President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Wednesday that the United States has formally asked Ukraine for help defending against Iranian-made Shahed drones in the Middle East. “We received a request from the United States for specific support in protection against ‘shaheds’ in…
Full rotorcraft integration on NASA’s Dragonfly octocopter began in early 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — the same facility where engineers spent the past three years validating rotor performance in simulated Titan conditions.…
The economics finally broke. Gulf states spent the last week firing Patriot interceptors worth over $13.5 million each at Iranian Shaheds that cost $30,000 to build. Now, according to reporting by the Financial Times, the Pentagon and at least one…
Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) has introduced H.R. 7525, the Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act, a bill that would permanently authorize state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to operate counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems against unauthorized drone operations. The…
Poland’s Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) has issued a temporary exemption that lets FPV pilots in all three Open Category subcategories fly without a visual observer, effective February 12, 2026, through October 12, 2026. The decision, reference number LBSP.503.1.2026.ULC.1, was signed…
Two days ago, The National published a detailed breakdown of how to counter Iran’s Shahed-136 drone threat now hitting Gulf states. Fighters, heavy machine guns, Skyranger 35 systems, Gepard tanks, jamming guns — the full conventional toolkit. It’s a solid…
Swindon has quietly become one of the more consequential defense drone addresses in Europe. The latest arrival: Neros Technologies, the Los Angeles-based manufacturer best known for its NDAA-compliant Archer fiber-optic FPV drone, has confirmed it is opening its first UK…
When Portland police have needed a drone in the past, they borrowed one. That changes now. The Portland City Council voted Monday night to approve a $45,316 purchase for the Portland Police Department’s first dedicated drone — a Skydio aircraft…
New details from the Hedgehog 2025 exercise confirm what we reported last month: NATO’s European armies showed up unprepared for drone warfare. This time, it’s the Ukrainians themselves filling in the operational gaps the Wall Street Journal left out. The…
New FAA-funded research puts a hard number on what every drone pilot already knows: DJI is the US drone market. Not most of it. Nearly all of it. The ASSURE A83 2025 Annual Report, produced by researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) just did something no federal agency has bothered to do: it counted the damage. A new white paper compiled by ODAV through the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) surveyed 25 state transportation…
The Ukrainian drone motor market consumed roughly 9.6 million units last year. One company now claims 17% of that market. A detailed feature by Defender Media profiles Motor-G, the Ukrainian manufacturer behind those numbers. We have been covering Ukraine’s push…