
Selection Follows Successful Pitch During Blue Magic Netherlands Event // PHOTO: General Atomics
July 9, 2025
BY General Atomics
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Vigilant Aerospace has deployed a FlightHorizon TEMPO airspace management system with multiple long-range radars at the Oklahoma Air and Space Port in Burns Flat, advancing the state's push to develop a national testing site for autonomous aircraft and spacecraft.
L3Harris Technologies has opened a high-volume production line for its VAMPIRE counter-drone systems in Huntsville, Alabama, as the company moves to meet growing allied demand. The combat-proven system has been operational in European theaters since 2023, and the new facility is designed to scale output as the threat environment evolves.
Skyports Drone Services and HochTief have launched an automated BVLOS “drone‑in‑a‑box” system to survey the Rheinbrücke Leverkusen bridge construction project in Germany. Operated remotely from Madrid, the system delivers weekly 2D and 3D site data, improving accuracy, reducing staffing needs, and helping monitor progress on the bridge, which is expected to be completed by 2028.
Pendleton UAS Range and Gambit have partnered to offer Red Force as a Service, a counter-drone testing and training environment that pits UAS defense systems against coordinated, adaptive threat scenarios. The service targets military, federal and critical infrastructure clients ahead of a live demonstration set for April 23 at the Southern California range.
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Navy have selected Anduril Industries to develop extra-large autonomous underwater vehicles under a rapid prototyping effort aimed at closing a persistent operational gap in long-range undersea capability.