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Ukrainian FPV strike quadcopter hovering low over a forest track with a payload module on its back, illustrating Anthropic's report on Russian developers using Claude Code to build autonomous kamikaze drone swarm software

Ukraine

Anthropic Catches Russians Using Claude to Code Self-Targeting Drones

Anthropic says a freelance Russian team used Claude Code to build kamikaze drone swarm software that picks targets, including people, with no human veto.

Haye KestelooSep 12

Close-up of a person in a plaid shirt holding an olive-green Ukrainian interceptor drone with yellow fins and twin rear rotors

Ukraine

Eric Schmidt Warns Ukraine's Drone Edge Is Gone. He Sells the Fix

Schmidt's Washington Post op-ed says Ukraine's innovation edge is losing to Russian mass. His byline omits Swift Beat, the drone maker he runs.

Haye KestelooSep 11

Yellow and red Surf Life Saving NSW DJI Matrice 3D drone with fixed upswept arms sitting on a matching landing pad on a sandy beach with surf breaking behind it

Drones for Good

NSW Shark Drones Log 750 Sightings in 8 Weeks as 51 Nets Go Back In

Surf Life Saving NSW now flies 73 shark drones over 97 beaches after 750 winter sightings. The nets went back in the same day the drone hours grew.

Haye KestelooSep 3

Ukrainian FPV drone pilot in video goggles operating a controller while an FPV drone flies overhead against a blue sky

Ukraine

Ukraine Hands UK Its Drone War Data: 100,000 Combat Videos a Month

Ukraine will give Britain access to Avengers AI Labs and its 100,000 monthly drone video feeds, making the UK the first foreign partner in the platform.

Haye KestelooAug 27

Insta360

Insta360's $250 Link 2 Pro Webcam Goes Arctic White, Specs Unchanged

Insta360's Link 2 Pro and Link 2C Pro arrive in Arctic White on August 27, 2026 at $249.99 and $199.99. Same sensor, same gimbal, new shell.

Haye KestelooAug 27

Ukrainian soldier raising a SHARK fixed-wing reconnaissance drone overhead before launch against a clear blue sky

Delta

US Army Can't Match Ukraine's Delta Drone Software, Secretary Says

Ukraine's Delta software cut its kill chain to minutes. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told the Senate the fault for falling behind was his own.

Haye KestelooAug 26

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

Thermal drone imagery of five elephants glowing orange and purple against dark bush, each framed by a white AI detection box labeled ELEPHANT #01 through #03

DJI

DJI Names 15 Onboard AI Challenge Winners, From Banana Farms to Bridge Cracks

DJI names 15 winners in its Enterprise Drone Onboard AI Challenge 2026, from a Colombian banana farm crop counter to closed-loop traffic inspection in China.

Haye KestelooAug 21

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