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Kraken KATFISH Launches Itself From Turkish Navy Drone Boat
Kraken Robotics just pulled off something navies have been trying to make practical for years. The Canadian firm integrated its KATFISH towed sonar onto Sefine’s RD-22 unmanned surface vessel off the coast of Istanbul, then launched and recovered the system…
Ukraine Reveals Sichen: 870-Mile Strike Drone Already in Combat
Ukraine publicly introduced a new long-range strike drone called Sichen on April 14 at a Ministry of Foreign Affairs exhibition in Kyiv. The aircraft is built for deep strikes at ranges up to 870 miles and carries an 88-pound warhead,…
EV Battery Tech Extends Ukraine Drone Range by 46%
A Ukrainian company called PAWELL has figured out how to take battery cells designed for electric vehicles and stuff them into fixed-wing drones. The result: operational range jumped from roughly 19 miles to 122 miles on a single charge, as…
Ukraine Captures Russian Position Using Only Drones and Ground Robots.
For the first time in the war, Ukraine seized a Russian position without a single soldier stepping forward. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that an enemy position had been taken “exclusively by unmanned platforms — ground systems and drones,”…
Army Troops Test Anti-Drone Bullets for Standard Rifles
This article is about two things that I really like: drones and guns. The U.S. Army just gave soldiers the simplest possible counter-drone tool: a bullet. Troops assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire training with the…
Japan Drops Apaches, Bets $70M on Drones Instead
Japan just put real money behind the idea that attack helicopters are finished. The country’s fiscal year 2026 defense budget, enacted on April 7, includes ¥11.1 billion ($69.7 million) to buy five “wide-area UAVs” for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force,…
The Bird, the Nest, and the Soldier Who Lost His Arm
On June 2, Yuriy Kokhan was clearing a safe passage for his unit through woodland near a reservoir north of Toretsk when he spotted something on the ground that stopped him. It was a bird’s nest. And it wasn’t right.…
Ukraine Gets First Linza Drones From German-Ukrainian JV
Ukraine just received its first batch of Linza 3.0 tactical drones from Quantum Frontline Industries, the Ukrainian-German joint venture that stood up its Bavarian production line barely four months ago, as reported by The Defense Post. The handover marks the…
Fourth Ukrainian Drone Found in Finland as Iitti Discovery Widens Straying Pattern
A fourth armed drone has been found on Finnish soil in less than two weeks, this time in a forest in the Perheniemi area of Iitti, roughly 140 kilometres northeast of Helsinki, according to the Helsinki Times. A member of…
Ukraine’s Petcube Founder Built AI Drones That Strike Without a Pilot, and Investors Are Lining Up
Yaroslav Azhnyuk went from building a smartphone-controlled laser toy for bored pets to manufacturing AI-guided kamikaze drones that fly their final attack run without human input. The New York Times profiled Azhnyuk and his two defense companies today, documenting how…
FirePoint’s $2.5 Billion UAE Deal Rejected Before It Could Begin
Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee sent back an application for a $760 million acquisition of a 30% stake in FirePoint, the country’s top long-range drone and missile maker, according to a written response the committee gave to Reuters on April 8, 2026.…
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…