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politico.eu • Claudia Chiappa

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

European Commissioner Magnus Brunner unveiled a new five-year drugs strategy directing EU authorities to use satellites and drones to monitor and disrupt transnational drug trafficking. The plan positions space-based surveillance and unmanned systems as core tools to target traffickers and their cross-border networks.

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

Aviation Week

Daher completes first flight of TBM‑based EyePulse MALE demonstrator

2025-12-01T23:19:56.434394-08:00

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politico.eu

EU to monitor drug traffickers from space and drones under new five‑year strategy European Commissioner Magnus Brunner unveiled a new five-year drugs strategy directing EU authorities to use satellites and drones to monitor and disrupt transnational drug trafficking. The plan positions space-based surveillance and unmanned systems as core tools to target traffickers and their cross-border networks.

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

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

Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman unveils Project Talon loyal‑wingman CCA offering Northrop Grumman unveiled Project Talon — a redesigned 'Talon' loyal‑wingman Collaborative Combat Aircraft intended to fly alongside fighter jets into combat. The company spent 15 months reworking the unmanned design after losing the USAF CCA bid and plans to flight‑test the demonstrator next year while pitching it internationally.

2025-12-03T17:49:10.206841-08:00

Northrop Grumman unveils Project Talon loyal‑wingman CCA offering

Aviation Week

DARPA's Lift Challenge Seeks 4x Drone Payload-to-Weight Gain to Reclaim U.S. Leadership DARPA's Lift Challenge seeks at least a fourfold improvement in small UAS payload-to-weight ratios, pushing designs capable of carrying roughly four times their own weight. The competition aims to spur breakthrough airframe and subsystem concepts to restore U.S. leadership in high-capacity uncrewed logistics and commercial package-delivery roles.

2025-12-03T15:29:21.522574-08:00

DARPA's Lift Challenge Seeks 4x Drone Payload-to-Weight Gain to Reclaim U.S. Leadership

Flying Magazine

Wing and Walmart launch drone deliveries in Atlanta, promising sub‑5‑minute flights Wing and Walmart have launched commercial drone deliveries in Atlanta, deploying autonomous aircraft the company says will replace typical 20‑minute drives with flights averaging under five minutes. The rollout is a high‑visibility test of retail last‑mile aerial logistics and operational performance at scale.

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

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

dronelife.com

U.S. Navy tests Meteomatics Meteodrones from moving ships to close maritime weather-data gaps The U.S. Navy has tested Meteomatics' Meteodrones launched and recovered from moving ships to close persistent maritime weather-data gaps. The shipborne drones collected localized atmospheric measurements intended to improve flight and radar performance while enhancing operational safety and readiness.

2025-12-03T09:11:52.720407-08:00

U.S. Navy tests Meteomatics Meteodrones from moving ships to close maritime weather-data gaps

The War Zone

CENTCOM launches Task Force 'Scorpion Strike' to employ Shahed-like LUCAS one-way attack drones CENTCOM has launched Task Force 'Scorpion Strike' to employ the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) — a Shahed-like, one-way attack drone — from regional basing in the Middle East. The force will use LUCAS units currently based in the region to position the platforms for operational employment.

2025-12-03T08:44:18.237819-08:00

CENTCOM launches Task Force 'Scorpion Strike' to employ Shahed-like LUCAS one-way attack drones

The War Zone

Images of Shahed‑136 clone LUCAS sent to Middle East show satellite datalinks and swarming New imagery of LUCAS — a Shahed‑136 clone sent to the Middle East — reveals onboard satellite datalinks and coordinated swarming features, indicating beyond‑line‑of‑sight command‑and‑control and distributed engagement capability. The hardware details elevate the tactical threat profile and challenge existing C‑UAS assumptions.

2025-12-03T08:44:18.237819-08:00

Images of Shahed‑136 clone LUCAS sent to Middle East show satellite datalinks and swarming

FlightGlobal

U.S. Army fields Edge Autonomy VXE30 Stalker into aerial reconnaissance training The U.S. Army will begin operating Edge Autonomy’s VXE30 Stalker this month, fielding the vertical take‑off uncrewed system into aerial reconnaissance instruction courses. The deployment embeds a VTOL ISR UAS into soldier training, providing hands‑on operational experience for tactical reconnaissance roles.

2025-12-03T08:10:23.894629-08:00

U.S. Army fields Edge Autonomy VXE30 Stalker into aerial reconnaissance training

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