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Pentagon Pushes Low Tech Defenses Against Small Drones

Skydio

Marc Andreessen Joins the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board While His Firm Backs the Drone Makers Winning the DJI Ban

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appointed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to the Defense Policy Board on Monday, June 29, 2026, placing the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz on the advisory panel that counsels the Pentagon’s top civilian leadership on force structure, modernization, and national security strategy. Andreessen joins as one of thirteen members named alongside chair…

Haye KestelooJun 29

Ukraine

Taiwan Civilians Learn Drones to Counter China

Kuma Academy launched Taiwan's first civil defense drone training program in May 2026, filling sessions that now sell out two months in advance.

Rafael SuárezJun 24

Germany

Urban Ray Pushes Medical Drone Logistics Forward

The useful part is what that implies, because the real bottleneck in drone logistics has never been the flight alone, it has been the operational chain around it.

Rafael SuárezJun 22

China

Drones Are Lighting China’s Fields for Night Harvest

Picture a wheat field in Anhui Province at midnight, lit up like a stadium. The light isn’t coming from towers on the ground. It’s hanging in the air, bolted to a drone that hasn’t landed in hours and doesn’t plan to. Chinese state media posted footage in June of combines harvesting wheat after dark while…

Rafael SuárezJun 10

Graphic from the Water Research paper showing the study's data and modeling workflow.

Wingtra

AI Drones Give 5-Week Warning on Vibrio Outbreaks

Showing that AI drone, trained on environmental and microbiome data, can predict the appearance of Vibrio vulnificus in Baltic Sea coastal waters

Rafael SuárezMay 31

Ukraine

Pentagon Floats Equity Stakes In U.S. Drone Startups As Trump Administration Tries To Buy Its Way Out Of A Production Deficit

The Trump administration is negotiating funding deals with a group of American drone companies, and at least some of those deals could hand the U.S. government an ownership slice of the firms it backs. According to a Wall Street Journal exclusive, the Pentagon has identified Performance Drone Works, Unusual Machines, and Neros Technologies as candidates…

Haye KestelooMay 28

Amazon

1,600 Drones Break Brightness Record For He-Man

On the evening of Wednesday, May 19, 2026, Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel staged 1,600 drones on a light show over Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles to promote the upcoming Masters of the Universe film. The 10-minute display formed Castle Grayskull, He-Man with sword raised, Skeletor’s red-eyed skull, and the phrase “I HAVE THE…

Rafael SuárezMay 25

Amazon

Amazon Wants Idaho Sky Next: Nampa Vote May 26

Amazon Prime Air has filed for a conditional use permit in Nampa, Idaho, asking the city to approve a 21,000-square-foot drone delivery center at its existing fulfillment site on East Franklin Road. The Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to vote on the application on May 26, 2026. If approved, MK30 drones would serve…

Rafael SuárezMay 23

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