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Russian Kometa Navigation System Found in Iranian Drone That Hit RAF Akrotiri, Confirming Bidirectional Military Tech Pipeline
The debris from the Iranian drone that struck RAF Akrotiri on March 2, 2026, is doing more than revealing a gap in Britain’s air defenses. A specific component recovered from the wreckage โ a Russian-made Kometa satellite navigation system โโฆ

Wichita Police Want Two Robotic Dogs for SWAT and Bomb Squad, and the $650,000 Price Tag Is Going to City Council
The ask is direct: $650,000, two robotic dogs, two high-risk units. The Wichita Police Department brought the request to the Wichita City Council on March 3, 2026, with one quadruped robot earmarked for the SWAT team and a second forโฆ
A Broadcast Drone Just Ate a Tree at LIV Golf Hong Kong
Nobody was hurt. The drone did not survive. And somewhere out there, the pilot is having a very bad Thursday. During the first round of LIV Golf Hong Kong 2026 at The Hong Kong Golf Club, a broadcast drone lostโฆ
A Santa Fe Skydio Drone Found an Unconscious Man in Four Minutes
A man is alive today because a drone reached his tent before the paramedics did. That is the entire story, as reported by KOB4. Santa Fe first responders located a 47-year-old man unconscious and not breathing near Las Acequias Parkโฆ
Michigan’s Third-Largest City Just Went All-In on DFR
Warren, Michigan did not test the waters. When the city decided to launch a Drone as First Responder program, it built one that covers both police and fire response simultaneously, funded by a millage voters passed in November, and itโฆ

UKโs 12th Regiment Deploys to Middle East as Drone Warfare Lessons Go Global
The kill chain the 12th Regiment Royal Artillery built in Ukraine โ sense, warn, target โ is now heading to the Middle East. Britain deployed its lead counter-drone formation to the region on March 3, 2026, according to reporting byโฆ
Shahed-136 vs. LUCAS: The $35,000 Drone the US Reverse-Engineered From Iran Is Now Being Used Against It
That nasal piston buzz is hard to forget. Anyone who has watched footage from the Gulf over the past week, the kind shot from rooftops in Bahrain and apartment blocks in Dubai, recognizes the Shahed-136’s approach sound before the visualโฆ

Drone Dominance Gauntlet I: Skycutter Tops Leaderboard As Pentagon Prepares $150 Million Attack Drone Order
The Department of War’s Drone Dominance Program has published its Gauntlet I leaderboard, naming 11 companies set to receive orders for a combined 30,000 one-way attack drones worth up to $150 million. Brandon Torres Declet, CEO of Exyn Technologies andโฆ
Neros Technologies Opens UK FPV Hub in Swindon With ยฃ10M Investment for British and European Defense
Neros Technologies is planting a serious flag on British soil. The Los Angeles-based FPV drone manufacturer โ best known for its NDAA-compliant platforms including the Archer Fiber, the first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone โ has announced the formation of Nerosโฆ

DJI Mini 4 Pro-Flying Catholic Priest Is Building a 131-Church Drone Archive for the St. Cloud Diocese
Flying indoors with a drone requires a different kind of discipline. No GPS lock, no obstacle avoidance to lean on, confined spaces where prop wash bounces off stone walls and wooden pews. Father Mitchell Bechtold, a 40-year-old Catholic priest servingโฆ
Amusement Parks Win Counter-Drone Authority. The FAA’s Section 2209 Fight Is Just Starting.
The amusement park industry now has a federal law on its side. The Safer Skies Act โ embedded as Sections 8601-8607 of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act โ has been signed into law, and the International Association ofโฆ

5 Essential Drone Shots Every Pilot Should Master Before Moving to Advanced Maneuvers
Too many new drone pilots jump straight into advanced moves without mastering the basics. There are five drone shots that you should be practicing first. I’m Greg, the co-founder of Pilot Institute, where more than 400,000 students have already learnedโฆ
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