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Mexican Cartels Launch 221 Drone Attacks
Mexican drug cartels are no longer just trafficking narcotics across borders. They are building a low cost air force, as Small Wars Journal reports. A new report from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, based at the University…
Voice Controlled Drone Swarm Contest: Shocking Details Behind SpaceX’s Pentagon Bid
SpaceX is reportedly competing in a secret Pentagon challenge to build voice controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, as Reuters reports. On paper, it reads like the next chapter in military innovation. In context, it also reads like a sharp philosophical…
Senator John Hoeven Announces $100 Million UAS Investment in Grand Forks
More than $100 million in federal funding is headed to Grand Forks, North Dakota, reinforcing the region’s growing role as a national hub for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), space, and defense technology, as the Grand Forks Herald reports. Speaking at…
Kevin Durant Skydio Drone Claims Under Fire
Kevin Durant was logging his 16th NBA All Star appearance while the internet was busy staging a different kind of contest. This one involved alleged burner accounts, leaked screenshots, and an unexpected subplot about drones and Yahoo! Sports reported about…
Ireland Boosts Counter Drone Defenses Ahead of EU Presidency
Ireland is tightening its digital airspace as it prepares to host Europe’s political elite. When Council of the European Union presidency rotates to Dublin on July 1, Ireland will become the diplomatic living room of Europe for six months. Prime…
China Studies Predators to Train AI Drones
If you want your drones to hunt better, apparently you start by watching hawks. As global militaries sprint through the AI arms race, China is leaning into a strategy that sounds less like a defense white paper and more like…
U.S. Army Tests TRV-150 Heavy Lift Drone
The U.S. Army is quietly experimenting with a future where supply convoys hum through the sky instead of rumbling down dusty roads. On February 12, 2026, soldiers conducted training with the TRV-150 unmanned aerial vehicle at Fort Stewart in Georgia,…
Brooklyn Navy Yard Evicts Easy Aerial
A political storm is circling one of New York City’s most historic industrial campuses, and at the center of it is a drone manufacturer. The city owned Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. will not renew its lease with Easy Aerial,…
Laser-Powered Drone Achieves “Infinite Flight.” Are The Claims True?
A company by the name of PowerLight Technologies, out of Kent, Washington, may have found the secret to the age-old war between UAS and batteries: laser-powered drones. No, I’m not kidding. PowerLight claims to have created a way to power…
Kansas City Police Could Down Drones for World Cup
Kansas City may soon get something it has never had before, local police with the legal authority to knock a drone out of the sky, as KCTV5 reports. A new bill introduced by Eric Burlison would temporarily give state and…
Musk’s xAI Plant Caught Running Unpermitted Gas Turbines
Thermal drone footage has added fuel to a growing controversy in Southaven, Mississippi, where Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is accused of operating unpermitted gas turbines to power its expanding datacenter footprint, as reported by The Guardian. An investigation…
DJI ROMO Security Breach: Researcher Remotely Accessed 7,000 Home Cameras — And One Hole Remains
Sammy Azdoufal wanted to drive his new DJI ROMO robot vacuum with a PS5 controller. Just for fun. So he used Claude Code to reverse-engineer the DJI app’s communication protocols, built a custom client, and connected it to DJI’s servers.…
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