Drones Archives

Army’s first drone-on-drone strike ‘like Darth Vader shooting down rebel pilots’

Capt. Jennifer French - August 30, 2025

FORT RUCKER -- For Army 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre, the Army's first drone-on-drone strike wasn't exactly a Hollywood moment.ke "In , 'A New Hope,' Luke...

‘The end of the slow aerospace’: PDW’s new Huntsville factory races to mass-produce drones at wartime scale

Mecca Musick - August 21, 2025

HUNTSVILLE — The “future of warfare” is being assembled on the factory floor of PDW’s newly opened Drone Factory 01 in Research Park. The...

PDW to host ribbon-cutting for Huntsville drone manufacturing facility; to create 500 jobs

From combined reports - August 20, 2025

HUNTSVILLE – The new war is small, fast, and everywhere. Small drones own the sky. And everything beneath it. To meet this new war, Performance...

Britt lauds FBI Redstone role in national security during Judiciary Committee hearing

Bud McLaughlin - July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON — Highlighting the central role FBI Redstone plays in combating the evolving threats of drones, Sen. Katie Britt credited the facility's “technological infrastructure...

Strong leads UAS hearing, leveraging Huntsville capabilities and expertise

Bud McLaughlin - April 3, 2025

WASHINGTON — The Rocket City's involvement in expanding the use of drones from disaster response to helping protect the nation's borders was the subject...

Cummings Aerospace’s 3D-printed, turbojet-powered kamikaze drone completes demonstration

Bud McLaughlin - March 24, 2025

HUNTSVILLE -- Just like biplanes gave way to single-wing prop planes which gave way to jet planes, the latest drone aircraft from a Huntsville...

Huntsville’s Tolliver Group wins $10.7M Army UAS contract

Staff reports - March 10, 2025

WASHINGTON -- Huntsville-based Tolliver Group has been awarded a $10,777,443 modification to a contract for logistics support to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office,...

AI-powered machine gun maker joins UAH Innovation Center

Bud McLaughlin - February 19, 2025

HUNTSVILLE -- A Texas company known for robotic weapons systems has joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Invention to Innovation Center (I2C) to drive...

Huntsville companies join to develop spaceplane technology and drones that can reach Mach 5

Bud McLaughlin - February 11, 2025

HUNTSVILLE -- Mach 5 is the name of the car in the "Speed Racer" anime series. It's also the target speed of a ground-breaking UAS...

Austin signs strategy for countering effects of unmanned systems

C. Todd Lopez - December 8, 2024

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has signed a classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called "drones," the Defense...

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