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Rear view of a dark delta-wing jet drone with glowing engine exhaust flying above a cloud layer at sunset, still from SBU footage released September 19, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine's SBU Films First Jet Shahed Kill, Won't Name the Interceptor

Zelensky released the first video of a jet-powered Shahed downed by a Ukrainian interceptor drone. Kyiv is withholding the maker, cost and kill count.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Drone Dominance Program seal on a trade show backdrop with two FPV attack drones on the table in front of it

Department of Defense

Neros Makes Both Pentagon Gauntlet II Boards As Skycutter Falls To 4th

Neros is the only company on both Gauntlet II leaderboards, Perennial Autonomy wins deep strike, and March champion Skycutter drops to fourth.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Police

Boston Police Drone Wrecks a Parked Car Six Days Into Its DFR Pilot

A BRINC Responder flown by Boston police fell onto a Mazda in Brighton on September 3, less than a week after BPD sold the program on safety.

Haye KestelooSep 19

No Drone Zone warning sign mounted on a brick perimeter wall

Counter-Drone

UK Bases Logged 340 Drone Incidents in a Year. The MoD Names Nobody

MoD figures show 340 drone incidents at British military sites in a year, up from 126 in 2024. The ministry credits better detection and names no culprit.

Haye KestelooSep 19

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

Drone Incidents

NASA Kennedy Drone Case: Chinese Tourist Pleads Guilty, Faces a Year

Xiaodong He pleaded guilty over a 12-minute drone flight near Kennedy Space Center. Two earlier cases show what sentencing could look like.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Onboard camera HUD from an autonomous attack drone showing an armed payload and a locked AEV target over a snowy landscape

Technology

NATO-Backed Drone Picked Its Own Target And Dropped A Bomb

Scaleout's onboard AI picked an armored vehicle out of a Swedish test range and struck it with no direct human command. Geneva is still arguing.

Haye KestelooSep 18

Air Upstate and RigiTech team members stand behind a red RigiTech Eiger VTOL drone on the tarmac at Griffiss International Airport

Drone Delivery

Upstate Medical Hires FAA Veteran Behind The First BVLOS Approvals

Upstate Medical named Cliff Sweatte director of UAS operations, months after an FAA waiver opened 50 miles of Central New York airspace to its drones.

Haye KestelooSep 18

Joby J208 converted Cessna Caravan flying over the San Francisco skyline and bay

Technology

Joby Flew 3,199 Miles With Zero Pilot Input, in a Cessna Caravan

Joby flew a converted Cessna Caravan 3,199 miles across the US with zero pilot inputs, supervised remotely from California and Shaw Air Force Base.

Haye KestelooSep 18

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