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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon, July 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alondra Y. Lopez Gonzalez)

Hegseth realigning DOD’s scattered unmanned and autonomy work under new drone boss

A Pentagon spokesperson declined to share whether an interim DRPM-UxS director has been named.

4 days ago By Brandi Vincent

Autonomous ground vehicles (Image courtesy of Overland AI)

Overland AI lands Pentagon contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Corps

Overland AI co-founder and CEO Byron Boots said that initial deliveries are scheduled to begin about nine months after contract award.

Jun 29, 2026 By Jon Harper

U.S. Transportation Command is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois. As one of 11 combatant commands, U.S. Transportation Command exists as a warfighting command to project and sustain combat power. (Photo Source: U.S. Transportation Command)

Transcom seeks partners to study autonomous, cargo-moving drone boats for future ops

Participants interested in entering new CRADAs with the command are invited to submit white papers by July 6.

Jun 29, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s budget supplemental would secure billions for munitions, emerging defense tech

Along with replenishing munitions stockpiles, the supplemental request supports two key Space Force programs, drones, cybersecurity and autonomy.

Jun 25, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

A Hunter Wolf unmanned ground vehicle assigned to the 101st Airborne Division holds an overwatch position with a mounted remote operated .50-caliber machine gun during a combat simulation exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)

Army looking toward autonomous robots to recover its downed vehicles from combat zones

The service has been experimenting with ground robots for various tasks such as medical evacuations and logistics resupply, often looking to Ukraine for solutions after Kyiv significantly…

Jun 22, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

Navy Capt. JJ Murawski on scaling autonomous systems for the fleet

Capt. JJ Murawski | Chief of Staff, Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotic & Autonomous Systems | Dept. of the Navy

Jun 15, 2026 By Scoop News Group

DOW’s Robert Mantz talks autonomous delivery and logistics resilience

Dr. Robert Mantz | Sr. Official, Contested Logistics Technologies Critical Technology Area | DOW

Jun 15, 2026 By Scoop News Group

Army Lt. Col. William Taylor on building trust in autonomous systems

Lt. Col. William Taylor | Product Manager, Precision Strike Reconnaissance Systems | U.S. Army

Jun 15, 2026 By Scoop News Group

An AH-64E Apache assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to land in a forward arming and refueling point in order to receive refuel before conducting operations for Operation Epic Fury in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 2, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Trump recounts how Army pilots involved in helicopter crash and drone boat rescue were ‘very lucky’

"That bomb was lodged in the helicopter, it didn't explode, it was on fire, but it didn't explode," Trump said.

Jun 10, 2026 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Soldier acting as an opposing force, or OPFOR, demonstrates drone capabilities during Exercise Deep Strike at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, April 25, 2026. Deep Strike integrates cutting-edge technologies, such as advanced unmanned systems, to ensure SOF maintains an operations advantage in contested environments. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Nelson)

SOCOM seeks ‘self-service’ synthetic data generation platform to boost drones’ computer vision

The tech could support the command's Unmanned Systems Autonomy and Interoperability (UxSAI) program.

Jun 9, 2026 By Jon Harper