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Skyports, RWE and Skyways complete Germany's first long-range BVLOS drone deliveries to Arkona windfarm

Skyports Drone Services, RWE and Skyways completed Germany’s first long-range beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) offshore drone delivery trials to turbines at the Arkona windfarm. Conducted as part of a three-week flight demonstration, the sorties proved long-range autonomous logistics and inspection capability over offshore assets.

2025-10-15T03:49:15.346905-07:00

eVTOL Insights

Open Skies Network wins investment to trial next‑generation seaplanes and autonomous aircraft in Southwest UK

2025-10-14T08:08:22.261062-07:00

AeroTime

EHang VT35: pilotless two‑seat, long‑range eVTOL with 200+ kg payload, 216 km/h cruise and 60‑minute endurance

2025-10-13T01:25:34.573363-07:00

Wall Street Journal

Canada and Denmark move forward on F-35 buys — Canada commits to 16; Denmark orders 16 more and funds Arctic defence

2025-10-10T10:33:00.810725-07:00

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DefenseNews.com

Rafael offers Spike-based loitering munition for US Army 'Launched Effects' competition Rafael has pitched a Spike-based loitering-munition variant to compete in the U.S. Army’s Launched Effects programme. The weapon, derived from the Spike family, is designed to loiter for extended periods before engaging targets, fitting the new class of persistent tactical strike and ISR effects.

2025-10-15T11:08:47.420215-07:00

Rafael offers Spike-based loitering munition for US Army 'Launched Effects' competition

Unmanned Airspace

Skyports, RWE and Skyways complete Germany's first long-range BVLOS drone deliveries to Arkona windfarm Skyports Drone Services, RWE and Skyways completed Germany’s first long-range beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) offshore drone delivery trials to turbines at the Arkona windfarm. Conducted as part of a three-week flight demonstration, the sorties proved long-range autonomous logistics and inspection capability over offshore assets.

2025-10-15T03:49:15.346905-07:00

Skyports, RWE and Skyways complete Germany's first long-range BVLOS drone deliveries to Arkona windfarm

FlightGlobal

Kratos unveils Ragnarök: $150K, 500‑nm cruise missile to enable massed strikes with XQ‑58 Kratos introduced the Ragnarök low‑cost cruise missile at AUSA/Miramar, pitching a mass‑producible strike weapon with a 500‑nautical‑mile range, Mach 0.7 speed and a modular 36 kg (≈80 lb) payload. The company says unit cost is about $150,000 to support massed use with XQ‑58 Valkyrie.

2025-10-15T00:49:45.164212-07:00

Kratos unveils Ragnarök: $150K, 500‑nm cruise missile to enable massed strikes with XQ‑58

Reuters

EU pushes for continent‑wide 'drone wall' after incursions; Germany pledges €10B, deploys Eurofighters Europe is pushing a continent‑wide 'drone wall' after suspected Russian incursions into NATO airspace, drawing on Ukraine's combat experience to link sensors and takedown systems. The EU plan faces political, technical and cost hurdles even as Germany pledges €10 billion and deploys Eurofighters to Poland.

2025-10-15T00:24:33.803816-07:00

EU pushes for continent‑wide 'drone wall' after incursions; Germany pledges €10B, deploys Eurofighters

Breaking Defense

General Atomics, Hanwha to co-develop and build Gray Eagle STOL 'Mojave' in South Korea General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Hanwha Aerospace have signed a deal to co-develop and produce a Short-Takeoff-and-Landing Gray Eagle variant—dubbed Mojave—in South Korea after multiple prototype STOL tests over two years; the jointly built UAS will be marketed to South Korean, U.S. and other customers.

2025-10-14T08:08:47.090635-07:00

General Atomics, Hanwha to co-develop and build Gray Eagle STOL 'Mojave' in South Korea

eVTOL Insights

Open Skies Network wins investment to trial next‑generation seaplanes and autonomous aircraft in Southwest UK Open Skies Network, a spinout from the Open Skies Cornwall project, has secured investment to trial next‑generation seaplanes and autonomous aircraft in Southwest England. The funding will support operational trials, infrastructure assessments and regulatory engagement to validate routes and mixed crewed–uncrewed operations along coastal waterways.

2025-10-14T08:08:22.261062-07:00

Open Skies Network wins investment to trial next‑generation seaplanes and autonomous aircraft in Southwest UK

Aviation Week

U.S. Army: Shortage of Counter‑UAS Systems, Not Technology, Is Hampering Ukraine A senior U.S. Army air‑defense official said Ukraine’s ability to shoot down Russian drones is being limited by the availability of engagement systems and effectors, not by detection or counter‑drone technology — highlighting procurement, stockpile and delivery shortfalls constraining C‑UAS performance.

2025-10-14T07:36:03.366682-07:00

U.S. Army: Shortage of Counter‑UAS Systems, Not Technology, Is Hampering Ukraine

AeroTime

France proposes counter-drone weapons, AASM integration and AI targeting upgrades for Mirage 2000D France's Air and Space Force is considering upgrades for the Mirage 2000D RMV that include low-cost counter-drone weapons, integration of AASM precision-guided munitions, and AI-enabled targeting. The proposals would modernize the aircraft's strike and self-protection capabilities under the RMV programme.

2025-10-14T03:52:55.764177-07:00

France proposes counter-drone weapons, AASM integration and AI targeting upgrades for Mirage 2000D

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