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FAA shuts down El Paso airspace, DJI VP detained in China, Kansas City counter-drone bill, and drone pilot faces federal charges
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week, and they’re quite interesting. First up, the FAA abruptly shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas. A former DJI VP has been detained in…
DJI Matrice 4TD Drones Tested Over Moree
Police in regional Australia are about to test a capability that feels like a preview of where public safety aviation is heading. In Moree, NSW Police are deploying DJI Matrice 4TD aircraft as part of a six month trial that…
Berlin’s drone ambitions just flew into political turbulence.
German defense startup Stark is facing mounting backlash over its ties to tech billionaire Peter Thiel, days before lawmakers decide on a drone contract that could reach €2.9 billion, as Financial Times reports. What should have been a celebration of…
Ukraine Upgrades Ratel H With Fiber Optic Drone Launcher
Ukraine has just fused two battlefield trends into one system. Ground robots and jam resistant FPV drones are now working as a single unit, as United24 reports. The Ukrainian company Ratel Robotics announced on February 18 that its domestically produced…
Europe’s 500 km Kamikaze Drone Goes Mass Production
Europe is not just designing a long range loitering munition. It is redesigning how such weapons are built. Under the European Long-range Strike Approach framework, the One Way Effector 500 Plus is emerging as a deliberately simple, industrial scale strike…
Europe’s E5 Defense Ministers Back LEAP Program to Build Low-Cost Autonomous Drones Inspired by Ukraine
Europe’s five biggest military spenders are formalizing what Ukraine’s drone operators figured out the hard way: cheap autonomous systems beat expensive traditional ones. The UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland are expected to announce a new joint drone and missile…
China Leans on Drones at Scarborough Shoal
China’s coastguard just gave us a rare window into how drones are shaping operations at Scarborough Shoal, and it did not come through a defense white paper or satellite imagery analysis. It came through a Lunar New Year post. Behind…
Eric Trump Backs Low Cost Per Kill Drone Deal
Israeli drone maker XTEND is heading to the public markets through a $1.5 billion reverse merger with Florida based JFB Construction Holdings, a Nasdaq listed contractor whose core business until now has had little to do with defense robotics, as…
London Fights iPhone Gangs With DJI Drones
London’s phone theft crisis has mutated into something colder and more organized. Gangs are recruiting children on Snapchat, offering up to £380 for the latest Apple devices, and sending teenagers out on bikes before school to hunt commuters, as The…
Ondas Targets Rafael Drone Unit in Israeli Defense Push
There is a new suitor circling one of Israel’s most sensitive drone makers. US based Ondas Holdings is seeking to acquire Aeronautics, the unmanned aerial vehicle subsidiary of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, according to reporting by Calcalist. If approved, the…
Quantum Systems eyes early 2027 IPO as Morgan Stanley tapped for fresh $710 million funding round
We have been tracking Quantum Systems‘ rise from small civilian drone maker to what the company calls Europe’s first “triple unicorn” in dual-use technology for nearly two years now. Today, the trajectory just got a lot steeper. The Peter Thiel-backed…
Boeing AH-64 Apache Is Getting Proximity-Fuzed 30mm Ammo For Swatting Down Drones
The AH-64 Apache’s evolution into a dedicated counter-drone platform continues — and now it’s getting a major upgrade to its chin gun. The U.S. Army has successfully live-fire tested the new XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) 30x113mm ammunition for the…