The panel array is 32 hand-soldered photovoltaic cells wired in an 8×4 grid across a carbon fiber frame — and it still can’t stay in the air long enough to grab lunch. That’s where Luke Bell’s solar drone project stands…
A detailed governance framework published by Police1 makes the case that the central challenge for U.S. public safety agencies is no longer whether DJI belongs on a federal watchlist — it’s whether agencies have built drone programs capable of surviving…
A Ukrainian FPV drone shot down a Russian Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter in the Pokrovsk sector on March 20, 2026, according to Ukrainian civil society activist Serhii Sternenko, who posted documentation and video to his Telegram channel. The strike was…
A drone filmmaker who has logged five months with the DJI Mini 5 Pro has shared 10 features that most pilots overlook — some cinematic shortcuts, some safety settings that can keep the aircraft out of trees. The tips, published…
Samuel Cardillo, CEO of ShadowBreak Intl and former CTO of RTFKT Studios (acquired by Nike), is publicly testing a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) he calls the “Flying Sword,” a platform designed to destroy targets through kinetic impact alone, with…
Swarmer (SWMR), an Austin, Texas-based company whose drone coordination software has run more than 100,000 combat missions in Ukraine, became the best-performing IPO of the year after its shares surged roughly 950% above their $5 offering price in just two…
Ukraine’s negotiating team will push a long-stalled drone production deal when it meets with US officials on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Friday, March 20. According to Bloomberg, Zelenskyy said he remains ready to sign the agreement whenever Trump…
A confidential military briefing leaked to ABC News reveals that what looked like a single drone sighting at Barksdale Air Force Base on March 9 was actually the opening act of a week-long coordinated intrusion campaign. Between March 9 and…
An agricultural drone built to spray citrus trees got used to hoist a person more than 10 meters off the ground in Fengjie County, Chongqing. DJI identified the violation through its own inspection process and responded accordingly: the operator, identified…
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Our earlier report today confirmed the news: the FCC has removed the first four drone systems from its “Covered List.” What that report didn’t have space to unpack is the regulatory logic behind the timing and the specific manufacturers chosen.…
A Substack analysis by Kate McKenna has been circulating hard in defense circles this week, and the numbers inside deserve a wider audience. Eleven MQ-9 Reapers downed in under two weeks. $330 million gone, lost to Iranian surface-to-air missiles and…
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a hawkish national security think tank with a documented history of opposing Chinese technology in U.S. markets, has filed a formal response with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the agency to reject…