Autonomous vehicles

Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup

V-BAT has crashed more than 50 times over the past 18 months, a Cessna plane with a Shield AI employee and his child aboard had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a V-BAT.

Visitors look at Shield AI’s V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle on display during the Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, September 18, 2025.
A Bluewhite autonomy kit installed on a BL Advance Systems BLR MK2 Platform.

Elbit subsidiary acquires Israeli autonomous AI-powered off-road robotic warfare company

U.S. Army’s experimental H‑60Mx Black Hawk helicopter uses Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy suite, which forms the core of the DARPA ALIAS program.

Black Hawk helicopter featuring autonomy suite transferred to US Army for testing

Mia Dynamics already works with customers across the American homeland security ecosystem

Mia Robotics: Next‑Gen unmanned ground vehicles with robust civilian engineering


The race for the autonomous car reaches its peak – Google’s big announcement

Waymo’s full autonomous service launches in Miami, marking a milestone in U.S. driverless transport. Thousands have registered; service runs in key city areas.

Waymo. Wide U.S. rollout.

The future of autonomous vehicles arrives in Jerusalem

Next month, the international conference on unmanned, remote and autonomous vehicles will take place in the capital city: “At the threshold of a decade in which the rules of the game will change”.

URAV 2026.

Israel's Mobileye buys CEO Shashua's Mentee Robotics for $900 million

Mobileye has $1.7 billion in cash, so even after the transaction it will hold over $1 billion in cash

Mobileye has agreed to acquire Mentee Robotics, a robotics startup also founded by Amnon Shashua

Autonomous vehicles, AI, and medicine: NVIDIA’s entry into Israel is highly significant

NVIDIA is expanding its operations in Israel with a new employment campus in Kiryat Tivon, offering a glimpse into how a single technology became the foundation of entire industries.

NVIDIA in Israel.

'What I always enjoyed about studying at TAU was learning how to approach new problems'

WATCH: Omer David Keilaf, Co-Founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.  

Omer David Keilaf, Co-Founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, in conversation with Jake Laznik, Senior Breaking News Desk Manager, The Jerusalem Post.

Soldier flies drone Black Hawk from tablet in training first for optionally piloted helicopter

It a first, Sikorsky's OPV Black Hawk conducted a mission entirely planned and controlled by soldiers outside the platform.

U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. uses a tablet to command the Sikorsky OPV Black Hawk to autonomously transport a 2,900-pound water buffalo sling load for the first time during Northern Strike in Michigan.

Lockheed Martin, Saildrone to advance armed USV capabilities for US Navy

The companies will collaborate with the goal of delivering integrations, including on-water, live-fire demonstrations in 2026.

Saildrone and Lockheed Martin team up

US Navy tests autonomous Israeli tech with Stiletto program

Sealartec specializes in Autonomous Launch and Recovery Systems (ALRS) designed for both manned and unmanned surface vessels

Stiletto

Australia to spend $1.1 billion on Anduril undersea drone fleet

Anduril began working with Australia's defense force on the development of the Ghost Shark in 2022

An Anduril Ghost Shark Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV) is displayed at the Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Kuttabul, in Sydney, Australia, September 10, 2025

Skana Robotics unveils next-gen autonomous maritime systems

The company’s first vessels- Bull Shark (USV) and Stingray (UUV) – introduce software-defined, mission-adaptive capabilities across surface and sub-surface domains

Skana Robotics' Bull Shark ASV