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View from a Russian drone camera looking down on a paved road in Kherson, with pedestrians walking along it and a recording overlay showing REC, 1.5x zoom and a running timer

Legal

Yale Expert: Civilian Drone Builders Risk Losing Legal Protection

Two drone experts warn that civilians who build and move attack drones may forfeit noncombatant status, and the texts deciding it date to 2009.

Haye KestelooSep 15

Close-up of a scorched Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module soldered to a debris-covered circuit board recovered from a downed drone

AI Warfare

Nvidia Chip Guided the Russian AI Drone That Killed Three Ukrainians

A Russian Molniya drone with an unencrypted Nvidia Jetson Orin chose its own target and killed three civilians at a Zaporizhzhia gas station on July 6.

Haye KestelooAug 24

Still from Ukrainian police video showing a Russian FPV drone circling vegetable seller Yurii at a Kherson street market on August 4, 2026

Human Safari

Russian Drone Hunts Kherson Vegetable Seller In Video Zelensky Says The World Must See

A Russian FPV drone chased 52-year-old vegetable seller Yurii around his van in Kherson, then detonated. The UN called this campaign a crime against humanity in 2025.

Haye KestelooAug 6

Skydio

Armed Police Drones, a JFK Drone Strike, and Alarming World Cup TFR Violations

Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I have four stories for you this week. First up, the EFF is warning about arming police drones. Then a JetBlue pilot reporting a drone strike at 3,000 feet over JFK. Also, another JFK drone sighting that turns out to be just normal operation. And then lastly, we…

Greg ReverdiauJul 3

Anduril

College Student Claims 500 MPH Jet Drone Built In His Dorm Room, And The FAA Rulebook Says It Never Should Have Flown

A college student says he built the world’s fastest RC airplane in his dorm: a 5 kg carbon-fiber jet he claims hits 500 mph. The engineering is real. The legality isn’t.

Haye KestelooJul 2

Department of Homeland Security

JetBlue Reported a Drone Strike at JFK. The Only Thing It Dented Was the Truth.

A JetBlue pilot approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport reported hitting a drone at roughly 3,000 feet on Monday, June 29, and within hours the story was everywhere: a plane, a drone, a collision over New York. Then the aircraft landed, mechanics inspected it, and they found no damage. None. No dented leading edge, no…

Haye KestelooJul 1

Search & Rescue

Drone Pilot’s Motor Trick Warns Surfer of Circling Shark

A drone pilot in Northern California spotted a shark circling a surfer on June 10, then used the aircraft itself to push the man out of the water before anything happened. Nick Bertocchini was flying over Seascape Beach in Aptos when the shark moved in behind a surfer named Rex and began to circle. Instead…

Rafael SuárezJun 21

White House

FBI Stops Explosive-Drone Plot At White House UFC Event, And It Lands Mid-World Cup Counter-Drone Buildup

FBI disrupts an explosive-drone plot against the White House UFC Freedom 250 event, arresting five, as World Cup counter-drone spending peaks.

Haye KestelooJun 16

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