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Ukraine Drones: Stay updated on the role of drones in Ukraine. Discover how drone technology is influencing defense, surveillance, and humanitarian efforts in the region.
Drones and AI Are Changing How the World Finds Land Mines
In 2024, land mines and unexploded ordnance killed 1,945 people and injured 4,325 more. Ninety percent were civilians. Nearly half were children. Demining crews removed 105,640 mines that same year. The math is brutal, and it isn’t close. The Oldest…
Weekly UAS News: Oregon Exposes FCC Ban Costs, DJI’s 96% Market Share, Export Rule Changes, Illegal Drone Deer Scouting, and a 925-Foot Tower Rescue
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have five stories for you this week. First up, Oregon exposes the real cost of the FCC ban. Second, a very interesting FAA study that reveals drone market shares. Third, the Commerce…
Zelenskyy Confirms U.S. Request for Ukrainian Anti-Shahed Support — While Fox News Was Accidentally Airing Ukrainian Drone Footage as American Technology
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Wednesday that the United States has formally asked Ukraine for help defending against Iranian-made Shahed drones in the Middle East. “We received a request from the United States for specific support in protection against ‘shaheds’ in…
Pentagon And Gulf States Eye Ukrainian Interceptor Drones As Patriot Missile Stocks Run Low
The economics finally broke. Gulf states spent the last week firing Patriot interceptors worth over $13.5 million each at Iranian Shaheds that cost $30,000 to build. Now, according to reporting by the Financial Times, the Pentagon and at least one…
Shahed Drones Are Hitting The Gulf And The $2,500 Answer Is Still Being Ignored
Two days ago, The National published a detailed breakdown of how to counter Iran’s Shahed-136 drone threat now hitting Gulf states. Fighters, heavy machine guns, Skyranger 35 systems, Gepard tanks, jamming guns — the full conventional toolkit. It’s a solid…
Teledyne and STORM Team Up on Vehicle Drone Launch Systems
A U.S. defense tech firm and a Norwegian startup just signed an agreement to put autonomous drone deployment on any military vehicle. The hardware is already proven. The question is how fast it can scale. Two Drones, One Box, Any…
Neros Technologies Joins Swindon’s Military Drone Cluster With £10M UK Investment
Swindon has quietly become one of the more consequential defense drone addresses in Europe. The latest arrival: Neros Technologies, the Los Angeles-based manufacturer best known for its NDAA-compliant Archer fiber-optic FPV drone, has confirmed it is opening its first UK…
NATO officers brought paper maps to a drone war. Ukraine’s Nemesis Brigade made them switch to Delta.
New details from the Hedgehog 2025 exercise confirm what we reported last month: NATO’s European armies showed up unprepared for drone warfare. This time, it’s the Ukrainians themselves filling in the operational gaps the Wall Street Journal left out. The…
Motor-G ships 200,000 drone motors per month, making it Ukraine’s largest engine manufacturer by a wide margin
The Ukrainian drone motor market consumed roughly 9.6 million units last year. One company now claims 17% of that market. A detailed feature by Defender Media profiles Motor-G, the Ukrainian manufacturer behind those numbers. We have been covering Ukraine’s push…
France Deploys Anti-Drone Systems to Cyprus After Iran’s Shahed Reaches RAF Akrotiri
France is sending anti-drone systems to Cyprus following the Iranian Shahed strike on RAF Akrotiri that hit the runway just after midnight on March 2. Reuters first reported the deployment decision. It makes France the first European ally to send…
Ukraine’s GUR Publishes Full Teardowns of Russia’s Drones and Missiles, Names Every Foreign Part Inside
I spent the morning clicking through 3D models of Russian attack drones on a Ukrainian intelligence website. You can rotate them, zoom in on individual circuit boards, and read the manufacturer name stamped on each chip. The level of detail…
Why Your Gaming Skills Are the Military’s Most Wanted New Asset
The Army just held its first drone warfighter competition. The best pilots grew up with a controller. But one veteran wants you to know what happens after the goggles come off. The Competition Nobody Expected to Look Like This Gray…