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FirePoint’s $2.5 Billion UAE Deal Rejected Before It Could Begin
Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee sent back an application for a $760 million acquisition of a 30% stake in FirePoint, the country’s top long-range drone and missile maker, according to a written response the committee gave to Reuters on April 8, 2026.…
Vidun Fixed-Wing Interceptor Gets Ukraine Military Approval, But Procurement Delays Are Already Cutting Production
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has codified the Vidun fixed-wing interceptor drone for operational use by the Armed Forces, according to Defender Media, a Ukrainian defense publication that reported on the codification on April 4, 2026. The article’s title, “Fixed-Wing Interceptor…
Terra Drone Invests in Ukraine’s Amazing Drones and Launches Terra A1 Interceptor to Target the Global Defense Market
Terra Drone Corporation has announced a strategic investment in Ukraine-based Amazing Drones LLC and the joint launch of a new interceptor drone called the Terra A1, according to a company announcement. The deal was structured through Terra Drone’s subsidiary Terra…
General Cherry and Orqa Sign MoU to Build Counter-Drone Systems on European Soil
Ukraine’s General Cherry and Croatian drone manufacturer Orqa have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly develop and manufacture interceptor drones and counter-drone systems in Europe, according to Unmanned Airspace. The agreement pairs General Cherry’s three years of live C-UAS…
Skydio Opens Zürich R&D Office, Returning Its Own Alumni to the Lab That Trained Them
Skydio has opened a research and development office in Zürich, Switzerland, its second European R&D location and the first focused specifically on flight autonomy, with work targeting autonomous multi-drone systems, GPS-denied navigation, and real-time edge computing. The company announced the…
Chinese Researchers Release Open-Source Flight Control Software for Bamboo Drones
Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University’s (NPU) School of Civil Aviation in Xi’an, China have published what they describe as the world’s first open-source flight control system built specifically for bamboo-frame unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), releasing the software and hardware configuration…
Ukraine built an Amazon for combat drones, and no other military can match it
Ukraine’s military has built two online marketplaces where frontline commanders can browse hundreds of drone models on their phones, pay with brigade credits, and receive delivery within 5 to 10 days, according to a detailed report by The New York…
Poland Builds Its Own Shahed. They’re Calling It PLargonia.
Warsaw watched what Iranian drones did to Ukrainian cities and decided it needed one of its own. The PLargonia is almost ready. A Delta-Wing Loitering Munition Built in Poland Poland’s Air Force Institute of Technology and Autonomous Systems Center, known…
Amazon Prime Air MK30 at XPONENTIAL Europe Düsseldorf: A Heavy Drone With a Crash Problem
Amazon Prime Air brought its MK30 delivery drone to XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany last week, where I spent considerable time with a company representative discussing the aircraft’s design. I came away with more questions than answers. The MK30 stands…
Rheinmetall CEO Calls Ukraine’s Drones ‘Lego’ Built by ‘Housewives.’ Zelensky Says That CEO Sounds Promotable.
Armin Papperger, Chairman and CEO of Rheinmetall AG, dismissed Ukraine’s drone program as kitchen-table hobbyism in an interview with The Atlantic published Friday, March 28. “They have 3D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones,” Papperger told…
Wing Sets the Record Straight on Five Drone Delivery Myths
Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery subsidiary, published a five-point myth-busting campaign on LinkedIn this week, pushing back on the most common misconceptions about commercial drone delivery. The post drew over 100 reactions and arrived the same week Wing sponsored the networking…
NATO and Ukraine Open UNITE-Brave Portal, Putting €10 Million in Counter-Drone Contracts Within Reach of Allied Companies
NATO and Ukraine opened the UNITE-Brave NATO web portal on March 25, 2026, giving Allied and Ukrainian companies their first direct access to a matchmaking system tied to a €10 million joint innovation competition. The portal, hosted on Brave1’s website,…