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

Archer Aviation announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft to access Karem's military‑grade rotor and optimum‑speed tiltrotor technologies for integration into Archer's next‑generation autonomous, hybrid‑propulsion dual‑use VTOL. The deal accelerates development of a platform tailored for both commercial eVTOL and defense/missionized applications.

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

FlightGlobal

Baykar Kizilelma UCAV records claimed world‑first BVR air‑to‑air kill with Gökdoğan

2025-11-30T20:42:49.786021-08:00

AINonline

UK tightens drone marketing rules — manufacturers and operators must adjust

2025-11-30T16:30:55.235416-08:00

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DroneXL

New Jersey's Unresolved Drone Sightings Raise Airspace Safety and Detection Questions More than a year after multiple unidentified drone sightings over New Jersey, authorities have not resolved the incidents, leaving persistent questions about detection, attribution and airspace safety — and the efficacy of current detection and counter‑UAS capabilities protecting commercial flight paths and civil infrastructure.

2025-12-02T12:24:11.120893-08:00

New Jersey's Unresolved Drone Sightings Raise Airspace Safety and Detection Questions

Aviation Week

Archer inks exclusive deal with Karem to integrate military‑grade tiltrotor tech into next‑gen dual‑use VTOL Archer Aviation announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft to access Karem's military‑grade rotor and optimum‑speed tiltrotor technologies for integration into Archer's next‑generation autonomous, hybrid‑propulsion dual‑use VTOL. The deal accelerates development of a platform tailored for both commercial eVTOL and defense/missionized applications.

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

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

Aviation Week

North Korea unveils MQ‑9‑like MALE UAS and Taurus‑style air‑launched cruise missile at air force anniversary At its 80th Air Force anniversary at Kalma Airfield, North Korea publicly displayed a new MALE UAS—visually similar to the MQ‑9 and reportedly derived from the Saebyeol‑9 family—and a new air‑launched cruise weapon with visual features resembling South Korea’s Taurus, shown alongside Su‑25 fighters.

2025-12-02T09:10:42.831688-08:00

North Korea unveils MQ‑9‑like MALE UAS and Taurus‑style air‑launched cruise missile at air force anniversary

FlightGlobal

Leonardo's Proteus AW09-based crewless helicopter completes ground runs ahead of Royal Navy flight trials Leonardo's Proteus — an AW09-based remotely piloted helicopter developed in Yeovil for the UK Royal Navy — has completed initial engine, rotor and ground-run tests, clearing the way for imminent flight trials as the service evaluates uncrewed rotary platforms.

2025-12-02T08:07:19.376417-08:00

Leonardo's Proteus AW09-based crewless helicopter completes ground runs ahead of Royal Navy flight trials

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CX2 unveils Wraith RF-detection system Electronic warfare is an increasing focus across defense programs. CX2 has unveiled Wraith, an RF-detection system intended to identify and locate radio-frequency emissions, marking the company's entry into RF sensing and adding a new offering to the electronic-warfare supplier base.

2025-12-02T07:22:58.040759-08:00

CX2 unveils Wraith RF-detection system

Aviation Week

Daher completes first flight of TBM‑based EyePulse MALE demonstrator Daher completed the inaugural flight of its EyePulse medium‑altitude, long‑endurance (MALE) unmanned demonstrator at its Tarbes facility, using a modified TBM single‑engine turboprop airframe. The sortie, flown under a DGA call, advances France's push to field sovereign long‑endurance ISR-capable UAS.

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

Daher completes first flight of TBM‑based EyePulse MALE demonstrator

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Chinese researchers propose 2,000-drone swarm to disrupt Starlink Chinese researchers have proposed a concept for a 2,000-drone swarm intended to disrupt SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications, suggesting massed UAS could threaten low-Earth-orbit satcom constellations. It raises questions about civil and military resilience to coordinated UAS attacks.

2025-12-01T22:39:12.457654-08:00

Chinese researchers propose 2,000-drone swarm to disrupt Starlink

Aviation Week

UAE expands missile and counter‑drone portfolio with interceptors, cruise and air‑to‑air weapons The UAE is broadening its indigenous and procurement-driven missile portfolio, commissioning systems ranging from low-cost drone interceptors and cruise missiles to air-to-air weapons. The move signals a comprehensive upgrade across counter-UAS, strike and aerial engagement capabilities with implications for regional force posture and acquisition plans.

2025-12-01T15:17:29.804824-08:00

UAE expands missile and counter‑drone portfolio with interceptors, cruise and air‑to‑air weapons

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