Uncrewed aircraft now span everything from a two-kilogram inspection drone to a jet-powered combat aircraft flying alongside crewed fighters. AirPro News covers the industrial side of that spectrum: the manufacturers, the military and commercial programmes, the regulators writing beyond-visual-line-of-sight and airspace-integration rules, and the operators building services on top. This page gathers every AirPro News story on UAVs and drones, newest first.
What we watch
- Military programmes. Collaborative combat aircraft and loyal-wingman projects, medium-altitude long-endurance systems such as the MQ-9B and Eurodrone, naval drones, and the procurement decisions and deliveries behind them. We cover the aircraft and the industry, not their use in conflict.
- Regulation. FAA rules for beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, EASA’s U-space framework, remote ID, and the certification of larger uncrewed aircraft for cargo and passenger roles.
- Commercial operations. Drone delivery, infrastructure inspection, agriculture, public safety and the airspace-management systems that let them scale.
- Manufacturers and funding. The established defence primes, the drone start-ups raising capital, and the consolidation between them.
- Autonomy. The software, sensors and detect-and-avoid systems that move aircraft from remotely piloted to autonomous, and the test flights that prove them.
Latest UAV and drone coverage
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Dynamic Aerospace Systems Presents UAVs to Japan ATLA and JSDF
Dynamic Aerospace Systems presented its G1-MKIII VTOL UAV and US-1 multicopter to Japan’s ATLA and JSDF. No contract announced.
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Textron Systems Completes First UAS Vertiport Flight in Airspace
Textron Systems flew an Aerosonde VTOL UAS 150 nautical miles between two Virginia vertiports in commercial airspace.
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U.S. Navy Tests CAMP Autonomous Mission Planning Software
The Navy’s CAMP system converts human mission plans into autonomous aircraft instructions, tested at Point Mugu in 2026.
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Archer Aviation Clears Antitrust Review for Boeing Acquisition
Archer Aviation’s ~$1B acquisition of Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu clears HSR review, on track to close by end of 2026.
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Volatus Aerospace V-Cortex Completes GPS-Denied Flight Test
Volatus Aerospace demonstrates GPS-denied navigation with its V-Cortex AI Flight Controller using only default onboard sensors.
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NASA UTM Architecture Targets Drones and Advanced Air Mobility
NASA expands its UAS Traffic Management framework to emergency response, federal security, and Advanced Air Mobility operations.
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Mojave STOL UAS Demonstrates Dirt Road Operations in South Korea
GA-ASI and Hanwha Aerospace flew the Mojave STOL from a simulated battlefield road in South Korea on September 16, 2026.
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Prismatic Wins £15.7M ARIA Contract for PHASA-35 Power Beaming
BAE Systems’ Prismatic secures £15.7M to integrate ground-based power beaming into the PHASA-35 stratospheric platform.
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Swarm Aero Unveils Gamera UAS to Succeed MQ-9A Reaper
Swarm Aero unveiled the Gamera Group 5 UAS at Air, Space and Cyber 2026, targeting the USAF MMA program with 9,000 nm…
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GA-ASI Opens Dayton Facility to Support FQ-42A Vengeance Program
GA-ASI will open a 22,000-sq-ft innovation hub near Wright-Patterson AFB in Spring 2027 to support USAF uncrewed aircraft programs.
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Poseidon Aerospace Raises $60M Series A for Egret Cargo UAV
Poseidon Aerospace secures $60M Series A to advance the Egret unmanned cargo aircraft, targeting commercial and defense logistics.
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Boeing Wins $552M Navy Contract for MQ-25A Stingray Production
The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing up to $552M to begin low-rate initial production of the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker.
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