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Drone and Missile Build-Up Tightens Taiwan Perimeter
The First Island Chain is no longer just a line on a Pentagon map. It is becoming a launchpad. And one that can make the Chinese very, very angry, very, very fast. Following a bilateral strategic dialogue in Manila, U.S.…
1,000 Drone Show Comes to Jacksonville
A 1,000 drone light show is set to illuminate downtown Jacksonville on Feb. 27 and 28, bringing a large scale DroneArt performance to the skies near EverBank Stadium, as reported by Jacksonville.com If you see a giant ballerina suspended above…
DJI takes FCC to court: the government had a year to prove a threat and never bothered
DJI is done waiting for Washington to play fair. Two months after the FCC added all foreign-made drones to its Covered List, the world’s largest drone manufacturer has taken the fight to federal court, filing a petition with the U.S.…
ZEUS VTOL targets GNSS denied missions in Poland
Europe’s tactical UAV segment just got more serious. UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and Ekolot Aerospace & Defense have expanded their collaboration to integrate advanced flight control systems into the ZEUS VTOL platform, a modular fixed wing system designed for operations where…
Apple TV sets drone record over Los Angeles
Apple TV turned the night sky over Los Angeles into a floating billboard this week, launching a 3,000 drone light show to promote season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, as TechRadar reports. The 12 minute aerial display reached up…
Army R.E.D. Drone With Arms Wins Innovation Title
At the U.S. Army’s inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition, one team showed up with something straight out of a robotics lab fever dream. A drone. With arms. That actually grabs things. And it won. Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division…
FT’s ‘kill zone’ report confirms what Ukraine’s frontline has become: a drone-dominated no-man’s-land
The Financial Times sent reporters into eastern Ukraine and came back with a term that every military planner should memorize: the “kill zone.” It is the strip of land closest to the front lines where anything that moves, on wheels,…
Petrel AERO Sky Logs Six Hour Hybrid Test
Six hours aloft is not a marketing whisper. It is a stamina statement. Florida based Petrel Technologies confirmed that its AERO Sky hybrid VTOL aircraft completed a six hour endurance test, covering hundreds of miles while conducting real time reconnaissance,…
Germany Weighs MQ-28 And Valkyrie Drones For 2029 CCA
Germany is shopping for a robotic wingman that can fight, strike, think, and still find its way home if the signal goes dark. According to United24 Media, Berlin is evaluating several unmanned aerial vehicles for a future unmanned fighter bomber…
FPV drones strike Myanmar passenger plane at Myitkyina Airport in second attack this month
An ATR-72-600 turboprop operated by Myanmar National Airlines was hit by multiple FPV suicide drones while passengers were boarding at Myitkyina Airport on the evening of February 20, 2026. No one was killed or injured, but the attack marks the…
Orlando to Vote on $6.8M Axon Skydio Drone Plan
The Orlando City Council is set to vote Monday on a $6.83 million expansion of the Orlando Police Department drone program, a move that would formalize a Drone as First Responder system built around Axon’s Skydio aircraft, according to Orlando…
Army Hosts First Best Drone Warfighter Event
The U.S. Army has added a new arena to its culture of elite competitions. This time, the battlefield fits inside a backpack and launches with a whine. From February 17 to 19, soldiers gathered at the University of Alabama in…
FAA shuts down El Paso airspace, DJI VP detained in China, Kansas City counter-drone bill, and drone pilot faces federal charges
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week, and they’re quite interesting. First up, the FAA abruptly shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas. A former DJI VP has been detained in…
SkyDrive Secures 10 SD 05 eVTOLs for Taiwan
Japan’s electric air taxi race just added a Taiwanese runway. SkyDrive Inc. has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 10 SKYDRIVE Model SD 05 eVTOL aircraft, marking the company’s first Letter of Intent…
Swarm Aero Opens Arkansas UAV Plant
A new drone factory just fired up its engines in the American heartland. California based startup Swarm Aero has opened an 80,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, positioning Northwest Arkansas as a rising node…
AI Drone Beats Human Champions in Abu Dhabi
In April 2025, inside the neon charged arena of the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi, something quietly historic happened. An autonomous racing drone did not just compete. It defeated three human FPV world champions in head to head knockout…
Ottonomy Launches Ottumn.AI to Orchestrate Drones and Robots
At the India AI Summit, California based Ottonomy.IO unveiled Ottumn.AI, a cloud orchestration platform designed to coordinate robots, drones, and smart infrastructure as if they were sections of the same mechanical orchestra, as published by The Robot Reports. The company…
Rockbridge First Responders Embrace DJI Matrice 30T and Autel 640T
In Rockbridge, Virginia, first responders have found a new partner that does not drink coffee, does not complain about overtime, and can hover over a cornfield at midnight without blinking. The Rockbridge Regional Public Safety Communications Center has quietly built…
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