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Spain · Counter-Drone

France and Italy Deny CIA Warned of Russian Ship-Launched Drones

Macron and Italy's defense minister deny a report that the CIA warned of Russian Gerbera drones launched from ships in the Mediterranean.

Haye KestelooSep 244 min read

Skydio

AESA Grants Spain’s First SAIL III Drone Cargo Approval

Spain’s aviation safety agency AESA issued the country’s first SAIL III authorization for drone cargo transport on June 30, clearing operator CATUAV to fly RigiTech’s Eiger 3 beyond visual line of sight over populated areas. The approval covers transport and delivery of non-hazardous goods, and it lands one week after DroneXL covered the same Eiger…

Rafael SuárezJul 2

Spain

Formula 1 Puts FPV Drone Footage At The Center Of Austrian GP Coverage, And Fans Want The Pilot’s Name

Formula 1 ran FPV drone footage as a headline feature of its Austrian Grand Prix broadcast on Sunday, June 28, 2026, and the standout sequence put viewers directly above the early on-track fight between Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari and Max Verstappen in the Red Bull at the Red Bull Ring. The shots aired live…

Haye KestelooJun 28

Germany

700 Drones Form Gaudí’s Face Over Sagrada Familia

Seven hundred drones rose over Barcelona on June 10 and slowly assembled the face of a man who died exactly one hundred years earlier. Antoni Gaudí, the architect of the Sagrada Família, looked down on his unfinished masterpiece in points of light while crowds watched from the streets below. Hours earlier, Pope Leo XIV had…

Rafael SuárezJun 13

Skydio

Skydio Raises $110M Series F At $4.4B Valuation, And The CEO Says The Small Size Is The Point

Skydio closed a $110 million Series F on Thursday at a $4.4 billion post-money valuation, with CEO Adam Bry framing the modest raise as the real headline. The San Mateo drone maker was oversubscribed. Existing investors wanted to put in substantially more. Bry turned most of them down. “The most significant fact in our Series…

Haye KestelooApr 23

DJI

No Pilot Required: Skyports and HOCHTIEF Are Surveying a German Bridge From Spain

Somewhere in Germany, a massive bridge is being built. Somewhere in Spain, a drone pilot is watching it happen in real time — without leaving the office. That’s not science fiction. That’s the DJI Dock 2 doing its thing, as Heliguy reported. Skyports Drone Services has partnered with construction giant HOCHTIEF to deploy a fully-automated…

Rafael SuárezApr 7

Search & Rescue

U-ELCOME and Eurocontrol Publish U-space Handbook: 70 Lessons That Could Accelerate BVLOS Operations Across Europe

After three years and more than 1,000 drone flights across France, Italy, and Spain, the U-ELCOME consortium has distilled its operational experience into a single document that could reshape how European nations approach U-space deployment. The U-space Implementation Handbook arrives at a moment when the gap between U-space theory and practical implementation has never been…

Haye KestelooJan 27

DJI

US Army Europe crowns its Best Drone Warfighters

Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany turned into a buzzing hive of rotors and radio chatter from December 8 to 10, 2025, as ten teams squared off in the first ever U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Drone Warfighter Competition, as reported by Army.mil. This is an event that made one thing very clear: modern combat…

Rafael SuárezDec 15

Spain

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