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The Pentagon from the air

Pete Hegseth in a navy suit gestures while speaking at his desk in a Pentagon office, with a blue Department flag behind him

White twin-propeller surveillance drone with long wings and a nose-mounted sensor turret, parked on an airfield runway under a pink evening sky

Tekever hits a $6.4bn valuation and plans acquisitions with its new round

Cristian Dina
Sep 23, 2026

Shoppers with yellow Insta360 bags queueing along a Times Square pavement outside the store.

Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.

Darius Popa
Sep 20, 2026

A grey Uforce Magura MV11 uncrewed surface vessel at speed on open water, bow raised and throwing white spray, with a sensor mast at the stern.

Musk ally’s Valor to lead $500m Uforce round at $5bn, Bloomberg reports

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Sep 7, 2026

An uncrewed white and red Chaparral cargo aircraft in flight above a Louisiana neighbourhood of houses, gardens and a canal

The FAA just let a pilotless cargo plane fly out of a working airport

Darius Popa
Sep 3, 2026

A computer-generated image of a laser weapon turret mounted on a military vehicle, shown firing a beam skyward

The US Army used a laser weapon on American soil, then bought it

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Sep 3, 2026

Terra drone flying

Terra Industries closes a $52mn seed and opens its first office outside Africa

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 17, 2026

Uber and Zipline are partnering to bring drone delivery to millions of Americans on Uber Eats

Uber

Uber is partnering with drone-delivery firm Zipline and targets a million drone deliveries a day

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 17, 2026