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Netherlands Becomes First NATO Nation to Embed Drone and Counter-Drone Units in Every Army Combat Formation — and Is Hiring 1,200 People to Do It

The Dutch army is about to become the most drone-integrated ground force in NATO. Starting in April, the Netherlands will begin recruiting between 1,000 and 1,200 military personnel to staff newly created drone and counter-drone units that will be embedded across every combat formation in the Royal Netherlands Army — not as a centralized capability,…

Haye KestelooMar 23

NASA

Aurex Opens 65,000 Square Feet of Secure Defense Manufacturing

Aurex, the Huntsville-based aerospace and defense company formerly known as Special Aerospace Services, has formally announced 65,000 square feet of secure manufacturing capacity across two facilities, one in Huntsville, Alabama and one in Denver, Colorado, built and ready now for classified programs, rapid prototyping, precision manufacturing, systems integration, and scaled production. Counter-U

Rafael SuárezMar 23

Ukraine

Ukraine’s Fiber Optic FPV Drones Now Switch to Radio When the Cable Snaps

The Ukrainian military has tested an FPV (First-Person View) drone that carries both fiber optic and radio control channels at once, giving operators a live fallback the moment the fiber cable breaks or loops mid-flight. Tetyana Chornovol, a Ukrainian journalist, current Verkhovna Rada MP, and Armed Forces platoon commander, disclosed the development on March 22,…

Haye KestelooMar 23

Ukraine

Ukraine’s Madyar Brovdi Outpaces Russia’s Recruitment: $878 Per Kill, 400-to-1 Exchange Rate

Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, is bleeding Russia’s army faster than Moscow can replace it. A detailed profile published today in The Economist reveals that December 2025 was the first month in four years of war when verified Russian losses to Ukrainian drones exceeded Russian recruitment. Since the start of winter,…

Haye KestelooMar 23

Skydio

Skydio Wins $52 Million Army Order for Over 2,500 X10D Drones, the Largest Single-Vendor sUAS Purchase in U.S. Army History

The U.S. Army has placed an order exceeding $52 million with Skydio for more than 2,500 X10D drones, the company announced today. It is the largest small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) procurement from a single vendor in Army history. The contract moved from bid to award in under 72 hours, bypassing the multi-year acquisition timelines that…

Haye KestelooMar 22

Ukraine

Ukraine’s Deep Strike Drone Campaign Stretches the Kill Zone to 150 Kilometers, Strangling Russia’s Rear Logistics

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces have expanded the battlefield kill zone to 150km. Discover how the new Deep Strike Command Centre is using AI-enabled drones to dismantle Russian air defenses and strangle rear logistics.

Haye KestelooMar 22

US Air Force swaps AI midflight on YFQ-44A

Anduril

Anduril FURY Combat Drone Production Starts at Ohio’s Arsenal-1 as US Military Urgency Grows

Anduril Industries accelerates FURY combat drone production at its new $1B Arsenal-1 facility in Ohio, hitting milestones four months ahead of schedule. Learn how commercial tech is reshaping the U.S. Air Force's CCA program.

Haye KestelooMar 22

Ukraine

Ukraine’s Interceptor Elite: Meet the 5 Drones Reshaping Global Air Defense

Ukraine is scaling production of 3D-printed interceptor drones like the P1-SUN and STING to 2,000 units per day. As Gulf states eye these $1,000 systems to counter Iranian-designed threats, we analyze the five key models and the looming challenge of jet-powered Shahed-238 drones.

Haye KestelooMar 22

Ukraine

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