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Micro Drone Race Returns to Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH
From Feb. 20 to 22, 64 FPV pilots will compete in the 7th Annual Micro Drone Race, flying tight, high speed lines through a custom course
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US Army Unleashes Bumblebee V2 Drone Hunter
The United States Army is about to add a new insect to its battlefield ecosystem, and this one hunts in midair. In March, the Army’s Global Response Force will begin assessing the Bumblebee V2, a four rotor FPV interceptor designed to chase down and physically ram hostile drones out of the sky, as Defense News…
Auterion
Auterion, Airlogix Launch AI Strike Drone Venture
At the Munich Security Conference, Germany’s Auterion and Ukraine’s Airlogix announced a joint venture to mass produce autonomous strike drones for Ukraine and NATO allies, as Militarnyi reported.
Ukraine
Ukraine Claims 6,000 Russian FPV Drones Destroyed
If the numbers are accurate, this was not a strike. It was a warehouse extinction event. Ukraine says it has destroyed approximately 6,000 Russian FPV drones in a precision strike on a storage site in the Rostov region, as UNITED24 reports. The claim comes from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which…
Industry
100g AI Autopilot that Turns Any Drone Into An Interceptor
London Defence R&D recently unveiled their Raptor Pilot AI Pro, a 100g AI autopilot unit that is capable of using visual and inertial systems to reach its target, even if it doesn’t have an external control link. This AI autopilot module combines flight control and onboard vision processing into a solid, unified package. The Raptor…
DJI
Warrington Police Drone Finds Missing Man
A police drone made the difference between a long night and a safe reunion in Pennsylvania this week. On February 2 at 9:39 p.m., the Buckingham Township Police Department requested drone support from the Warrington Township Police Department to help locate a missing endangered man suffering from dementia, as Patch.com reported. Time was critical. Darkness…
China
China’s Wing Loong X Eyes Global Buyers
At the recent Singapore Airshow, China brought its aviation fireworks. Front and center stood the sleek J-35A, posed like a stealthy supermodel under bright expo lights. But over at the massive booth of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, something quieter sat with far more realistic export potential. The new Wing Loong X, as reported by…
DJI
DJI Dock 2 Cleared for BVLOS in Brazil
On January 21, 2026, Brazil’s aviation authority, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil granted Design Authorization to the DJI Dock 2 and the DJI Matrice 3D Series, as reported by DJI. Translation for enterprise teams: the paperwork mountain just got bulldozed. For years, the biggest obstacle to scaling dock operations was not battery life, wind resistance,…
Brazil
Stella Tecnologia deepens ties with Brazilian Air Force
On February 5, the Brazilian Air Force signed a new protocol of intention with Stella Tecnologia, expanding a relationship that has
Ukraine
Russia Unveils Kaplya EFP Warhead for FPV Drones
Russia has officially presented a new factory produced munition designed specifically for FPV drones, called Kaplya, a name that translates to “droplet.” Personally, I think they could choose something better, more explosive-sound. What about ACME Super Bomb? The announcement came via footage shared by Russian military correspondent Dmitry Kulko of Channel One Russia, who showcased…
Ukraine
Zelenskyy: 450 Drone Firms Power Ukraine’s War Tech Surge
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is no longer just fighting with drones. It is building an entire industrial ecosystem around them, according to UKRINFORM. Speaking at the Kyiv Aviation Institute during an event honoring legendary aircraft designer Oleg Antonov, Zelenskyy revealed that 450 companies are now producing drones in Ukraine. Of those, 40 to 50 are…
DJI
DJI just pulled a plot twist worthy of a mid-season finale for the Osmo 360
The DJI Osmo 360 received a firmware update that quietly transforms it from “cool 360 camera” into “why is this thing doing everything now?” At the same time, the Adventure Combo price slid from $700 to $511. That is not a gentle nudge. That is a $189 cannonball into the pool. I am not a…
DJI
The real DJI AVATA 360 leaks: Video, Promo, features and Release date.
After 3 months of crickets from DJI (I personally don’t acknowledge hand camera’s as drone related products) we now finally have a recent leaked video showing the upcoming DJI Avata 360. In this article I will only discuss trustworthy leaks we have obtained in the previous weeks and will summerize what we actually expect from…
DJI
DJI Mini 5 Pro Vision Assist: The Safety Feature Every New Pilot Needs to Turn On
Good day folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. If you just picked up the DJI Mini 5 Pro, there is one safety feature you may not know about yet. It is called Vision Assist, and it can make a real difference in how safely you fly, especially when moving in reverse or sideways. In this…
Amazon
FAA issues steep fines, Paladin launches Knighthawk 2.0, GAO flags safety gaps, and another Amazon drone crashes in Texas
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. The FAA has issued several large fines for drone pilots, Paladin Drones launches a new NDAA-compliant drone, a new GAO report flags major safety gaps for BVLOS integration, and an Amazon delivery drone has crashed in Texas yet again. Let’s…
Amazon
Amazon Prime Air Expands to Chicago Suburbs
Amazon is bringing drone delivery to the Chicago area, and this time it is not a pilot program tucked away in the desert. Amazon plans to launch its Prime Air service from two major fulfillment centers in the south suburbs of Chicago, specifically in Markham and Matteson, later this year, as NBC 5 Chigago reports.…
Police
Mexico Deploys Anti Drone Shield for World Cup
The focus is on forcing unauthorized drones to land rather than destroying them. That approach reduces risk, avoids debris over crowds
First Responders
Iran’s drone blueprint gave Russia a mass-production weapon it could never build alone
The wreckage of a new high-speed drone found in Ukraine in early January confirmed what we’ve been tracking for months: Russia’s Iranian-designed drone fleet is evolving faster than Western sanctions can contain it. A new analysis from Amy McAuliffe, former assistant director of the CIA for weapons and counterproliferation and now at the University of…
DJI
California JROTC Team Heads to Nevada Drone Battle
Fifty four teams. One competition floor in Reno. And just one squad carrying the Kern County banner, as 23ABC reports. Arvin High School’s five member JROTC drone team is heading to Nevada for the 8th Brigade Aerial Drone Competition, and they are not going as tourists. They are going as contenders. Their instructor, Sgt. John…
Drone Strike
NATO’s Hedgehog exercise exposed a brutal truth: 10 Ukrainians with drones wiped out two battalions in a day
A new Wall Street Journal report by Jillian Kay Melchior details for the first time what actually happened when Ukrainian drone operators faced off against NATO conventional forces during last May’s Hedgehog 2025 exercise in Estonia. The results were, by multiple accounts, a disaster for the alliance. Here is what you need to know: NATO…
Ohio
Toledo PD Benefits from Ohio First Statewide DFR Pilot
Ohio just pushed the Drone as First Responder conversation to a new altitude. The state has selected nine public safety agencies, including the Toledo Police Department, to participate in what officials describe as the first statewide Drone First Responder pilot program in the nation, as WTOL reports. The initiative is being led by the Ohio…
FAA
Santa Maria PD Eyes Drones for 90 Second Response
Santa Maria Police Department wants to shave precious seconds off emergency response times, and they are looking up to do it. The department is exploring a Drone as a First Responder program, also known as DFR, that could put a drone over an emergency scene in under two minutes. In many cases, that means the…
DJI
DJI Drones Find Missing Dogs Alive in Arctic Cold
When the temperature drops below zero and the wind starts biting like a pack of wolves, hope can feel very small. That is exactly where Ella and Bebe’s family found themselves. The two Boxers slipped out during a brutal Arctic blast that swept across Northeast Ohio. Temperatures plunged to negative 3 degrees. Snow piled up…
DJI
Insta360 Luna Takes on DJI Pocket 4
Insta360 just walked onto the stage and introduced Luna, its first true pocket gimbal camera as our favorite news detective posted on his twitter account, and the entire room probably did a double take. Not because it is small. Not because it is modular. But because it looks like Wall E decided to quit cleaning…
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