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The FC-100 parked beside a robot dog and the Yellow Eyes uncrewed ground vehicle.

Poland

NATO Tests Flowcopter MEDEVAC Drone in Poland Exercise

The inclusion of a commercial heavy-lift drone in a MEDEVAC demonstration during this exercise signals something specific: the Army is actively testing

Rafael SuárezMay 12

Official portrait of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.

Ukraine

Poland Taps Ukraine’s Combat Drone Know-How for New Armada

Poland is building a national drone armada, and it’s asking Ukraine to design it. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the joint program on April 27 in Rzeszów, standing alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko at a security conference held roughly 50 miles from the Ukrainian border, as Antikor.ua reported. The structure is straightforward: Poland…

Rafael SuárezMay 5

FPV

U.S. Startup Hunts FPV Drones Using Sound Alone

A Boise, Idaho company called Talon Avionics has built a counter-drone system that doesn’t start with radar. It starts with microphones. The SECTR platform uses AI-powered acoustic sensing to detect, track, and physically destroy hostile FPV drones before traditional sensors even register the threat, as Militarnyi reports. How SECTR Works The system is built around…

Rafael SuárezApr 14

Ukraine

Poland Builds Its Own Shahed. They’re Calling It PLargonia.

Warsaw watched what Iranian drones did to Ukrainian cities and decided it needed one of its own. The PLargonia is almost ready. A Delta-Wing Loitering Munition Built in Poland Poland’s Air Force Institute of Technology and Autonomous Systems Center, known as OSA, have jointly developed a loitering munition that looks remarkably familiar, as Next Gen…

Rafael SuárezApr 3

Sweden

Sweden’s K100XR Drone Killer Comes to Poland

Nordic Air Defence, the Stockholm-based startup behind the Kreuger 100XR interceptor, is opening a Polish subsidiary and signing a three-way counter-drone partnership with Polish defense companies WB Group and Tantalit. The announcement landed March 13 during an active Swedish state visit to Poland, and the timing wasn’t accidental. And all was reported by EDR Magazine.…

Rafael SuárezMar 17

Poland's Civil Aviation Authority Drops the Observer Requirement for FPV Drones in Open Category

Germany

Poland Lets FPV Pilots Fly Without a Visual Observer — Here’s What the Rules Actually Say

Poland’s Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) has issued a temporary exemption that lets FPV pilots in all three Open Category subcategories fly without a visual observer, effective February 12, 2026, through October 12, 2026. The decision, reference number LBSP.503.1.2026.ULC.1, was signed by Paweł Szymański, Director of the ULC’s Unmanned Aircraft Department. You can read the full…

Haye KestelooMar 4