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Vidun Fixed-Wing Interceptor Gets Ukraine Military Approval, But Procurement Delays Are Already Cutting Production
Ukraine

Vidun Fixed-Wing Interceptor Gets Ukraine Military Approval, But Procurement Delays Are Already Cutting Production

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has codified the Vidun fixed-wing interceptor drone for operational use by the Armed Forces, according to Defender Media, a Ukrainian defense publication that reported on the codification on April 4, 2026. The article’s title, “Fixed-Wing Interceptor Vidun Codified: Can Reach 6 km Altitude and Stay Airborne for Over Two Hours,” was…

Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine's Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market
Ukraine

Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine’s Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market

Terra Drone Corporation has announced a strategic investment in Ukraine-based Amazing Drones LLC and the joint launch of a new interceptor drone called the Terra A1, according to a company announcement. The deal was structured through Terra Drone’s subsidiary Terra Inspectioneering and combines a capital stake with a full business alliance. Terra Drone formally entered…

DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Photographed Up Close by OsitaLV Ahead of Expected April Launch
DJI

DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Photographed Up Close by OsitaLV Ahead of Expected April Launch

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 showed up in close-up photos posted today by OsitaLV (@OsitaLV on X), a verified DJI BBS pilot and aerial filmmaker with 24,000 followers. The two images show the camera body and quick-start guide inside what appears to be a carrying case, giving the clearest look yet at the physical hardware.…

Skydio X10 drones hovering around a Skydio dock in front of a wall of mapping monitors.
Skydio

Drone Catches Fleeing Driver in Beaverton Backyards

A hit-and-run suspect who crashed into two cars and ran through residential yards in Beaverton, Oregon, didn’t get far. Washington County’s new Drone as First Responder program tracked him from above and guided deputies straight to him. The arrest on April 2 gave the six-week-old trial program one of its most visible results yet, as…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
DJI

First DJI Pocket 4 Unboxing Points to April 16 Launch

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 just went from packaging leaks to hands-on video. The first unboxing footage of the upcoming gimbal camera has surfaced on YouTube, and it includes a specific claim: the official launch date is April 16, 2026. If that holds, DJI’s most anticipated camera of the year arrives sooner than most of…

Hermeus raises $350M to build the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world
Anduril

Hermeus raises $350M to build the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world

Hermeus, the Atlanta-based defense aviation company developing high-Mach unmanned aircraft, has closed a $350 million Series C round that values the company at $1 billion. The round, announced today, was led by Khosla Ventures and brings Hermeus’ total capital raised past $500 million. The funding arrives weeks after the company’s Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 completed its…

Ukraine's Drone Industry Arrives in Düsseldorf, and It Has Receipts
Europe

General Cherry and Orqa Sign MoU to Build Counter-Drone Systems on European Soil

Ukraine’s General Cherry and Croatian drone manufacturer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and manufacture interceptor drones and counter-drone systems in Europe, according to Unmanned Airspace. The agreement pairs General Cherry’s three years of live C-UAS combat knowledge with Orqa’s established production infrastructure in Croatia. Joint manufacturing facilities ar

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