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Manna has appointed former DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs as executive chairman and president, four weeks after the Irish drone delivery company grounded its home-market fleet and pointed its growth plans at the United States and the United Kingdom. The company said Jacobs arrives as it shifts focus to markets where regulation and local planning…
The BBC used 950 drones to recreate the RMS Titanic above the very waters where the original ship was built.
The U.S. Army is quietly experimenting with a future where supply convoys hum through the sky instead of rumbling down dusty roads. On February 12, 2026, soldiers conducted training with the TRV-150 unmanned aerial vehicle at Fort Stewart in Georgia, evaluating the heavy lift logistics drone during an exercise focused on performance and operator readiness,…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is no longer just fighting with drones. It is building an entire industrial ecosystem around them, according to UKRINFORM. Speaking at the Kyiv Aviation Institute during an event honoring legendary aircraft designer Oleg Antonov, Zelenskyy revealed that 450 companies are now producing drones in Ukraine. Of those, 40 to 50 are…
The Royal Navy has just flown straight into the future, without a pilot, without a cockpit crew, and without any intention of slowing down. The UK’s Navy first full size autonomous helicopter, known as Proteus, has completed its maiden flight at Predannack Airfield in Cornwall as reported by Futura Sciences, and yes, this thing is…
The Royal Navy has taken another clear step toward a more networked future, after a Wildcat HMA2 helicopter successfully demonstrated real time targeting using live data from multiple uncrewed aircraft during trials at the National Drone Hub in Predannack, Cornwall, as The Avionist reports. During the event, a Wildcat from 815 Naval Air Squadron carried…
Children as young as 15 are being taught how to use battlefield drones at a Russian government run school in west London, according to lesson plans reviewed by The Daily Mail. The Russian Embassy School in Notting Hill, which operates under diplomatic immunity, has introduced formal instruction on combat drone preparation, communications, and battlefield applications…
Ukraine has quietly crossed a new line in military drone history. The Raybird reconnaissance UAV, developed by Ukrainian manufacturer Skyeton, has become the world’s first hydrogen electric drone confirmed to fly real combat missions, as UNITED24MEDIA reported. According to Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi, Skyeton announced on January 15 that the hydrogen electric version of the…
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