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The US Navy and the Royal Navy have achieved a major milestone in autonomous warfare, successfully launching a US Mk 48 Heavyweight exercise torpedo from the Royal Navy’s robotic submarine, XV Excalibur. The test demonstrates growing autonomous combat capabilities designed to complement conventional crewed platforms.

BAE Systems is giving its Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) solar-powered stratospheric drone an upgrade under a £15.7-million (US$21 million) contract to install a system allowing it to use energy beamed from the ground.

We've learned a bit more about Lockheed Martin's Vectis Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) as the company unveiled a full-scale mock-up of the aircraft while announcing that production of the development prototypes is expanding to five airframes.

Northrop Grumman has successfully flight-tested a new quantum navigation system aboard its Lumberjack drone. By taking ultra-precise measurements of Earth's magnetic field, the system allows the aircraft to calculate its position without relying on GPS.

General Atomics has achieved another aviation milestone as its medium-class Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) carried out the first short take-off and landing (STOL) on a simulated battlefield before returning to its mission.

General Atomics has unveiled its proposal for the next generation of Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance (MALE) drones in the form of its Wildfire Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS), a lower-cost, high-volume counterpart to the venerable MQ-9 Reaper.

What looks like a sailboard but packs a punch like a warship? Thanks to Saildrone and Lockheed Martin, it's the Saildrone Surveyor Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), which recently fired two Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) during a naval exercise.

What happens when a device becomes so small that there’s no room left for a battery or motor? Scientists have found a way to power tiny devices and robots and make them move by using sound.

The future of Scandinavian military aviation was rolled out by Saab at the Swedish Armed Forces Jubilee Air Show, with the unveiling of a full-scale mock-up of the company's A3-001 supersonic Loyal Wingman autonomous combat aircraft concept.

After a quick reveal earlier this month, HoverAir has revealed full specs for the Versa, a pocket gimbal camera that snaps onto prop-packing wings to fly like an autonomous camera-drone. The novel hybrid has also launched on Indiegogo.

Northrop Grumman has unveiled its Raid Hunter chain gun system, adding a new layer to anti-drone swarm defenses by combining cutting-edge AI sensors, precision-guided ammunition, and a motor-driven chain gun feed firing up to 200 rounds per minute.

Compact camera drones are great for creating action-packed content, but they can't do double duty as a pocket gimbal cam as well. Until now. The HoverAir Versa combines a pocket-sized three-axis gimbal camera with snap-on caged drone wings.