Shaheds, Lancets, fiber-optic FPVs and the counter-drone scramble — Russia’s drone war, tracked.
Inside an abandoned warehouse somewhere in Ukraine, instructors are shaping the country’s next generation of FPV drone pilots, and the space feels more like a live fire maze than a classroom. The Killhouse Academy, as students call it, is built from plywood walls, narrow corridors, and improvised obstacles, all arranged to push new pilots to…
The Pentagon is finally moving with more urgency, launching a one billion dollar effort to buy hundreds of thousands of small one way attack drones, and the goal is to force the entire defense industry to reorganize around scalable, low cost production, The War Zone reports. The initiative is called the Drone Dominance Program, and…
Ukraine has relied on cheap interceptor drones to stop Geran 2 attacks. These interceptors are small quadcopters or custom built first person view
We’ve been tracking Ukraine’s drone revolution for years, but the latest report from Dutch broadcaster NOS reveals a stunning shift: ground-based robots have quietly become the backbone of frontline survival. The 21st Regiment of Unmanned Systems now delivers 90% of all supplies to forward positions using wheeled drones, a transformation born from brutal necessity. The…
Ukraine and Norway will jointly manufacture combat drones starting in 2026, marking the latest NATO country to tap into Kyiv’s battlefield-proven drone expertise. We’ve been tracking this trend for months, and the pattern is now undeniable: the most bombed country in Europe is becoming the arsenal that arms its allies. Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal…
A Chinese drone parts supplier has taken an ownership stake in one of Russia’s most important military drone manufacturers, according to a bombshell Financial Times investigation published today. The revelation marks the first documented case of direct Chinese equity investment in a sanctioned Russian defense company. Wang Dinghua, owner of Shenzhen-based drone parts company Minghuaxin,…
We’ve been tracking Anduril’s meteoric rise for years, from Palmer Luckey’s $1.5 billion funding round to their Fury drone debut at the Paris Air Show. But a devastating Reuters investigation published this week reveals what happens when Silicon Valley hype meets battlefield reality: drones crashing into the ground and failing against Russian electronic warfare. Two…
The United Kingdom just proved laser weapons are no longer science fiction. Britain’s DragonFire laser system destroyed high-speed drones traveling at 650 km/h (404 mph) during live trials at the MOD Hebrides range in Scotland. The successful tests triggered a £316 million ($413 million) contract to deploy the weapon on Royal Navy warships by 2027.…
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