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Poland Builds Its Own Shahed. They're Calling It PLargonia.
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…

Sweden's K100XR Drone Killer Comes to Poland
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.…

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…

EDA Advances Swarming Underwater Drone Tech
Underwater drone

EDA Advances Swarming Underwater Drone Tech

SABUVIS II was managed by the EDA with a budget of €3.7 million. Poland served as the lead nation, with Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia

Ukraine Signs Drone Production Deal With Norway As NATO Allies Race To Access Battle-Tested Tech
Airbus

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 development program as early as Friday, February 20, during a defense ministers’ meeting in Poland,…

Dji Mini 3 pro - DJI Tightens Drone Rebinding Rules Starting June 19, 2025: What Pilots Need to Know
Europe

EU Commission’s New Drone Action Plan Hides a Bombshell: 100-Gram Registration Threshold Coming to Europe

The European Commission published a sweeping new action plan on Wednesday aimed at fixing Europe’s embarrassing inability to detect and stop hostile drones. The headline is about counter-drone detection. The real story is buried in the details: Brussels wants to extend mandatory registration and identification requirements to all drones weighing more than 100 grams, matching…

Unknown Drone Crashes Into Key Polish Helicopter Base
Drone Incidents

Unknown Drone Crashes Into Key Polish Helicopter Base

Poland just had two unexpected visitors drop out of the sky, and neither knocked before landing. In early February, an unidentified drone fell onto the grounds of the 1st Air Cavalry Battalion in Leźnica Wielka, central Poland. This is not just any military site. The base serves as a key helicopter hub for Poland’s land…

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