Latest Drones News

DroneShield launches its largest AI software update yet, enhancing drone detection and disruption capabilities with doubled processing power and expanded databases.

DroneShield is investing $13 million over three years to open a new counter-drone research facility in Adelaide, marking a key step in its global growth and technology development.

Nanoveu’s subsidiary EMASS has initiated live flight tests using the Crazyflie nano-drone to validate simulation results showing over 50% endurance gains from its ECS-DoT AI chip. These trials aim to confirm real-world energy savings and autonomous navigation capabilities with minimal sensors.

Pioneer Lithium refines its exploration focus, prioritizing its US uranium projects with Skull Creek nearing drill readiness, while withdrawing from a Namibian uranium asset to optimize capital and value creation.

Delta Lithium has commenced drilling at its expansive Yinnetharra Lithium Project while preparing a resource update for Mt Ida that includes promising rubidium co-product potential.

White Cliff Minerals has unveiled assay results from its 2025 drilling campaign at the Danvers prospect, significantly extending the known high-grade copper mineralisation and revealing new geophysical targets that promise further discoveries.

Power Minerals confirms a high-grade carbonatite hard rock intrusion at its Santa Anna Rare Earth Elements Project in Brazil, with promising grades and ongoing drilling aimed at defining a maiden resource estimate.

RocketDNA Ltd has landed a $450,000 contract with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance to operate three SurveyBot drone units over nine months, reinforcing its foothold in the mining sector.

Electro Optic Systems updates its 2025 revenue outlook to $115-125 million from existing contracts, with potential for an additional $25 million from new orders. The company’s contract backlog has jumped to $299 million, reflecting strong demand despite some delays in contract signings.

Far Northern Resources has completed a high-resolution LiDAR survey at its Bridge Creek project in the Northern Territory, revealing multiple historical gold workings and confirming key geological targets along the prolific Howley anticline. This advanced mapping sets the stage for targeted drilling and infrastructure planning.

Native Mineral Resources has identified 15 promising new gold exploration targets at its Blackjack Gold Mine in Queensland following a detailed drone magnetic survey, setting the stage for drilling in November 2025.

Marvel Gold Limited has identified significant gold soil anomalies over a 3-kilometre stretch at its Hanang Gold Project in Tanzania, setting the stage for a maiden drilling campaign following a planned drone-borne magnetic survey.