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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…
WSJ exposes Chinese parts inside America’s humanoid robots, and Congress is already running the DJI playbook
The Wall Street Journal published an investigation this week revealing that America’s most prominent humanoid robots, including Tesla’s Optimus and products from Figure AI, depend heavily on Chinese-manufactured components for their most basic physical functions. The WSJ report (paywall) by…
Mithril Defense Puts Pepper-Gel Drones in High School Hallways — And Two States Are Paying for It
A Wall Street Journal investigation published April 5, 2026 put a national spotlight on Mithril Defense, the Austin, Texas startup deploying fleets of rapid-response drones inside American high schools as part of its Campus Guardian Angel platform. Florida has committed…
Ukraine built an Amazon for combat drones, and no other military can match it
Ukraine’s military has built two online marketplaces where frontline commanders can browse hundreds of drone models on their phones, pay with brigade credits, and receive delivery within 5 to 10 days, according to a detailed report by The New York…
China built the world’s drone industry, now it’s grounding its own pilots
China is imposing some of the harshest drone restrictions on the planet, even as its government pours billions into building a “low-altitude economy” around the same technology. The New York Times reports that new regulations taking effect in May will…
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…
Ukrainian Students Race Combat Drones in Kyiv. The Winner Flew It in 36 Seconds.
There are drone racing tournaments, and then there is this one. The final of Kyiv Drone Racing took place in a hangar at the National Aviation University Kyiv Aviation Institute, with more than 30 teams and roughly 100 participants competing…
Ukrainian Strike Drone Crashes in Finland With Live Warhead
A Ukrainian long-range attack drone landed in Finnish territory on Sunday morning with its warhead still intact. Finnish police found it, cordoned off the area, and detonated it in a controlled explosion. No one was hurt. But the incident is…
Rheinmetall CEO Calls Ukraine’s Drones ‘Lego’ Built by ‘Housewives.’ Zelensky Says That CEO Sounds Promotable.
Armin Papperger, Chairman and CEO of Rheinmetall AG, dismissed Ukraine’s drone program as kitchen-table hobbyism in an interview with The Atlantic published Friday, March 28. “They have 3D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones,” Papperger told…
Russia Plans to Train 70,000 Drone Specialists in 2026
Russia is scaling its drone warfare program at a pace that should get the attention of anyone watching the Ukraine conflict. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Anatoly Kontsevoy announced at a Federation Council meeting that the Russian…
Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Can Build 2,000 Interceptor Drones A Day, But Only With The Money To Do It
Zelenskyy told Reuters Ukraine can produce 2,000 interceptor drones per day if it has the budget. Here is what that figure actually means and why the math matters.
NATO and Ukraine Open UNITE-Brave Portal, Putting €10 Million in Counter-Drone Contracts Within Reach of Allied Companies
NATO and Ukraine opened the UNITE-Brave NATO web portal on March 25, 2026, giving Allied and Ukrainian companies their first direct access to a matchmaking system tied to a €10 million joint innovation competition. The portal, hosted on Brave1’s website,…