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Germany

In Berlin Four CCAs Face Off for Germany

Berlin Air Show this week, each chasing the same prize: the contract to fly as Germany's robotic wingman by 2029.

Rafael SuárezJun 14

Counter-Drone

Mercedes-Benz Mounts Tytan Drone Interceptors On The G-Class In ILA 2026 Defense Deal

Mercedes-Benz signed a memorandum of understanding with Munich counter-drone startup Tytan Technologies at the ILA 2026 air show in Berlin to develop vehicle-mounted systems that detect and shoot down small drones, built on the military G-Class SUV and the Sprinter van. The agreement, witnessed by Germany’s federal economics minister, makes the Stuttgart carmaker the latest…

Haye KestelooJun 12

‘Here We Go!’ — Trump Reacts as NATO Downs Russian Drones Over Poland

Ukraine

NATO Allies Move To Loosen The Trigger On Drones, Handing Its Top Commander New Powers Before The Ankara Summit

NATO countries want to give the alliance’s top military commander more freedom to shoot down drones by the time leaders meet in Ankara next month, after nine months of incursions that have caused damage and injuries while rattling politics across the Eastern Flank. Two NATO diplomats and one alliance official described the proposal to Politico,…

Haye KestelooJun 12

DJI

Potensic Atom 3 First Flight: New Sub-249 Gram Drone Flies Like A DJI Mini For A Lot Less Money

We flew the Potensic Atom 3 before launch day. First impressions of the sub-249g drone with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, and a remote that outdoes DJI's.

Haye KestelooJun 10

Europe

Schiebel’s S-300 Drone Joins Europe’s Sub Hunt

Europe just chose a helicopter drone to help hunt submarines, and it isn’t the small one Schiebel is famous for. The Austrian company’s heavy-lift Camcopter S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund project building a new way to find and kill submerged threats from a safe distance. It’s…

Rafael SuárezJun 9

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

Europe

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