Petrel Technologies says the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment is evaluating its AERO Sky drone in a live-fire mothership role, with the aircraft shown carrying externally mounted strike drones during the exercise. The company described the work in a post captioned “Golden hour. Live fire. Mothership operations with 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army.” Petrel said […]

EVEX Corp. and Divergent Technologies said Tuesday they will jointly develop a new autonomous aircraft platform, combining AEVEX’s unmanned systems work with Divergent’s 3D-printing based manufacturing process. The companies did not disclose a contract value or say which government customer, if any, the resulting aircraft is intended for. AEVEX, based in Solana Beach, California, builds […]

Munich-based counter-drone company TYTAN Technologies said it demonstrated a new rocket-boosted interceptor drone to the German Federal Cabinet last month, presenting what the company described as a new category of system built for greater range and speed against aerial threats. TYTAN said the demonstration took place during the Cabinet’s annual retreat at Schloss Neuhardenberg in […]

The companies are now on the clock to get at least one reactor up and running by the end of September 2028 — a deadline set by President Trump.

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"knowing that that these things are happening within minutes... and at a larger, greater capacity, we don't really have a choice," said Glen Deskin.

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