Russia’s drone program just revealed another uncomfortable truth for the West. Even under heavy sanctions, American and European microchips are still showing up inside Russian weapons, this time inside a new high speed attack drone called the Geran 5, as…
Lasers usually show up in military headlines as weapons, not as power supplies. PowerLight Technologies is flipping that expectation by using lasers to keep drones alive instead of shooting them down, as Techspot reports. The company has confirmed successful subsystem…
Ukraine has quietly turned battlefield necessity into a brutally efficient incentive system. According to newly appointed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a pay per kill program targeting Russian Shahed style attack drones has helped Ukraine secure roughly 40,000 interceptor drones in…
A curious image recently surfaced on Reddit, instantly sending the drone and camera crowd into full detective mode. The caption was confident, almost too confident: DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro. Naturally, the internet nodded in agreement for about three seconds…
A 96 year old woman is alive after a DJI Matrice 30T drone gave firefighters critical early intelligence during an apartment fire in Euless, Texas, as FOX4 News reported. Fire crews were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1200…
On a snowy January night in Defiance, Ohio, a family’s worst fear began with the sound of a car strike and ended in silence, their dog Banks vanished into the cold after being hit, leaving Jessica Adams and her family…
Sometimes innovation is born in a lab. Sometimes it’s born in a muddy field when you are tired of carrying too much gear and the FAA is telling you “nope, not today.” That second category is where aerospace engineering student…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered a sweeping review of the country’s drone detection and monitoring systems after multiple unmanned aircraft allegedly crossed into North Korean airspace, raising fears that civilian drone activity could accidentally spark a military…
Knoxville City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a major expansion of drone operations for public safety, one that would allow drones to respond directly to 911 calls before police officers arrive on scene, as WATE reports. The proposal…
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has taken an early step toward creating an online marketplace for counter drone technology with its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 effort, as Air and Space Forces reports. The task force, which…
Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency GUR says Russia has deployed a newly identified jet powered attack drone called the Geran-5, a platform that departs sharply from earlier Geran models derived from Iran’s Shahed series, Business Insider reports. Unlike the familiar delta…
As commercial drone use expands across industries, Ypsilanti Community High School and Lincoln High School is preparing students to enter the workforce as certified drone pilots and future aviation entrepreneurs, as reported by WEMU. Through a year long Career and Technical…