Weaponized drones
KFC Rides A Bomber Drone To Ukraine's Front Line
Ukraine's 3rd SSO Regiment received a KFC order by Heavy Shot bomber drone, showing how battlefield logistics now move food, medicine, and ammunition.
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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Skyeton
Skyeton Brings Ukrainian Drone Factory To Fayetteville
Ukrainian-born drone maker Skyeton will build Raybird reconnaissance aircraft at a 28,500-square-foot Fayetteville facility, creating 162 jobs with an average annual salary of $70,759.
Counter-UAS
EU Drone Wall Still Doesn't Exist 10 Months After Von Der Leyen Promised It
Ten months after Ursula von der Leyen called for a European drone wall, drone warfare analyst Ulrike Franke finds the EU's counter-drone defenses largely missing in action, while Poland builds Europe's largest system on its own and incursions keep injuring civilians on NATO soil.
Energy Warfare
Drones Repriced Global Energy And The Math Favors The Attacker
A $20,000 drone against a $4 million interceptor: how strikes on refineries and tankers pushed oil past $100 and made drone defense an energy policy problem.
Department of Defense
Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Build A “Great Factory” In The U.S. The First One Already Has An Ohio Address
Zelenskyy told Laura Loomer that U.S.-Ukraine drone cooperation will include a factory on American soil, days before he meets Trump. F-Drones already broke ground in Ohio, and the export deal behind the announcement still rests on anonymous sources.
Ukraine
GRU Officer Who Ran Russia's Drone Parts Pipeline Out of Tokyo Flees Japan After Press Exposure
Maksim Filchenkov, the GRU officer sourcing Japanese components for Russian drones and missiles, has fled Japan after a press investigation blew his cover. The pipeline he built stays open.
Ukraine
Ukraine's New FPV Flies 25 Miles And Finishes Strikes Alone
Ukrainian firms The Fourth Law and TAF Industries have certified the Kolibri 10 Advance, an FPV strike drone that can complete its final attack run autonomously after a human operator designates the target.
Ukraine
EU Launches Drone Alliance With Ukraine, Putting 18 Companies Behind A 2026 Joint Production Target
The European Commission has formally launched the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance, pairing nine EU companies with nine Ukrainian manufacturers behind a joint drone and counter-drone production push targeting the end of 2026. The move turns months of bilateral defense-industrial deals into formal EU policy and puts companies like Quantum Systems and Vyriy on the founding board.
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