Ukraine
Reporter Films Shocking Escape From Drone Strike In Donetsk
The Russian drone dove in at speed and hit the side of the vehicle with a sharp explosion that rattled the camera and threw debris in all directions.
Ukraine
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France Races Year-End Deadline For Ukraine Drone Deals As UK And Germany Dominate Funding
French drone manufacturers are scrambling to finalize co-production agreements with Ukraine before 2025 ends, but face stiff competition from Britain and Germany, which have already established direct funding channels and secured battlefield-proven partnerships. The November 17 meeting between Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris brought together French defense companies and
Parrot
UAS Nexus Launches Drone Syndicate To Solve Blue UAS Component Supply Chaos
Utah engineering firm unveils NDAA-compliant parts marketplace and MOSA-first FPV platform as Pentagon drone orders surge. While defense contractors battle for Blue UAS contracts, a Salt Lake City engineering firm is solving a more fundamental problem: sourcing the thousands of NDAA-compliant components needed to actually build drones at wartime scale. UAS Nexus launched the Drone…
Auterion
Rheinmetall Bets Big on Code: Major Stake in Auterion Signals Shift to Software-Defined Warfare
German defense giant Rheinmetall has acquired a significant stake in U.S. drone software leader Auterion, signaling a massive industry shift where hardware manufacturers finally admit that future wars will be fought with code, not just explosives. Rheinmetall, the manufacturer behind the Leopard 2 tank and massive artillery systems, is buying into the “Android for Drones”…
Drone Strike
UK Kamikaze Drones from Modini Hit the Front Line
In a small room in Wiltshire that feels more like a messy workshop than a military lab, British start up Modini is building a new kind of suicide drone. The Dart 250 is fast, simple, and designed for modern combat. It carries about twenty kilos of explosives, flies over two hundred seventy miles per hour,…
Ukraine
Ukraine Uses Ground Drones To See Through Heavy Fog
For Ukraine, that is dangerous. Drones are often the first warning that Russian troops or armored vehicles are on the move. When that early warning
Ukraine
Ukraine Launches Mass Production Of Octopus Interceptor Drones As Russia Unleashes 430-Drone Attack On Kyiv
Ukraine has begun mass production of its domestically developed Octopus interceptor drone system, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Friday, just hours after Russia launched one of the war’s deadliest drone attacks on Kyiv. The announcement marks a critical escalation in Ukraine’s efforts to build cost-effective air defenses against Russia’s relentless Shahed drone campaign. The…
Draganfly
Mexican Cartels Copy Drone Tactics Seen in Ukraine
Last month, three explosive drones detonated outside a prosecutor’s office in Tijuana. The blasts shredded six vehicles with nails, BBs and metal fragments. Mexican officials later confirmed what many feared. A cartel had carried out the attack. The unit targeted was part of the Baja state attorney general’s anti-kidnapping division, reports Defense News. This was…
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