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Helsing and Stark’s German drone deals could reach €4.3 billion, procurement documents reveal
Two weeks ago, we reported that Helsing and Stark Defence had beaten Rheinmetall for €600 million in German loitering munition contracts. That number was based on Bloomberg’s reporting. Now the Financial Times has obtained the actual procurement documents submitted to…
Chinese Drone Assembly Lines Headed to North Korea
A Chinese automation company is openly promoting a drone assembly line reportedly bound for North Korea, raising serious questions about export controls and compliance with United Nations sanctions. According to NK News, a video posted on Douyin shows an employee…
Ukraine opens 10 drone export hubs across Europe as first German-built Ukrainian drone rolls off the line
Four years ago, Ukraine was begging Western allies for basic weapons deliveries. Now Zelenskyy is announcing drone production lines on German soil and 10 weapons export offices spanning the Baltics to Northern Europe. The speed of this reversal is hard…
UK Firm’s Ultra Heavy Lift Jet Powered Drone Takes Flight
If a helicopter, a sci fi gunship, and a toolbox had a very loud British child, it might look something like the Hydra 400. Developed by London based Hydra Drones Limited, this ultra heavy lift drone is not here to…
Royal Navy’s Proteus Drone Makes Helicopter History
The Royal Navy has just flown straight into the future, without a pilot, without a cockpit crew, and without any intention of slowing down. The UK’s Navy first full size autonomous helicopter, known as Proteus, has completed its maiden flight…
Pentagon DIU wants containerized drone launchers that store, launch, and recover swarms on command
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) just published a solicitation for something the U.S. military has needed for years but never had: a box that can store drones, launch them in mass, recover them, recharge them, and do it all…
SkyFoundry Act Aims to Fix America’s Drone Shortfall
China and Russia are churning out millions of drones every year, flooding battlefields and supply chains with cheap, expendable aircraft, while the United States struggles to produce small drones at scale, as War on The Rocks reports. That imbalance is…
SpaceX Starlink Whitelist Goes Live: Russian Frontline Command Collapses as Drone Control Links Go Dark
Ten days ago, we covered SpaceX’s emergency speed limit on Starlink terminals, the first measure designed to kill satellite connectivity on Russian strike drones flying over Ukraine. Four days ago, we reported on the full terminal authorization system that Ukraine…
Ukraine Pushes British Army to 3D Print Drones Near the Front
The war in Ukraine continues to reshape how Western militaries think about drones, logistics, and battlefield adaptation. One of the clearest lessons now influencing the British Army is the need to 3D print drone parts close to where they are…
Poland Builds Europe’s Largest Anti Drone Wall
Poland has signed a contract worth roughly 3.8 billion dollars to deploy what will become Europe’s largest integrated counter drone system, a move shaped directly by hard lessons from the war in Ukraine and rising airspace violations along NATO’s eastern…
F-35C shoots down Iranian Shahed-139 drone approaching USS Abraham Lincoln as IRGC harasses U.S. tanker
A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 reconnaissance drone as it flew toward the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command confirmed. Hours earlier, two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
Russian Embassy School in London Teaches Combat Drones
Children as young as 15 are being taught how to use battlefield drones at a Russian government run school in west London, according to lesson plans reviewed by The Daily Mail. The Russian Embassy School in Notting Hill, which operates…