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U.S. Lawmakers Urge Commerce Department to Probe China-Tied Tech in Drone Sector A consortium of U.S. congressional leaders has formally urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate technology products linked to China across…

Photo credit: The Range Complex Based on reporting by Dan Barkin for Business North Carolina A first-of-its-kind drone competition in rural North Carolina is quietly prototyping how America might finally close its…

An AI-powered Virtus drone from Stark Defence. Photo credit: Stark Defence A German defense drone startup valued at $500 million suffered a catastrophic public failure during October 2025 military trials when its…

Photo credit: Pilot Institute Welcome to your weekly UAS news update, Halloween edition, where scary politicians create scary laws. I have three stories for you this week: The FCC votes on new powers, DJI drone and…

Photo credit: Unitree China’s People’s Liberation Army has rapidly integrated DeepSeek artificial intelligence into military weapons systems ranging from autonomous combat vehicles to drone swarms, according to a…

New AI capabilities and platform upgrades aim to improve accuracy, automation and safety DroneDeploy announced major product innovations at the Horizons 2025 conference in San Francisco. The company says the new solutions will improve how…

Photo credit: Racoon Fireworks Youtube Channel Forget what you thought you knew about drone light shows. Liuyang, China—the place famous for its fireworks—just set a whole new standard. Nearly 16,000 drones lit up the…

Thumbnail Showing Peregreen 3 Drone from Luke Maximo Bell's YouTube Channel Almost one year ago today, I showed my Drone Technology students a video of a young man and his dad working together to break a world record…

“When a major cloud provider sneezes, the Internet catches a cold.” — Mike Chapple, Professor of Cybersecurity, University of Notre Dame said in a CNBC interview A global AWS disruption highlights how deeply drone operations rely on cloud…

New funding underlines rising demand for compact, AI-enhanced counter-UAS systems MatrixSpace has closed a $20 million Series B funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $58 million to date. The Burlington, Massachusetts company…