Counter-Drone

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Entrance canopy of the FBI campus at Redstone Arsenal with large blue lettering reading Federal Bureau of Investigation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, above five guard booths

Counter-Drone

FBI Drone School to Double Capacity After 700 World Cup Seizures

DOJ's No. 3 says the FBI's Redstone Arsenal counter-drone school will more than double capacity. It is the only gate to new police drone takedown powers.

Haye KestelooOct 5

A blue, white and gold VISA hot air balloon floats in a clear blue sky above a multi-lane road and roadside businesses in Albuquerque.

FAA

FBI's Balloon Fiesta No Drone Zone Runs On A Clock: 10.5 Hours A Day

FBI counter-drone teams are enforcing the Balloon Fiesta TFR, but the FAA's two NOTAMs run 5:30 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m. daily, not around the clock.

Haye KestelooOct 4

A crowd of journalists and officials gathered in front of the fire-damaged, partly collapsed National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv.

Ukraine

Germany Funds Jet-Drone Interceptors As Ukraine's Best Hits 30%

Merz arrived in Kyiv with €1.3 billion, part of it for mass-producing interceptors against Russia's jet Shaheds. Zelensky says the best one downs 30% of targets.

Haye KestelooOct 4

Russia

Russia's Geran-4 Runs On A $25,000 Hobby Jet, Texas Instruments Chips

RFE/RL took apart a Geran-4 Seeker: a $25,000 Chinese hobby turbojet, two SIM cards, a mesh modem, Texas Instruments chips. Russia builds 3,000 a month.

Haye KestelooSep 28

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, seen across the water with a steam cloud billowing beside the pad

Counter-Drone

Space Force Adds Lasers at Cape Canaveral After 500 Port Drone Flights

Space Force is adding a directed-energy weapon at Cape Canaveral. Next door, Port Canaveral logged 500+ drone incursions in 2025, already a Florida felony.

Haye KestelooSep 26

Damaged white fixed-wing drone with a serial number on its tail fin, lying on grass in front of a red tent

Counter-Drone

France and Italy Deny CIA Warned of Russian Ship-Launched Drones

Macron and Italy's defense minister deny a report that the CIA warned of Russian Gerbera drones launched from ships in the Mediterranean.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Rear view of a dark delta-wing jet drone with glowing engine exhaust flying above a cloud layer at sunset, still from SBU footage released September 19, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine's SBU Films First Jet Shahed Kill, Won't Name the Interceptor

Zelensky released the first video of a jet-powered Shahed downed by a Ukrainian interceptor drone. Kyiv is withholding the maker, cost and kill count.

Haye KestelooSep 19

No Drone Zone warning sign mounted on a brick perimeter wall

Counter-Drone

UK Bases Logged 340 Drone Incidents in a Year. The MoD Names Nobody

MoD figures show 340 drone incidents at British military sites in a year, up from 126 in 2024. The ministry credits better detection and names no culprit.

Haye KestelooSep 19

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