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China's 38th Research Institute integrates AI into air defense radars to counter drone swarms. As the US-Iran conflict exposes traditional radar limits, Beijing moves to bridge the detection gap shown by the recent F-15E friendly fire incident.
Brazil’s legendary light attack aircraft is getting an American AI upgrade. The target is cheap drones. The logic is simple and devastating, as Flight Global reported. The Problem With Using a Ferrari to Chase a Bicycle Every time a Western air force scrambles an F-16 to intercept a Shahed-series drone, the math is brutal. A…
Three weeks. Soldering irons, tactical ranges, and high winds over Colorado. The 10th Special Forces Group just graduated its latest class of drone operators. These ones can also repair what they fly. Three Weeks on the Range and in the Classroom From February 9 through February 27, Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces Group…
I’ve watched DJI enter new product categories for years. The strategy is always the same: price below market expectations and let volume absorb the margin. The leaked pricing for the DJI Avata 360, set to officially launch on March 26, is that playbook taken to an extreme. A drone-only price of €459 (roughly $496 at…
A bomber drone flew a strike mission over Kharkiv, Ukrain survived, and returned to base impaled by two feet of nails and steel rods shaped into a trident. Nobody had seen this before. The Drone That Came Home Wrong Late last month, a Ukrainian Backfire fixed-wing heavy bomber drone completed a strike mission in Ukraine’s…
Six hundred students. A fake bioterrorism attack. A simulated explosion. And drones flying overhead until midnight for ten straight days. This is how America trains its next generation of emergency responders. A City Built to Burn, Flood, and Collapse Disaster City is not a metaphor. It is a real 52-acre facility in College Station, Texas,…
California’s Parallel Flight Technologies just received the regulatory green light that changes everything for the company. The FAA has granted the Firefly heavy-lift drone a Section 44807 exemption, authorizing commercial operations in U.S. airspace, as UAVHQ reported. This is not a small milestone. The Section 44807 exemption is the specific legal pathway for unmanned aircraft…
A Polish drone motor manufacturer just opened a production facility in South Florida, and the reason it exists at all tells you everything about where the U.S. drone industry is headed. EU Motors, one of the largest brushless DC motor producers outside of China, opened EU Motors USA in Hallandale Beach, Broward County, on February…
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…
Sixteen teams of students aged 12 to 18 are descending on Utica, New York this Sunday for the 2026 U.S. Drone Soccer District II Championship, as Utica Phoenix reports. Glowing drones. A netted arena. Three-minute sets of full-contact aerial combat. Welcome to the fastest growing youth tech sport in America. What Drone Soccer Actually Is…
Ukraine transitions from defense to security exporter as drone warfare experts deploy to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. Learn how the $2,500 Sting interceptor is reshaping Middle East air defense and why the Atlantic Council now labels Ukraine a drone superpower.
Nobody told the harbour porpoises they were on camera. Good thing, too, because what scientists captured in Shetland’s waters is the most detailed look at harbour porpoise mating behaviour ever recorded in UK waters, as Oceanographic Magazine reported. A drone did what boats, binoculars, and decades of marine biology couldn’t. They showed up quietly, hovered…
Chief Mark Morello pitched a $50,000 drone program to the Board of Finance this week, and the most interesting part isn’t the money. It’s the vision. Bristol, Connecticut wants a rooftop-launched autonomous drone that beats cops to the scene of a 911 call. That’s not a gadget request. That’s a fundamental shift in how a…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI is enabling hyper-centralized military command, allowing a single operator to direct a massive drone swarm.
A drone flew from the Rotunda to Connolly Hospital in Dublin today. No blood was on board. The point was to show what happens when it is. Two Minutes Instead of Thirty The Rotunda Hospital is one of the busiest maternity hospitals in Europe. Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown serves a rapidly growing population in Dublin’s…
Ukraine opens millions of drone strike videos to train AI targeting models. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov aims to bypass Russian jamming through autonomous lethal systems, sparking a showdown with the Red Cross over AI ethics.
A breakdown of Bloomberg’s report on the Trump family’s $750 million drone portfolio. We analyze the reverse mergers of Powerus and Xtend, the Unusual Machines Army contract, and what the Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance initiative means for these investments.
Minnesota drone sightings are fueling surveillance fears following ICE's Operation Metro Surge. Learn how FAA NOTAM FDC 6/4375 and Skydio X10D drones are creating an "invisible" compliance trap for pilots while escalating tensions in immigrant communities.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have three stories for you this week. First off, DJI officially announces the Avata 360 launch date and the 8K resolution. We have another SkyeBrowse update. And then finally, a $5,000 reward if you can figure out who stole some military drones. So, let’s get to it.…
A drone strike on a major U.S. diplomatic facility occurred on March 10, 2026, during which multiple drones of unknown origin were launched at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center. Currently, no injuries have been reported, and all personnel were accounted for after the strike. What worries me is the idea that the defense systems in…
In a gymnasium in Canfield, Ohio, the next generation of pilots is already putting in the work. Some of them already have their commercial licenses. Foam Balls, Scoring Zones, and Real Skills The Mahoning County Career and Technical Center hosted a regional UAV competition Saturday that drew high school teams from Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton…
In late February, the FBI quietly distributed a security bulletin to California law enforcement warning that Iran had “allegedly aspired” to launch a surprise drone attack on West Coast targets from an unidentified vessel off the coast. The bulletin sat largely unnoticed until Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, when the U.S. and Israel…
FAA Order 2150.3C Change 13 removes investigator discretion for drone pilots, mandating legal action for violations of invisible DHS/ICE mobile restrictions under NOTAM FDC 6/4375.
After nearly 400 drone videos, I finally took the DJI Neo 2 out just for fun — and it got me thinking: is the drone hobby dying, surviving, or thriving? Here's my honest take on where we've been, what changed, and why I'm still optimistic about the future.
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