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Ottawa’s $900M Bet: Can Canada Lead the Western Drone Race?
Canada’s defense drone push just got a serious price tag. The Government of Canada will spend more than CA$900 million (roughly US$660 million, at approximately 0.73 USD/CAD) on unmanned systems, aerospace technology, and dual-use defense programs, with a dedicated Drone…
Ukraine’s GUR Publishes Full Teardowns of Russia’s Drones and Missiles, Names Every Foreign Part Inside
I spent the morning clicking through 3D models of Russian attack drones on a Ukrainian intelligence website. You can rotate them, zoom in on individual circuit boards, and read the manufacturer name stamped on each chip. The level of detail…
US Commerce Department Streamlines Drone Export Controls: A Strategic Push Toward Allied Supply Chains
The policy change is narrow on paper. The implications are not. On January 21, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule that removes licensing requirements for certain commercial UAVs exported to most…
Fukushima Startup Bets on Drones to Rebuild a Region
Out of one of the worst disasters in modern history, a drone company is quietly building something remarkable. This is not a Silicon Valley story. It’s a Fukushima one. From Nuclear Ashes to Drone Innovation Hub When the earthquake and…
China’s Wing Loong 2 Is Spoofing Transponder Signals Over the South China Sea in What Analysts Call a Taiwan Rehearsal
A Chinese military drone has been flying regular surveillance missions over the South China Sea since August while broadcasting false transponder codes that made it appear to be other aircraft entirely — including a sanctioned Belarusian cargo plane and a…
SkyDrive Secures 10 SD 05 eVTOLs for Taiwan
Japan’s electric air taxi race just added a Taiwanese runway. SkyDrive Inc. has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 10 SKYDRIVE Model SD 05 eVTOL aircraft, marking the company’s first Letter of Intent…
EU Commission’s New Drone Action Plan Hides a Bombshell: 100-Gram Registration Threshold Coming to Europe
The European Commission published a sweeping new action plan on Wednesday aimed at fixing Europe’s embarrassing inability to detect and stop hostile drones. The headline is about counter-drone detection. The real story is buried in the details: Brussels wants to…
The Ultimate 2026 Global Drone & Robotics Event Calendar
As the drone and robotics industries continue to evolve at a breakneck pace, staying ahead of the curve means being in the room where it happens. From the shifting regulatory landscape and the rise of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to…
Pentagon DIU wants containerized drone launchers that store, launch, and recover swarms on command
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) just published a solicitation for something the U.S. military has needed for years but never had: a box that can store drones, launch them in mass, recover them, recharge them, and do it all…
Robot Dogs Join Japan’s Assault Force Test
Japan just gave the world a preview of what its future ground assaults might look like, and yes, they include robot dogs going first so humans do not have to, as Defence Blog reports. During January 2026’s New Year descent…
Japan to Send Drones to South America to Fight Illegal Fishing
Japan has pledged to provide drones to Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay to help the four South American nations monitor their exclusive economic zones and crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to Sea Food Source. The move…
Wingcopter Brings Long Range LiDAR Surveying to Japan
Surveying in Japan is not for the faint of heart or the short of range. With roughly 70 percent of the country made up of mountains and steep terrain, gathering accurate geospatial data has always been expensive, complex, and sometimes…