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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 make that ratio permanent, and the Netherlands is helping fund it. Here’s what you need…
Three years of absorbing more than 57,000 Shahed-type drone strikes has turned Ukraine into the world’s most battle-tested authority on shooting Iranian-designed weapons out of the sky. Now, as Iran’s drone and missile salvos spread across the Gulf and into Europe’s military footprint, that expertise has a new market. Here’s what’s happening: 57,000 Shaheds: Ukraine’s…
At a secret training range north of Kyiv, a neurologist and a graphic designer are learning to shoot down drones. That’s not a quirky detail. It’s the clearest signal yet of how seriously Ukraine is taking the interceptor drone mission, and how fast the battlefield logic has shifted from expensive air defense systems to cheap,…
Germany’s parliament voted Thursday, February 27, 2026, to give the Bundeswehr authority to intercept, jam, and shoot down drones over German territory — a shift that would have been politically unthinkable just a few years ago. The Bundestag approved amendments to the Air Security Act with backing from the governing conservatives and Social Democrats; the…
Ukraine’s biggest drone manufacturer just opened a production facility on British soil. Ukrspecsystems, described as Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturer, has converted a building in Mildenhall, Suffolk into an operational drone factory, backed by a £200 million investment. When running at full capacity, it will produce up to 1,000 drones per month for Ukrainian soldiers fighting…
The Fukushima Prefectural Government expanded revitalization subsidies into six technology categories — drones and robotics among them
A report from Middle East Eye says China has sent “attack drones” to Iran, including small offensive systems like loitering munitions. At the same time, a separate report says Iran is nearing a deal to buy Chinese CM-302 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, which would deepen the China-to-Iran defense pipeline in a way the U.S. Navy…
A Danish counter-drone company just planted its flag on American soil. MyDefence opened its U.S. manufacturing and innovation facility in Oklahoma City on February 26 — and the timing couldn’t be more deliberate, as Oklahoma Commerce reports. From Copenhagen to Oklahoma: Why This Move Matters Now The drone threat isn’t waiting for anyone’s supply chain…
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