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FAI Launches Drone Soccer: The World’s First Head-to-Head Air Sport
Welcome to Drone Soccer — a new, high-speed competition where drones take center stage in a futuristic version of football played in the sky.
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Battery-Free Drone Designed to Fly as Long as the Sun Shines
That incredible feat came from Luke Bell and his father Mike, two engineers who love pushing drone tech to its absolute limits
Australia
Better Than Nets: DJI Drones in Australia for Shark Spotting
Queensland’s beaches are entering a new era of safety after a four-year government study confirmed that shark-spotting drones detect more than twice as many sharks as traditional nets and drum lines — without harming a single sea creature, as The Guardian reports. The Queensland SharkSmart Drone Trial Final Report (2020–2024) revealed that lifeguards used drones…
Police
Drone Drenches Russian Villa in Sweden as Moscow Blames Stockholm
A drone flew over the Russian trade delegation’s villa on the island of Lidingö early Saturday and dumped paint and an unidentified sticky substance onto the property, marking the latest in a growing string of similar attacks on Russian diplomatic sites in Sweden, as reported by The Hill. According to Stockholm regional police spokesperson Ola…
White House
UK Sends RAF Counter-Drone Specialists To Belgium As Mystery Aircraft Trigger NATO Response But Are They Actually Drones?
Britain is deploying Royal Air Force counter-drone specialists to Belgium after a week of mysterious aircraft sightings shut down major airports and triggered shoot-down authorizations at military bases—but some of the “drones” may have been helicopters and airplanes misidentified by observers. UK Defence Secretary John Healey announced the deployment today following an urgent request from…
Ukraine
Germany Creates Anti-Drone Strike Teams, Rushes Help To Belgium After Europe Realizes It’s Years Behind On Airspace Defense
Germany is establishing rapid-response counter-drone units and has deployed military specialists to Belgium following a wave of mysterious drone sightings that forced multiple airport closures across Europe, exposing critical gaps in the continent’s airspace security infrastructure. “These anti-drone units are being established right now,” Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, who heads Germany’
Ukraine
African Women Tricked Into Building Russian War Drones
The programme targeted women aged 18 to 22, mainly from Africa but also from Latin America and Southeast Asia. It offered “scholarships” that
NASA
French Fishing Nets Become Anti-Drone Barriers Protecting Ukraine From Russian FPV Attacks
Discarded fishing nets from Sweden and France’s Brittany coast are finding new purpose on Ukraine’s frontlines, where they’re being deployed as low-tech anti-drone barriers against Russian attack drones. The Breton charity Kernic Solidarités has delivered 280 kilometers (174 miles) of horsehair netting to Ukraine—transforming what would be 800 tons of annual waste into frontline protection…
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