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Counter-Drone Radar Firm Chaos Industries Raises $510M As Defense Tech Investment Hits Record Highs
Counter-drone radar manufacturer Chaos Industries has secured $510 million in a Series D funding round that closed last month, bringing the Los Angeles-based company’s valuation to $4.5 billion. The funding represents the latest sign of surging investor interest in defense…
Senator Warns U.S. Drone Defense “Severe and Growing” Crisis As Protection Authorities Face January Expiration
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton is sounding the alarm on what he calls a “severe and growing” threat from unauthorized drone flights over U.S. military bases, border facilities, and major public events, warning that critical airspace protection authorities are…
US Sanctions Ukrainian Firms Supplying Drone Parts to Iran—The Same Drones Russia Uses to Attack Ukraine
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two Ukrainian companies Wednesday for supplying critical aerospace components to Iran’s state-owned drone manufacturer HESA—the same entity producing Shahed-136 drones that Russia has launched by the tens of thousands against Ukrainian cities throughout 2025. The…
US Slaps Sanctions on Global Network Fueling Iran’s Drone Rebuilding Effort After June War
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 32 individuals and entities across eight countries on Wednesday for operating procurement networks that supply Iran’s ballistic missile and drone production programs, marking the latest attempt to prevent Tehran from reconstituting military capabilities destroyed during…
Unidentified Drones Surveil French Military Tank Convoy and Ammunition Factory in Escalating European Security Crisis
French authorities opened investigations after unidentified drones conducted surveillance over a military train carrying Leclerc main battle tanks and an ammunition factory producing gunpowder for Ukraine’s artillery—the latest incidents in a coordinated pattern targeting NATO military infrastructure across Europe. The…
Shield AI’s X-BAT: SpaceX-Style Vertical Landing Meets Combat-Proven AI in $27M Fighter Drone
A jet-powered drone that launches vertically like a rocket, flies over 2,000 miles autonomously without GPS, and lands tail-first on a trailer could reshape air warfare—and it’s built by engineers who perfected SpaceX’s reusable rocket landings. Shield AI unveiled the…
Venezuela’s “Drone Simulator” Looks Like a $3 Steam Game
In the middle of growing tension with the United States, Venezuela has unveiled what it claims is a new drone simulator for its army. The problem? It looks almost identical to a cheap video game sold on Steam for just…
Owl vs Drone: The Feathered Fighter Who Just Won the Air War
In a scene straight out of a NAT GEO nature documentary, a Ukrainian owl has just pulled off what might be the most spectacular aerial takedown of the year. According to Censor.NET, and reported by United 24 Media, the bird…
UK Airports Face Inevitable Drone Attacks, Aviation Chief Warns After Belgium Shutdowns
The UK’s top aviation regulator has issued a stark warning that British airports will face disruption from organized drone attacks, declaring it “not a question of if, only of when” such drone incidents occur. The warning from the UK Civil…
Zelensky Corruption Probe Exposes Drone Industry’s Hidden Risks
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has uncovered a major graft scandal involving individuals close to President Volodymyr Zelensky, including Timur Mindich, co-owner of Kvartal 95. The investigation, launched alongside large-scale raids on November 10, reveals how corruption infiltrated state enterprises…
DJI Avata 360 promotional pictures just leaked and they are promising!
Remember the pictures of the DJI Avata 3 from 6 months ago? We now know it wasn’t the. Avata 3… It was the DJI Avata 360 all along! While DJI was busy developing its DJI Osmo 360, they where also…
From Teenage Drone Racers To $121M Defense Contractors: How Two 20-Somethings Are Building America’s FPV War Machine
Soren Monroe-Anderson was just 20 years old when he walked into the Pentagon with his friend Olaf Hichwa, trying to sell drones they’d built in his parents’ garage. A senior Department of Defense official shut them down immediately: “You can’t…