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The war that rewrote drone doctrine. FPV strikes, interceptors, jamming, and the industrial race behind them — reported from the open record.

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Bundeswehr soldier in camouflage and balaclava holding a controller while a gray quadcopter hovers above him over a field

Germany

Germany Builds 600-Soldier Drone Regiment as US Army Scraps Its Own

Germany will stand up a 600-soldier drone regiment in 2027 with a 500 km reach and its own jammers, weeks after the US Army ended a same-size unit nearby.

Haye KestelooOct 5

A crowd of journalists and officials gathered in front of the fire-damaged, partly collapsed National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv.

Ukraine

Germany Funds Jet-Drone Interceptors As Ukraine's Best Hits 30%

Merz arrived in Kyiv with €1.3 billion, part of it for mass-producing interceptors against Russia's jet Shaheds. Zelensky says the best one downs 30% of targets.

Haye KestelooOct 4

Russia

Russia's Geran-4 Runs On A $25,000 Hobby Jet, Texas Instruments Chips

RFE/RL took apart a Geran-4 Seeker: a $25,000 Chinese hobby turbojet, two SIM cards, a mesh modem, Texas Instruments chips. Russia builds 3,000 a month.

Haye KestelooSep 28

Ukrainian soldiers loading a machine-gun ammunition belt into a tracked unmanned ground vehicle

Ukraine

Ukraine Air-Drops Kamikaze Robots 12 Miles Behind Russian Lines

Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps flies explosive ground robots over the front under heavy bomber drones, and credits the tactic with 48 square miles retaken.

Haye KestelooSep 27

Lineup of AI-generated military robots including a humanoid, quadrupeds, a tracked snake robot and gun carts in a foggy field

Ukraine

Fedorov Wants A Humanoid Robot Killing Russians Within Six Months

Fired as defense minister in July, the man behind Ukraine's Army of Drones launched an Army of Robots and set a six-month target for a humanoid kill.

Haye KestelooSep 26

A grey Tekever AR3 fixed-wing drone with four VTOL lift rotors and an underslung camera turret stands on a hangar floor.

Industry

Tekever Hits $6.4 Billion as University of California Backs AI Drones

Tekever raised $580 million at a $6.4 billion valuation, led by UC Investments, a week after signing to replace the British Army's Watchkeeper drones.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Five people stand behind a table of quadcopter drones and laptops, between a Blue Arrow banner and a KEF Robotics banner

Department of Defense

Orqa, KEF And Blue Arrow Beat GPS Jamming In Front Of Green Berets

Orqa drones running KEF Robotics navigation and Blue Arrow's RII software flew recon and payload missions under GPS and radio jamming in Alabama.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Rear view of a dark delta-wing jet drone with glowing engine exhaust flying above a cloud layer at sunset, still from SBU footage released September 19, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine's SBU Films First Jet Shahed Kill, Won't Name the Interceptor

Zelensky released the first video of a jet-powered Shahed downed by a Ukrainian interceptor drone. Kyiv is withholding the maker, cost and kill count.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Ukraine

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