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Ukraine

MaXon Systems Built the $3,500 Autonomous Drone That Kills Shaheds Without a Pilot

MaXon Systems built a $3,500 fixed-wing drone that launches, flies, and kills Shaheds autonomously. First combat use confirmed in Kharkiv on June 8.

Haye KestelooJun 9

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

Russia

Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Block in Galați, First Injuries on NATO Soil as Bucharest Weighs Article 4

A Russian Geran-2 attack drone crashed into the roof of a 10-storey apartment block in Galați, Romania, overnight on 28-29 May, detonating its full warhead on impact and starting a fire that injured two residents. It is the first time in nearly four years of repeated airspace breaches that a Russian drone has hurt anyone…

Haye KestelooMay 29

Drone Delivery

Green Berets Drop 500-lb Glider Drones in NATO Drill

U.S. Army Special Forces and a Romanian Air Force crew dropped autonomous cargo gliders over North Macedonia during Trojan Footprint 26, the largest U.S.-led special operations exercise in Europe. The aircraft were DZYNE’s Grasshopper resupply gliders, the same family the Air Force quietly fielded last year. The exercise wrapped on May 21 after ten days…

Rafael SuárezMay 27

Ukraine

Ukraine’s 5th Assault Brigade Trades $2,000 Sting Drones For $50,000 Russian Shaheds On Camera

Ukraine's 5th Assault Brigade trades $2,000 Sting interceptors for $50,000 Russian Shaheds in a new Radio Free Europe report. The cost math is breaking Patriot.

Haye KestelooMay 21

DJI

CiS Unveils ORKA Dock, A Self-Operating Drone Hangar Built To Launch From Moving Uncrewed Boats

German autonomous aerial systems developer CiS unveiled the ORKA Dock at the Combined Naval Event in Farnborough on May 19, 2026, calling it the world’s first fully autonomous drone launch and recovery system that operates from a moving uncrewed surface vessel without any human in the loop. The system was validated during SeaSEC 2026, an…

Haye KestelooMay 21

Anduril

BAE, Anduril Shortlisted for UK Apache Wingman Drone

The UK Ministry of Defense announced on May 15 that BAE Systems, Anduril Industries, Tekever, and Thales UK have been shortlisted to develop autonomous drones that will fly alongside the British Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The four firms will share $13 million (£10 million) in investment as the program enters its next assessment phase,…

Rafael SuárezMay 20

Skydio

Sentrycs Scout: Man-Portable Cyber-Over-RF Counter-Drone Kit

Sentrycs, the Israeli counter-UAS company acquired by ONDAS last year, debuted a new man-portable cyber-over-RF detector called Scout at SOF Week in Tampa earlier this month. The product compresses the company’s fixed-site detection and mitigation stack into a battery-powered handheld unit aimed at tactical operators. Sentrycs is also fresh off World Cup security contracts and…

Rafael SuárezMay 18

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