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Micro Drone Race Returns to Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH
From Feb. 20 to 22, 64 FPV pilots will compete in the 7th Annual Micro Drone Race, flying tight, high speed lines through a custom course
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US Army Unleashes Bumblebee V2 Drone Hunter
The United States Army is about to add a new insect to its battlefield ecosystem, and this one hunts in midair. In March, the Army’s Global Response Force will begin assessing the Bumblebee V2, a four rotor FPV interceptor designed to chase down and physically ram hostile drones out of the sky, as Defense News…
Auterion
Auterion, Airlogix Launch AI Strike Drone Venture
At the Munich Security Conference, Germany’s Auterion and Ukraine’s Airlogix announced a joint venture to mass produce autonomous strike drones for Ukraine and NATO allies, as Militarnyi reported.
Ukraine
Ukraine Claims 6,000 Russian FPV Drones Destroyed
If the numbers are accurate, this was not a strike. It was a warehouse extinction event. Ukraine says it has destroyed approximately 6,000 Russian FPV drones in a precision strike on a storage site in the Rostov region, as UNITED24 reports. The claim comes from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which…
DJI
Warrington Police Drone Finds Missing Man
A police drone made the difference between a long night and a safe reunion in Pennsylvania this week. On February 2 at 9:39 p.m., the Buckingham Township Police Department requested drone support from the Warrington Township Police Department to help locate a missing endangered man suffering from dementia, as Patch.com reported. Time was critical. Darkness…
China
China’s Wing Loong X Eyes Global Buyers
At the recent Singapore Airshow, China brought its aviation fireworks. Front and center stood the sleek J-35A, posed like a stealthy supermodel under bright expo lights. But over at the massive booth of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, something quieter sat with far more realistic export potential. The new Wing Loong X, as reported by…
DJI
DJI Dock 2 Cleared for BVLOS in Brazil
On January 21, 2026, Brazil’s aviation authority, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil granted Design Authorization to the DJI Dock 2 and the DJI Matrice 3D Series, as reported by DJI. Translation for enterprise teams: the paperwork mountain just got bulldozed. For years, the biggest obstacle to scaling dock operations was not battery life, wind resistance,…
Brazil
Stella Tecnologia deepens ties with Brazilian Air Force
On February 5, the Brazilian Air Force signed a new protocol of intention with Stella Tecnologia, expanding a relationship that has
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