Army is pairing a GBP400M Tekever AR5 buy to replace Watchkeeper with a GBP16M order for more than 1,025 small ISR quadcopters, the first Recce Strike contracts announced at DVD 2026.
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Tech & Builds
British Army Completes Eight Weeks With a Drone Swarm Test Bed as Dstl Pits Saab's BlueBear Against an Applied Intuition Consortium
Dstl says Phase 1 of its Software Defined Swarms demonstrator produced an eight-drone test bed the British Army has already flown for eight weeks, built from two rival industry options, Saab's BlueBear and an Applied Intuition-led consortium, with no head-to-head results released.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield Plugs AIM Defence's Fractl Laser Into DroneSentry, Giving Its RF-Sensing Stack a Hard-Kill Option
DroneShield has signed an MOU to make DroneSentry interoperable with AIM Defence's Fractl laser, adding a directed-energy effector by partnership. It is a roadmap, not a contract: no dollar value, schedule or customer has been announced.
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Commercial & Delivery
North Dakota Pitches BVLOS to State Aviation Officials as Shared Infrastructure, With CVS and Farm-Drone Demos on Vantis
At the NASAO convention in Grand Forks, North Dakota flew CVS medical-supply and autonomous farm-aircraft BVLOS demos on Vantis, framing beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight as shared state infrastructure while the federal Part 108 rule is still pending.
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Industry & Contracts
South Korea Commits KRW2.16 Trillion to a Home-Built Army Recon Drone, Then Five of 12 Drones Fail at Its Own Defense Ministry Showcase
Seoul approved KRW2.16 trillion for a domestic VTOL recon UAV on 15 Sept; the next day a KAI jet drone crashed at the Defense Ministry's first drone exhibition, where outlets count five of 12 or six of 17 demos going wrong.
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Industry & Contracts
Air Force Names Its Combat Drones Fury and Vengeance, but Anduril Says Production Can't Start Without an FY27 Budget
The Air Force christened the FQ-42 'Vengeance' and FQ-44 'Fury' at AFA, but Anduril says its self-funded Ohio plant can't begin CCA production without FY27 money, and a continuing resolution is holding spending at FY26 levels.
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Defense & Combat
Pentagon's Drone Dominance Gauntlet II Names Perennial Autonomy and Neros Top Performers, Setting Up 60,000 Low-Cost Strike Drone Orders
The Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program posted its Gauntlet II leaderboards: Perennial Autonomy won deep strike, Neros won close quarters battle, and roughly 60,000 low-cost drones will be ordered, with per-vendor quantities still unsettled.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield Fields DroneSentry-X Mk2 on Army Infantry Squad Vehicles 80 Days After Award as JIATF-401 Pushes Rapid Counter-Drone Fielding
DroneShield says DroneSentry-X Mk2 reached initial operational capability on U.S. Army Infantry Squad Vehicles about 80 days after a JIATF-401 award, with three more units planned. Contract value, first-batch size and performance specifications were not disclosed.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Clears DOT to Test Commercial Cell Networks on Drones and Small Aircraft Nationwide Through 2029
An FCC waiver lets DOT's MNAAP program measure commercial wireless coverage aloft using up to 2,000 GA pilots and 200 UAS at a time through Oct. 1, 2029, with results that could shape UAS spectrum rules.
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Commercial & Delivery
Zipline Asks FAA for 220,000 Texas Deliveries a Day While Shopping a $1 Billion Round at a $20 Billion Valuation
An FAA draft environmental assessment would let Zipline fly up to 220,000 Texas deliveries a day, versus 30,000 under its DFW approval, as Bloomberg reports early talks to raise about $1B at about $20B with Part 108 still unpublished.
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Commercial & Delivery
Commercial UAV Expo 2026 Draws Record Crowd as 100% Drone Tariffs and FCC Rules Reshape the Industry
Commercial UAV Expo's 12th edition drew a record 3,800 professionals to Las Vegas as new Section 232 tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones took effect on the show's closing day.
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Policy & Regulation
Athens Locks Down Southeastern Aegean Airspace to Drones Through October Amid Turkish Incursions
Greece's aviation authority has grounded all daytime drone flights over Karpathos, Kasos and nearby islets through October 31, citing Turkish UAV activity that officials say is probing Greek air-defense response times.
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