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💥 SOCOM Wants a Drone-Launched Fire-and-Forget Missile

Oct 20, 2025

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💥 SOCOM Wants a Drone-Launched Fire-and-Forget Missile

U.S. Special Operations Command’s SCBDS effort seeks a small, jam-proof, fire-and-forget missile that Group 2/3 drones can carry to enable multiple autonomous strikes.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 Skyborne Unveils Four-Legged “Marksman” Robot Dog with Modular Lethality

Oct 17, 2025

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🎯 Skyborne Unveils Four-Legged “Marksman” Robot Dog with Modular Lethality

Skyborne’s Controller-Operated Direct-Action Quadruped (CODiAQ) blends autonomous navigation with AI-powered targeting to support precise engagements in urban, forested, and uneven terrain.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛠️ US Army Rolls Out Soldier-Built Tactical Drone With Rapid 20-Minute Build

Oct 16, 2025

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🛠️ US Army Rolls Out Soldier-Built Tactical Drone With Rapid 20-Minute Build

The 101st Airborne’s RAID unveiled ABE 1.01, a modular UAS built at Fort Campbell with Blue UAS–vetted, U.S.-made components.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔥 V2X “Tempest” Shoot-and-Scoot Platform Aims to Hit Fast, Then Vanish

Oct 15, 2025

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🔥 V2X “Tempest” Shoot-and-Scoot Platform Aims to Hit Fast, Then Vanish

V2X’s Tempest is a modular mobile-fires vehicle pairing twin Longbow launchers with a precision radar to counter drones and low-flying aircraft.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🌊 Turkey’s GÖKSUR Scores First Sea-Skimming Kill in Live Test

Oct 14, 2025

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🌊 Turkey’s GÖKSUR Scores First Sea-Skimming Kill in Live Test

Aselsan’s GÖKSUR 100-N system achieved its first live intercept of a sea-skimming target, using an imaging-infrared seeker to hit a drone just above wave-tops at ~11 km range during the trial.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🧠 Anduril Debuts “Eagle Eye” Modular, AI-Powered Soldier Headset

Oct 13, 2025

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🧠 Anduril Debuts “Eagle Eye” Modular, AI-Powered Soldier Headset

Anduril introduced Eagle Eye, a modular head-mounted system with variants ranging from lightweight AR glasses to a fully sealed ballistic helmet.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
📶 Silvus Introduces Chest-Mounted Tactical Networking Node for Dismounted Soldiers

Oct 10, 2025

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📶 Silvus Introduces Chest-Mounted Tactical Networking Node for Dismounted Soldiers

Silvus Technologies unveiled the StreamCaster NEXUS, a rugged chest-mounted tactical networking system offering high-speed data, secure communications, and battlefield resilience under electronic attack.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
✈️ New mid-flight defense mechanism enables drones to fly through cyber attacks

Oct 9, 2025

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✈️ New mid-flight defense mechanism enables drones to fly through cyber attacks

Florida International University’s SHIELD introduces a mid-flight cyber defense that detects and counters attacks on drones in real time, enabling missions to continue during active intrusions.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔥 Anduril and Raytheon successfully test Highly Loaded Grain rocket motor for air-to-air weapons

Oct 8, 2025

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🔥 Anduril and Raytheon successfully test Highly Loaded Grain rocket motor for air-to-air weapons

Anduril and Raytheon completed a static-fire of an advanced solid rocket motor featuring a Highly Loaded Grain configuration.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 Gremsy, Lantronix, and Teledyne Collab on Drone That Processes Its Own Data

Oct 7, 2025

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🤖 Gremsy, Lantronix, and Teledyne Collab on Drone That Processes Its Own Data

Lantronix’s Open-Q 5165RB System-on-Module brings edge-AI compute directly onto Gremsy’s stabilized UAV payloads, paired with Teledyne’s Hadron 640R dual-thermal camera.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎯 Army Awards $982M IDIQ for HERO-120 Loitering Munitions to Mistral & UVision

Oct 6, 2025

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🎯 Army Awards $982M IDIQ for HERO-120 Loitering Munitions to Mistral & UVision

Mistral Inc. and UVision secured a multi-year, $982M IDIQ to supply HERO-120 loitering munitions under the Army’s Lethal Unmanned System program, following extensive trials and surging demand for anti-armor precision effects.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚀 Inversion Unveils “Arc,” A Space-Based Delivery Vehicle For Rapid Earth Delivery

Oct 3, 2025

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🚀 Inversion Unveils “Arc,” A Space-Based Delivery Vehicle For Rapid Earth Delivery

Inversion introduced Arc, an autonomous, reusable capsule designed to deliver cargo—or other mission effects—from LEO to anywhere on Earth in under an hour, aiming to create a new ultra-fast logistics layer from space.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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