EASA rules, U-space, and drone news across the continent.
Ukraine just received its first batch of Linza 3.0 tactical drones from Quantum Frontline Industries, the Ukrainian-German joint venture that stood up its Bavarian production line barely four months ago, as reported by The Defense Post. The handover marks the shift from production setup to serial manufacturing — and signals that Europe’s defense-industrial cooperation with…
Avinox, DJI’s e-bike drive system brand, has announced its next-generation M2S and M2 drive units, targeting the high-performance end of the e-bike market with peak outputs that put them closer to light electric motorcycles than traditional mid-drive systems. The M2S tops out at 1,500W and 150 Nm of torque, while the M2 reaches 1,100W and…
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, used his annual letter to shareholders, released April 6, 2026, to call explicitly for the United States to rapidly develop and produce drones domestically, and to announce a $1.5 trillion, 10-year initiative that names drones as one of five priority investment areas. The full letter…
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 Vidun Codified: Can Reach 6 km Altitude and Stay Airborne for Over Two Hours,” was…
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 combat knowledge with Orqa’s established production infrastructure in Croatia. Joint manufacturing facilities ar
Skydio opens a Zürich R&D office focused on GPS-denied navigation and multi-drone coordination, led by a PhD alum of the lab that trained him.
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 roughly five feet tall with a wingspan of about five and a half feet, weighs…
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 the magazine. “This is not innovation.” He compared Ukraine’s drone development to playing “with Lego”…
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