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Drone news in the Netherlands: regulations, industry updates, innovative uses, events, and the impact on businesses and communities in Holland.
An-28 Skydiving Plane Has 222 Drone Kills. The New York Times Just Filmed Inside It.
The New York Times went inside an Antonov An-28 turboprop in a video posted May 5, 2026, riding along with the Ukrainian civilian crew that has converted a 1980s skydiving plane into one of the country’s most cost-effective drone hunters.…
Titan Batteries Opens UAV Pack Line At Bosch Site In Tilburg As Europe’s Drone Buildout Reaches The Battery Layer
Titan Batteries opened a UAV battery production facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands, on May 2, 2026. The Idaho-headquartered company says the launch makes it the first dedicated drone battery supplier with full-scale assembly lines on two continents. The new line…
Europe Gets Its First Military Drone Marketplace
European defense ministries now have a single platform to browse, compare, and deploy drones from across the continent, as reported by Agence Europe. Amsterdam-based Intelic launched BASE on May 4, describing it as the first procurement hub of its kind…
Donecle’s €10M Inspection Drone Raise Meets America’s Aircraft Mechanic Shortage
Donecle, the Toulouse-based maker of autonomous aircraft inspection drones, closed a €10 million (approximately $11 million) funding round on April 15. Eleven days later, the Wall Street Journal published a feature on America’s aviation mechanic shortage that explains why that…
US Army Grenadier System Adds Counter-Drone Ammo After 18 Years
The U.S. Army is finally moving past two decades of failed grenade launcher programs, and this time it’s baking counter-drone capability directly into the weapon from the start. A new solicitation published April 6, 2026, asks defense contractors to submit…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Calls for US Drone Production, Backs $1.5 Trillion Security Initiative
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, used his annual letter to shareholders, released April 6, 2026, to call explicitly for the United States to rapidly develop and produce drones domestically, and to announce a $1.5 trillion,…
While TechEx Was in Düsseldorf, Russian Intelligence Was Bugging Its Chief Engineer’s Office
On the day TechEx showed its unjammable fiber-optic FPV drones in Düsseldorf, Russia's intelligence was bugging their chief engineer's office back in Ukraine.
Netherlands Becomes First NATO Nation to Embed Drone and Counter-Drone Units in Every Army Combat Formation — and Is Hiring 1,200 People to Do It
The Dutch army is about to become the most drone-integrated ground force in NATO. Starting in April, the Netherlands will begin recruiting between 1,000 and 1,200 military personnel to staff newly created drone and counter-drone units that will be embedded…
Ukraine Hits China-Free Drone Milestone — But Mass Production at That Standard Is Years Away
Back in July 2025, Ukrainian officials told us independence from Chinese drone components was “one or two quarters away.” The New York Times is reporting today that Ukraine has hit that target. In a basement workshop somewhere in Ukraine, dozens…
Inside the Secret Munich Factory Producing 10,000 Ukrainian Drones a Year
We have been covering the Build With Ukraine initiative since its earliest announcements, and this latest report from the Wall Street Journal fills in details that confirm what we have been reporting for months: the flow of military drone technology…
Ukraine and Netherlands Scale Drone Line to Target 50,000 Russian Losses Per Month
The numbers coming out of Ukraine’s Drone Line program in early 2026 are striking. In January and February, more than 1,000 specialized drone crews accounted for one in every three Russian soldiers killed on the front. Now Ukraine wants to…
HMS Duncan Takes On Drone Swarms and Wins
Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan just survived a drone swarm attack off the Welsh coast. Controlled chaos, live firing, and a training exercise that felt anything but fake. One Ship. Multiple Threats. Zero Excuses. QinetiQ’s Sharpshooter exercise doesn’t mess around.…