Funding

North Dakota Facility to Produce NDAA-Compliant Battery Cells for Defense Applications Packet Digital and its subsidiary, Badland Batteries, have announced the receipt of $9.8 million as part of Phase 3 of a U.S. Navy contract aimed at…

Danish Start-Up Develops Advanced Sensor System for Drones By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Innovative Technology for Rescue Operations Marine rescue teams face significant challenges when using drones to locate capsized boats or…

Concerns Over Counter-UAS Protections Ahead of FIFA World Cup By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill (This article is part of a series examining the establishment of new counter-UAS protocols in the U.S. to safeguard high-profile sporting…

Sentrycs Systems to Protect Skies in U.S., Mexico, Canada By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill (This article is part of a series on efforts to establish new counter-UAS protocols in the U.S. to safeguard high-profile sporting events and…

Pentagon Requests $75 Billion for Drones in Fiscal Year 2027 The Pentagon's fiscal 2027 budget request includes $75 billion allocated for drones and counter-drone technology, according to a report by Bloomberg. This budget proposal…

A Danish startup, Sapient Perception, has successfully raised €2 million in pre-seed funding to develop advanced drone sensors designed to enhance aerial surveillance capabilities. The funding round was co-led by Balnord and FORWARD.one, as…

Japan Launches Affordable Wooden Drone for Training A Tokyo-based defense startup, Japan Integrated Security Design Agency (JISDA), has introduced a new fixed-wing drone, the ACM-01 Shiraha, to the Japanese market. Announced on April 14,…

Hyfix Secures $15 Million to Develop Advanced Drone Technology Hyfix Spatial Intelligence, a startup based in Santa Clara, has raised $15 million to create an American-designed system-on-a-chip (SoC) aimed at integrating flight control,…

DJI Pocket 4's Absence from US Market Attributed to Political Factors YouTube creator Cam Mackey recently released a video discussing the absence of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 from the US market. He argues that the situation is influenced more…

Oakland Implements Drone Technology to Combat Illegal Dumping Oakland is set to become the second city in the United States to utilize a DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise drone equipped with artificial intelligence to monitor and address illegal…