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DJI FlyCart 100: LiDAR‑equipped delivery drone with 100‑kg payload and parachute recovery

DJI has launched the FlyCart 100, its most advanced delivery drone to date, featuring LiDAR sensing, an emergency parachute and a 100‑kg payload capacity. The platform is positioned for heavy‑lift commercial delivery missions, expanding capabilities for last‑mile and middle‑mile logistics.

2025-12-04T18:03:53.652650-08:00

politico.eu

EU to monitor drug traffickers from space and drones under new five‑year strategy

2025-12-04T06:24:44.198743-08:00

Flying Magazine

Wing and Walmart launch drone deliveries in Atlanta, promising sub‑5‑minute flights

2025-12-03T11:58:05.043999-08:00

Aviation Week

Archer inks exclusive deal with Karem to integrate military‑grade tiltrotor tech into next‑gen dual‑use VTOL

2025-12-02T10:53:08.137819-08:00

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The War Zone

Ukrainian F-16s spotted fitted with APKWS II laser-guided rockets effective against drones Photos show Ukrainian F-16s equipped with external sighting containers and APKWS II laser-guided rockets, enabling laser-guided or beam-corrected strikes. APKWS delivers a low-cost, high-volume counter to swarming drones and some cruise missiles, addressing a critical short-range air-defence gap.

2025-12-05T13:06:18.879506-08:00

Ukrainian F-16s spotted fitted with APKWS II laser-guided rockets effective against drones

tectonicdefense.com

Croatia’s Orqa FPV scales annual production to 280,000 drones Orqa FPV, a Croatian drone manufacturer, has ramped production to 280,000 units annually. The move positions Croatia as an unexpected European defence-tech manufacturing centre and signals a rapid build-out of private-sector capacity for small unmanned aircraft across civil and defence markets.

2025-12-05T08:31:52.277637-08:00

Croatia’s Orqa FPV scales annual production to 280,000 drones

The Aviationist

Boeing completes QF-16 program with delivery of 127th and final target drone to USAF Boeing has delivered the 127th — and, under current plans, final — QF-16 full‑scale aerial target to the U.S. Air Force, closing a roughly 15‑year conversion programme that transformed retired F‑16 fighters into optionally‑piloted target drones for live‑fire training.

2025-12-05T07:11:33.950624-08:00

Boeing completes QF-16 program with delivery of 127th and final target drone to USAF

AeroTime

French forces fire on unidentified drones over Île Longue nuclear submarine base; military launches probe French security forces fired on unidentified drones detected over Île Longue, the country’s nuclear submarine base off Brittany, and have opened a military investigation into the incursions. Officials say the devices were engaged over the site; details on damage, origin and intent remain under inquiry.

2025-12-05T04:42:31.365411-08:00

French forces fire on unidentified drones over Île Longue nuclear submarine base; military launches probe

Reuters

Airbus and Saab in talks to develop unmanned combat aircraft technologies Saab and Airbus are in talks to co‑operate on unmanned combat aircraft technologies, senior executives told Reuters. The discussions underscore surging European interest in combat drones and reflect shifting defence‑industry alliances as OEMs race to field advanced autonomous strike capabilities.

2025-12-05T02:44:04.289240-08:00

Airbus and Saab in talks to develop unmanned combat aircraft technologies

FlightGlobal

UK MoD eyes hundreds of millions to fund two Proteus uncrewed demonstrators for Royal Navy 700X squadron UK defence procurement officials are considering committing hundreds of millions of pounds to develop two Proteus uncrewed concept demonstrators for the Royal Navy’s 700X Naval Air Squadron, funding industrial work to mature designs and prepare the platforms for forthcoming trials and carrier experimentation.

2025-12-05T01:47:29.107758-08:00

UK MoD eyes hundreds of millions to fund two Proteus uncrewed demonstrators for Royal Navy 700X squadron

South China Morning Post

China's Moyujian armed UAV completes live‑fire high‑altitude plateau tests at AERO Asia At AERO Asia in Zhuhai the developer said the Moyujian armed UAV completed live‑fire target tests on a high‑altitude plateau, conducting missile firings above 4,000 metres. The company presented the trials as validation of the drone's combat capability in high‑altitude environments.

2025-12-04T18:18:47.925199-08:00

China's Moyujian armed UAV completes live‑fire high‑altitude plateau tests at AERO Asia

AeroTime

DJI FlyCart 100: LiDAR‑equipped delivery drone with 100‑kg payload and parachute recovery DJI has launched the FlyCart 100, its most advanced delivery drone to date, featuring LiDAR sensing, an emergency parachute and a 100‑kg payload capacity. The platform is positioned for heavy‑lift commercial delivery missions, expanding capabilities for last‑mile and middle‑mile logistics.

2025-12-04T18:03:53.652650-08:00

DJI FlyCart 100: LiDAR‑equipped delivery drone with 100‑kg payload and parachute recovery

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