China
America Keeps Buying Expensive Drones. China Keeps Building Millions of Cheap Ones.
America lost 11 MQ-9 Reapers worth $330M over Iran while Replicator underdelivered. China builds 4M drones a year. The numbers don't lie.
Ukraine
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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Drone Strike on U.S. Military Base In Iraq Wasn’t The End, It Was The Beginning
Recent footage reveals a Kataib Hezbollah FPV drone strike on Victoria Base in Iraq. Discover why fiber-optic drone technology is rendering traditional electronic warfare useless and what this means for the future of U.S. military installation security.
White House
Zelenskyy’s UK Parliament Speech Puts Ukraine’s Drone Deal Back on the Table — and Trump’s Dismissal on the Record
Speaking before the UK Parliament today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy laid out the most detailed public case yet for Ukraine as the world’s essential drone defense partner — and made clear that the Drone Deal proposed to the United States is still waiting for a signature. The address covered ground we’ve been tracking for weeks,…
Sweden
Sweden’s K100XR Drone Killer Comes to Poland
Nordic Air Defence, the Stockholm-based startup behind the Kreuger 100XR interceptor, is opening a Polish subsidiary and signing a three-way counter-drone partnership with Polish defense companies WB Group and Tantalit. The announcement landed March 13 during an active Swedish state visit to Poland, and the timing wasn’t accidental. And all was reported by EDR Magazine.…
Weaponized drones
UK Eyes Drones to Unlock Strait of Hormuz
Britain is drawing up plans to send autonomous minesweeping drones to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s threat to international shipping pushes oil prices past $100 a barrel. The UK won’t send warships, as Trump demanded over the weekend. Instead, London is betting on two drone systems it already has in service or production to…
White House
Ukraine’s Sting Drone Is The Most Wanted Weapon In The Gulf. Ukraine Can’t Legally Sell It Yet.
As Iranian Shahed drones swarm the Gulf, Ukraine's $2,500 Sting drone interceptor has become the world's most sought-after defense tech. Discover why a legal export ban and a shortage of elite pilots are keeping this "Shahed killer" out of Saudi Aramco’s hands despite soaring demand.
Ukraine
The $20,000 Drone Threat: Why Our Billion-Dollar Bases Are No Longer Safe
Former USAF pilot Nolan Peterson warns that Iran’s drone campaign has permanently eliminated "safe zones" for military personnel. Explore the tactical and psychological shifts in warfare as Shahed drones target RAF Akrotiri and Baghdad.
Counter-Drone
The A-29 Super Tucano Just Got an AI Brain for Hunting Drones
Brazil’s legendary light attack aircraft is getting an American AI upgrade. The target is cheap drones. The logic is simple and devastating, as Flight Global reported. The Problem With Using a Ferrari to Chase a Bicycle Every time a Western air force scrambles an F-16 to intercept a Shahed-series drone, the math is brutal. A…
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