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Ukraine's Fiber Optic FPV Drones Now Switch to Radio When the Cable Snaps. An FPV drone with a fiber optic cable on a spool. Photo credit: General Cherry
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Ukraine’s Fiber Optic FPV Drones Now Switch to Radio When the Cable Snaps

The Ukrainian military has tested an FPV (First-Person View) drone that carries both fiber optic and radio control channels at once, giving operators a live fallback the moment the fiber cable breaks or loops mid-flight. Tetyana Chornovol, a Ukrainian journalist, current Verkhovna Rada MP, and Armed Forces platoon commander, disclosed the development on March 22,…

Ukraine's Madyar Brovdi Outpaces Russia's Recruitment: $878 Per Kill, 400-to-1 Exchange Rate
Ukraine

Ukraine’s Madyar Brovdi Outpaces Russia’s Recruitment: $878 Per Kill, 400-to-1 Exchange Rate

Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, is bleeding Russia’s army faster than Moscow can replace it. A detailed profile published today in The Economist reveals that December 2025 was the first month in four years of war when verified Russian losses to Ukrainian drones exceeded Russian recruitment. Since the start of winter,…

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface
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Tennessee Guard Buys FPV Strike Drones for Training

The Tennessee Army National Guard is procuring three types of small unmanned aircraft for training and operational support, according Defence Blog and solicitation documents published March 7, 2026. The request covers six total systems across three platforms, all required to carry Blue UAS certification, the U.S. military’s security clearance program for small drones. The procurement…

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