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SpaceX confirms Starlink crackdown on Russian drones worked as Ukraine moves to disconnect all unauthorized terminals

Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday that SpaceX‘s measures to stop Russia from using Starlink on strike drones have worked. Hours later, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced the next phase: a full terminal authorization system that will disconnect every unverified Starlink device operating on Ukrainian territory. Fedorov added a claim that puts the entire effort…

Haye KestelooFeb 1

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

Ukraine

Ukraine Says Drones Now Destroy Over 80% of Enemy Targets, and Moscow Is Not Amused

War has always been about who adapts faster, and right now Ukraine is speed running that lesson with a buzzing soundtrack. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and Defense News, more than 80 percent of confirmed enemy targets are now destroyed by drones, most of them built at home, assembled locally, and apparently delivered with…

Rafael SuárezJan 31

Russia

SpaceX implements Starlink speed limit to ground Russian strike drones in Ukraine

Two days after Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov thanked SpaceX for its “quick response” to Russian drones using Starlink connectivity, we’re now seeing the first concrete result: a speed-based kill switch. Starlink terminals are now displaying a “Movement speed is too high” error and cutting connectivity when they detect movement above approximately 75-90 km/h (47-56…

Haye KestelooJan 31

Russia

Russia’s Starlink-Guided Shaheds Hit Moving Ukrainian Train, Kill 5: Musk Calls Polish FM ‘Drooling Imbecile’ For Demanding Action

You cannot hit a moving passenger train with a GPS coordinate. A pre-programmed Shahed-136 flies to a fixed point on a map and detonates. If the target moves, the drone misses. Three Shaheds hit the Barvinkove-Lviv-Chop train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Tuesday anyway, striking not the locomotive but a passenger car in the center…

Haye KestelooJan 28

Ukraine

Ukraine’s Pay Per Kill Drone Program Scales Fast

Ukraine has quietly turned battlefield necessity into a brutally efficient incentive system. According to newly appointed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a pay per kill program targeting Russian Shahed style attack drones has helped Ukraine secure roughly 40,000 interceptor drones in a single month, as Business Insider reports. The idea is simple and ruthless in execution.…

Rafael SuárezJan 28

German Defense Startup Helsing Unveils Autonomous ‘Europa’ Combat Drone

Ukraine

Helsing And Stark Beat Rheinmetall For €600 Million German Loitering Munition Contracts

German defense startups Helsing and Stark Defence are set to receive €300 million each in military orders for loitering munitions, while defense giant Rheinmetall AG gets passed over after failing to deliver a working prototype, Bloomberg reports. Helsing’s HX-2 And Stark’s Virtus Outperformed In Testing Germany’s Bundeswehr tested both loitering munitions at a military combat…

Haye KestelooJan 27

BRINC's Guardian Drone Unveiled at IACP Boston, Promising Advanced Features for First Responders

Anduril

Bessemer’s 2026 Defense Roadmap: Autonomous Drones Move From Testing to Combat

Bessemer Venture Partners just released its 2026 defense tech roadmap, and the message for the drone industry is clear: autonomous systems aren’t experimental anymore. They’re defining battlefield outcomes. The venture capital firm, which has backed companies across the defense sector, argues that defense technology has advanced more in the past 24 months than in the…

Haye KestelooJan 27

China Tightens Control on Drone Exports Amid Global Security Concerns

Police

US State Department vs. Olympic Drones: Security Officials Call Unmanned Aircraft a “Massive Issue” Ahead of Milano Cortina

The US government is treating drones as a standing threat category at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy, with security planners preparing for everything from illicit filming to explosive payloads. US security officials now treat drones as a standing threat category Tim Ayers, Director of the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Major Events…

Haye KestelooJan 27

Ukraine

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