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Austria · Industry

Red Cat Bids €205M for Its Drone Boat Engine Maker After Walking Away

Red Cat offers €39 a share, about €205 million, for Steyr Motors, the Austrian maker of its V7 drone boat engine, 12 weeks after walking away.

Haye KestelooOct 194 min read

Thermal drone image showing the heat signature of a missing hiker against the cool forest terrain near Breitenfurt, Austria

Search & Rescue

Vienna Police Drone Finds Missing Hiker In 75 Minutes

A Lower Austria police drone with a thermal camera located a missing 47-year-old hiker near Breitenfurt just 75 minutes after his sister's call — the heat signature glowing against the cool forest night.

Rafael SuárezAug 4

Spain

Formula 1 Puts FPV Drone Footage At The Center Of Austrian GP Coverage, And Fans Want The Pilot’s Name

Formula 1 ran FPV drone footage as a headline feature of its Austrian Grand Prix broadcast on Sunday, June 28, 2026, and the standout sequence put viewers directly above the early on-track fight between Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari and Max Verstappen in the Red Bull at the Red Bull Ring. The shots aired live…

Haye KestelooJun 28

Europe

Schiebel’s S-300 Drone Joins Europe’s Sub Hunt

Europe just chose a helicopter drone to help hunt submarines, and it isn’t the small one Schiebel is famous for. The Austrian company’s heavy-lift Camcopter S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund project building a new way to find and kill submerged threats from a safe distance. It’s…

Rafael SuárezJun 9

India

Eurovision 2026 Opens With Europe’s Largest Drone Show

Vienna didn’t open the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with fireworks. It opened with 3,000 drones, as ESCXTRA reported. On the evening of April 27, Dubai-based production company Cyberdrone launched what organizers are calling the largest drone show ever staged in Austria over the Schönbrunn Palace, the 18th-century imperial complex that Viennese locals sometimes call the…

Rafael SuárezApr 29

DJI

Austrian Ski Resort Uses DJI Dock 3 to Optimize Snow

The resort partnered with technology firm KIONIQ to deploy DJI Matrice 4TD drones on DJI Dock 3 through its SPECT service

Rafael SuárezMar 31

Ukraine

Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” Drone Operation Redefines Warfare, Signals Drone Tech Dominance

On June 1, 2025, Ukraine executed Operation “Spiderweb,” a drone-led assault targeting five Russian airbases, destroying dozens of strategic bombers hundreds of miles from its border. Reported by Ukrinform, this operation underscores Ukraine’s emergence as a global leader in drone warfare, showcasing its ability to innovate and defend against Russian aggression with homegrown technology. Spiderweb

Haye KestelooJun 4

Ukraine

NATO Fund Backs German Startup’s Battlefield Bots

€9M Seed Round for ARX Robotics’ Self-Driving Military Robots In a significant move, the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has invested in ARX Robotics, a German startup developing self-driving robots for military use. The Munich-based company raised €9 million ($9.8 million) in seed funding, with over half coming from NIF, marking the fund’s second public investment…

Haye KestelooJun 10

Austria

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