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Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine's Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market
Ukraine

Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine’s Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market

Terra Drone Corporation has announced a strategic investment in Ukraine-based Amazing Drones LLC and the joint launch of a new interceptor drone called the Terra A1, according to a company announcement. The deal was structured through Terra Drone’s subsidiary Terra Inspectioneering and combines a capital stake with a full business alliance. Terra Drone formally entered…

Haye KestelooApr 8
Ukraine's Drone Industry Arrives in Düsseldorf, and It Has Receipts
Europe

General Cherry and Orqa Sign MoU to Build Counter-Drone Systems on European Soil

Ukraine’s General Cherry and Croatian drone manufacturer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and manufacture interceptor drones and counter-drone systems in Europe, according to Unmanned Airspace. The agreement pairs General Cherry’s three years of live C-UAS combat knowledge with Orqa’s established production infrastructure in Croatia. Joint manufacturing facilities ar

Haye KestelooApr 7
Ukraine's Drone Industry Arrives in Düsseldorf, and It Has Receipts
Amazon

Ukraine built an Amazon for combat drones, and no other military can match it

Ukraine’s military has built two online marketplaces where frontline commanders can browse hundreds of drone models on their phones, pay with brigade credits, and receive delivery within 5 to 10 days, according to a detailed report by The New York Times. The system covers nearly the entire Ukrainian armed forces, with 130 brigades now enrolled.…

Haye KestelooApr 5
Poland Builds Its Own Shahed. They're Calling It PLargonia.
Ukraine

Poland Builds Its Own Shahed. They’re Calling It PLargonia.

Warsaw watched what Iranian drones did to Ukrainian cities and decided it needed one of its own. The PLargonia is almost ready. A Delta-Wing Loitering Munition Built in Poland Poland’s Air Force Institute of Technology and Autonomous Systems Center, known as OSA, have jointly developed a loitering munition that looks remarkably familiar, as Next Gen…

Rafael SuárezApr 3
Ukrainian Students Race Combat Drones in Kyiv. The Winner Flew It in 36 Seconds.
Ukraine

Ukrainian Students Race Combat Drones in Kyiv. The Winner Flew It in 36 Seconds.

There are drone racing tournaments, and then there is this one. The final of Kyiv Drone Racing took place in a hangar at the National Aviation University Kyiv Aviation Institute, with more than 30 teams and roughly 100 participants competing on drones built by one of Ukraine’s most consequential defense technology companies, as The Defender…

Rafael SuárezApr 3
Ukrainian Strike Drone Crashes in Finland With Live Warhead
Police

Ukrainian Strike Drone Crashes in Finland With Live Warhead

A Ukrainian long-range attack drone landed in Finnish territory on Sunday morning with its warhead still intact. Finnish police found it, cordoned off the area, and detonated it in a controlled explosion. No one was hurt. But the incident is not routine, and the region is paying close attention. Two drones came down in southeastern…

Rafael SuárezMar 31
Pentagon And Gulf States Eye Ukrainian Interceptor Drones As Patriot Missile Stocks Run Low
Ukraine

Rheinmetall CEO Calls Ukraine’s Drones ‘Lego’ Built by ‘Housewives.’ Zelensky Says That CEO Sounds Promotable.

Armin Papperger, Chairman and CEO of Rheinmetall AG, dismissed Ukraine’s drone program as kitchen-table hobbyism in an interview with The Atlantic published Friday, March 28. “They have 3D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones,” Papperger told the magazine. “This is not innovation.” He compared Ukraine’s drone development to playing “with Lego”…

Haye KestelooMar 31
Two Israeli Firms Are Building a Drone Nav System Without GPS
Ukraine

Drone Navigation Is Getting a Quantum Upgrade

You’ve felt it before. You’re flying your Mavic or your Mini over a trail, everything looks great, and then the signal drops. Your drone hovers in place, looking confused, waiting for satellites to tell it where it is. Now imagine that problem on a military drone in Ukraine, where the other side is actively trying…

Rafael SuárezMar 31
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