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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,…
Quantum Systems RAT Drone Gives Europe What It Lacked: A Shahed to Train Against
German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems unveiled a jet-powered target drone called the RAT (Red Air Target) at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, held February 13–15, 2026 — and the problem it solves is blunter than the name suggests. European air-defense…
Varta Put a Shotgun on a Drone. Ukraine’s Frontlines Say It Works.
On the table at the Brave1 pavilion at XPONENTIAL Europe 2026 in Düsseldorf sat a drone unlike anything else on the floor. The frame was large — arms stretched wide, propellers big enough to move serious air. Strapped to the…
Germany Funds 15,000 STRILA Interceptor Drones for Ukraine’s National Guard as Shahed War Enters Industrial Phase
Germany is funding the production of 15,000 Ukrainian-made STRILA interceptor drones for the National Guard of Ukraine, according to an announcement from the German Embassy in Ukraine on March 23. The multimillion-euro agreement — signed in Kyiv in the presence…
While TechEx Was in Düsseldorf, Russian Intelligence Was Bugging Its Chief Engineer’s Office
On the day TechEx showed its unjammable fiber-optic FPV drones in Düsseldorf, Russia's intelligence was bugging their chief engineer's office back in Ukraine.