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Bundeswehr Pushes Forward on Major AI Drone Deal
Germany is moving quickly toward a one point zero four billion dollar acquisition of AI enabled loitering munitions after new trials showed a hit rate above ninety percent, a result that directly contradicts earlier leaks claiming poor accuracy and unreliable…
DJI Launches Urgent Instagram Campaign As December 23 Ban Deadline Looms With No Audit Started
DJI has launched an urgent public advocacy campaign on Instagram warning that a December 23, 2025 deadline that could decide the company’s fate in the U.S. is just 43 days away—and no federal agency has started the mandated security audit…
Germany Creates Anti-Drone Strike Teams, Rushes Help To Belgium After Europe Realizes It’s Years Behind On Airspace Defense
Germany is establishing rapid-response counter-drone units and has deployed military specialists to Belgium following a wave of mysterious drone sightings that forced multiple airport closures across Europe, exposing critical gaps in the continent’s airspace security infrastructure. “These anti-drone units are…
DJI Drones Catch Orcas Hunting Great Whites in Mexico
We often use our drones to capture beautiful, peaceful sunsets. Or sunrises. But every now and then, a drone captures something truly raw, a scene that rewrites what we thought we knew about the planet. This is one of those…
Terra Drone’s Unifly Demonstrates Advanced Collision Avoidance At European U-Space Project In Romania
Terra Drone subsidiary Unifly has successfully demonstrated collision avoidance and flight separation management technologies at the SPATIO Project Open Day in Romania, showcasing systems that enable drones to share airspace safely through automated traffic management. The October 29 demonstrations at…
Norway Deploys First Operational NATO Drone Swarm As Europe Races To Match Ukraine’s Battlefield Innovation
The Norwegian Army has officially received its first Valkyrie autonomous drone swarm system, becoming the first NATO country to field an operational swarm platform as European allies scramble to adopt rapid-iteration defense development models proven effective in Ukraine’s ongoing conflict…
Ohio Launches Nation’s First Statewide Drone First Responder Program
Ohio has become the first state in the nation to deploy a statewide Drone First Responder program, with SkyfireAI selected to manage the groundbreaking initiative. Created under Ohio House Bill 96, the two-year pilot program aims to give law enforcement,…
Unifly Joins European Defence Agency Project To Standardize Military Drone Risk Assessment
Unifly, a Terra Drone subsidiary and global leader in UAS Traffic Management solutions, has joined a European Defence Agency (EDA)-led initiative to harmonize pre-flight drone risk assessment standards across Europe’s defense and security operations. The MIL-UAS-SPECIFIC 3 project aims to…
The FAA Forgot About You in Part 108 — Speak Up by Oct 6!
So, you want to fly beyond visual line of sight, huh? Good timing. The FAA proposed new Part 108 rules in early August, and now they’re asking for comments. And yes, the proposal is about 650 pages long, and it’s…
Cartels Deploy FPV Drones and Anti-UAS Systems in Criminal Arms Race
Mexican drug cartels have dramatically escalated their use of weaponized FPV drones, transitioning from crude bomb-dropping quadcopters to sophisticated first-person view (FPV) attack drones while simultaneously deploying counter-drone systems worth over $100,000, according to reporting from The New York Times…
Drone delivery surge: China’s low-altitude economy aims to set the global standard, with U.S. policy lagging behind
China’s push into the “low-altitude economy” is accelerating from showcase to scale, with the inaugural International Advanced Air Mobility Expo in Shanghai highlighting cargo drones, hydrogen-powered platforms, and multi-seat eVTOLs as Beijing seeks to define global aerial logistics—an ambition that…
Fiber-Optic Drones Appear at US Navy’s Silent Swarm Exercise in Michigan
Jamming-resistant fiber-optic drones were spotted during the US Navy’s Silent Swarm electronic warfare exercise in Michigan, an event bringing together military units and defense companies to test future battlefield technologies. According to Business Insider, the drones were identified by their…