Drone swarms for greater awareness — Parrot ANAFI trials with French Army STAT

France's army STAT is trialling Parrot ANAFI micro‑drone swarms controlled by EZ‑Chains to boost ISR and tactical awareness from vessels and armoured vehicles.

SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence partner on airport drone defence

SkeyDrone has partnered with Airport Intelligence to integrate drone detection and operational workflows for airports to improve situational awareness, speed incident response, and reduce flight disruption.

Germany moves toward legalised offensive cyber operations

Germany is drafting laws to expand BND cyber powers abroad and enable “active cyber defense,” accelerating Europe’s shift toward offensive cyber doctrine.

Drone photography for marine conservation: Joanna Steidle’s long-term survey

Joanna Steidle uses drone photography to create a multi-year visual record of East Coast marine migrations and absences to support conservation research.

Germany orders eight MQ-9B SeaGuardians to back P-8A maritime patrols

Germany has ordered eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones and ground control stations to augment P-8A maritime patrols and base them with Naval Air Wing 3 at Nordholz.

Firestorm-Orqa pitch NDAA-compliant Squall FPV for US and allies

Firestorm Labs and Orqa are teaming to build the NDAA-compliant Firestorm Squall FPV quadcopter, stressing scalable, near-demand manufacturing for US and allied forces.

DLR’s HAP alpha clears ground-roll milestone for European stratospheric HAPS

DLR completed ground roll tests of its HAP alpha solar HAPS aircraft, validating runway handling and advancing toward flight trials relevant to Europe’s stratospheric persistence ambitions.

Germany procures eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs via NSPA

Germany has contracted the purchase of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs through NATO's NSPA to strengthen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and maritime domain awareness.

Textron Systems integration expands UAS capability to protect warfighters

Textron Systems has announced a UAS integration that strengthens connectivity, modular payload flexibility and operator workflows to improve warfighter safety.

Dassault leads $200M Series B in Harmattan AI

Dassault Aviation led a $200 million Series B in Harmattan AI to accelerate integration of autonomy into aircraft and drones and bolster European defence technology capabilities.

Poland buys €3.6bn ‘San’ C-UAS shield for NATO’s eastern flank

Poland has signed ~€3.6bn in contracts for the San counter-drone system—18 C-UAS batteries and a large deployable force structure—positioned as a new layer in Warsaw’s broader air-defence shield on NATO’s eastern flank.

Energy-learning hyper-heuristic sharpens heterogeneous UAV swarm tasking

A Defence Technology study reports an energy-learning hyper-heuristic that improves heterogeneous UAV swarm task assignment under tight timing, payload and obstacle constraints.