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Wingcopter 262 VTOL drone in forward flight against a blue sky

Industry

Wingcopter 262: Delivery Drone Maker Launches 6-Hour Recon Drone

Wingcopter's all-electric 262 VTOL flies up to six hours and 93 miles at 22 pounds, and the German delivery company is lining it up for Ukraine.

Haye KestelooSep 15

Leipzig-Halle Airport check-in terminal exterior

Leipzig Drone Bomb

Germany Plans To Let Utilities Fight Off Drones After Leipzig Bomb

Germany plans nine-city counter-drone units and a law letting power and water companies actively fend off drones, five weeks after the Leipzig bomb.

Haye KestelooSep 7

DJI Power

DJI Power 2000 Now Plugs Into Your Wall Socket. Not in America

DJI put the Power 2000 on stage at IFA 2026 as a grid-tied home battery with its first balcony solar kit. US buyers get none of it.

Haye KestelooSep 4

The nose of an Antonov An-124-100M cargo plane on an airport apron, with the words Be Brave Like Kharkiv painted on the fuselage.

Leipzig Drone Bomb

Germany Blames Russia For Leipzig Drone Bomb, Closes Consulate

Germany formally blames Russia for the August 4 explosive drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport and will close the Russian consulate in Bonn on September 18.

Haye KestelooSep 2

A Quantum Systems Vector eVTOL reconnaissance drone staged in the field with Quantum Systems branding behind it.

Industry

Quantum Systems Says CIA-Backed Fund Opened Its US Doors

Co-CEO Sven Kruck says In-Q-Tel and other US investors opened Washington doors, helping the German drone maker land CIA and FBI work.

Haye KestelooAug 31

Leipzig Drone Bomb

Leipzig Drone Bomb Plot Ran Three Drones And A Second Explosive

A third drone and 50 grams of suspected hexogen turned up beside Leipzig/Halle Airport. Investigators say the plot was far larger than the public knew.

Haye KestelooAug 29

US Army

US Army Throws 1,900 Drones at Its Own Paratroopers in Germany

The Saber Junction 26 opposing force fields 1,900 drones and new jammers against the 173rd Airborne, a week after the Army killed its drone battalion.

Haye KestelooAug 27

A bomb disposal robot works under floodlights on an airport apron at night, with a traffic cone in the foreground.

Leipzig Drone Bomb

US Intel Ties Leipzig Drone Bomb To Russia's GRU

US intelligence ties the explosive drone found beside a Ukrainian An-124 at Leipzig to Russia's GRU, as more drones and explosives turn up nearby.

Haye KestelooAug 27

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