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Commercial & Delivery
Ireland's Manna Air Delivery Picks Tulsa as US Base, Plans 1,000 Jobs and 30-40 Drone Hubs
Irish drone-delivery firm Manna Air Delivery named Tulsa, Oklahoma its US base on July 8, 2026, pledging 1,000+ jobs and a 30-40 site launch network within a year, as AUVSI pushes the FAA to finalize Part 108 BVLOS rules.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Pledges $40 Billion for Counter-Drone Wall as Allies Race to Close Detection Gaps
At its Ankara Defence Industry Forum, NATO committed $40 billion over five years to counter-drone systems, drone-operator training, and new surveillance UAVs — including up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritons — in direct response to Ukraine's low-cost UAV war.
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Industry & Contracts
South Korea Unveils First Homegrown Jet Engines Built for Combat and Recon Drones
South Korea publicly revealed its first indigenous aircraft engines — the KTF5500 turbofan and KTP1400 turboprop — at a Changwon ceremony, a bid to break free of MTCR/ITAR-restricted engine imports.
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Commercial & Delivery
Drone Industry's Next Bottleneck Isn't Airframes — It's Battery Cells, and China Owns Them
A July 7 industry op-ed warns China controls 75-85% of global lithium-ion cell capacity and 99% of spherical graphite anode material, just as FY2024 and FY2026 NDAA bans on six Chinese battery makers begin phasing in against Pentagon drone purchases.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Stands Up MCRIG, a Dedicated Command for Small-Drone and Counter-Drone Training
A July 2 MARADMIN creates the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group at Twentynine Palms to standardize Group 1/2 drone and counter-drone training service-wide, backed by an active hunt for team chiefs, SNCOs, intel officers and EW specialists.
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Policy & Regulation
Four NATO Allies Order Up to Five Triton Drones as Alliance Builds a 'Made in NATO' Maritime ISR Fleet
Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway will jointly buy up to five MQ-4C Triton drones to expand NATO's owned maritime ISR fleet, with Rutte calling the deal 'genuinely made in NATO.'
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Tech & Builds
University of Houston's 'Invisible Fence' Algorithm Grabs Control From Drones Before They Crash
A University of Houston researcher has built a Control Barrier Function-based 'safety supervisor' that briefly seizes control of a quadrotor the instant it nears a crash boundary, then hands the drone back its task.
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Defense & Combat
DIU Wants a Cheap, Mass-Producible Hunter-Killer Drone to Replace the Reaper
The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting a low-cost, modular strike/ISR drone to replace the MQ-9A Reaper after nearly 30 were lost in recent Iran operations, with bids due July 23, 2026.
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Policy & Regulation
Florida's Vertiport Funding Law Takes Effect, Fueling State's Advanced Air Mobility Push
Florida's HB 1093 took effect July 1, 2026, letting FDOT fund up to 100% of vertiport projects and granting eVTOL tax breaks as the state races to become a leading U.S. test bed for air taxis.
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Industry & Contracts
Kratos Adds 100,000+ Square Feet to Oklahoma City Plant to Scale Jet-Drone Output
Kratos is expanding its Oklahoma City campus by more than 100,000 square feet to push jet-drone output beyond 165 units a year, backing Valkyrie, Firejet and Taiwan's Mighty Hornet IV programs.
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Defense & Combat
Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway to Buy Up to Five MQ-4C Tritons for NATO's ISR Fleet
Four NATO allies announced in Ankara that they will procure up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones, NATO's first Triton buy, to bolster alliance-owned maritime surveillance in the High North.
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Tech & Builds
DARPA-Backed SYMPHONEE Program Aims to Turn Nuclear Waste Into Decades-Long Drone Power
A Morgan State-led team is building SYMPHONEE, a Strontium-90 radiovoltaic cell under a $3.37M DARPA contract, targeting over 10 W/kg and decades of unattended power for drones and remote systems.
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