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A Ukrainian drone manufacturer called SkyFall has flown artificial intelligence into the one job interceptor pilots could never do fast enough: spotting an incoming Shahed before the human eye registers it. At a launch site in a central Ukrainian pine forest, the company demonstrated its P1-SUN interceptor against a lightweight replica of the Iranian-designed attack…
An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala claims it breached FBI first-person view (FPV) drones and used that access to threaten teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which opened June 11 across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist and state-linked propaganda, published the group’s statement on June 12.…
MaXon Systems built a $3,500 fixed-wing drone that launches, flies, and kills Shaheds autonomously. First combat use confirmed in Kharkiv on June 8.
A U.S. Navy surface drone pulled two downed Apache crew from the Strait of Hormuz, the first time an unmanned vessel has rescued U.S. military personnel.
Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf has warned for nine years that the U.S. can't build weapons fast enough. Operation Epic Fury and a $61B valuation just tested that.
U.S. Central Command shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, then struck Iranian coastal radar sites in response, the latest kinetic exchange to test a ceasefire that has held in name only since April. The drones were headed for the world’s most important oil chokepoint, the same…
Russia has started flying a new jet-powered attack drone, the Geran-4, and Ukrainian intelligence says the reason is blunt: the cheap interceptor drones Kyiv has been throwing at Russian Shaheds got good enough to force a redesign. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) published a full technical teardown of the aircraft on May 25, 2026,…
The Pentagon has awarded Perennial Autonomy a three-year contract worth up to $500 million for drone-killing interceptors, the largest single counter-unmanned-aircraft deal the U.S. military has signed. Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Defense Department organization that tests and buys counter-drone gear, announced the award on May 18. It covers three platforms already in the…
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