Launch Anduril's autonomous drone successfully fired a live air-to-air missile in a military test, marking the first combat-capable unmanned system to independently engage airborne targets. Anduril YFQ-44 Fires Live Air-to-Air Missile in Landmark CCA Test - Air & Space Forces Magazine · Air & Space Forces Magazine
Launch ZenaTech is building a spherical drone, apparently betting that rounded geometry solves some problem that rectangular ones don't. ZenaTech begins development of sphere-shaped autonomous drone · Investing.com
Launch Skydio's autonomous charging dock, which lets drones fly unattended, hit 1,000 deployments in a year—a sign that the company's bet on making drones genuinely self-sufficient is beginning to work. Skydio crosses 1,000 drone Dock deployments in just one year · DroneDJ
Other An Austin startup's autonomous naval drones saw their first combat deployment in Iran, marking a threshold moment for weaponized maritime robotics. Austin-Built Saronic Sea Drones used in combat for the first time in Iran - KEYE · KEYE