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SwissDrones CEO Exits On LinkedIn As Leadership Splits Three Ways

Ulrich Amberg is stepping down as SwissDrones CEO after six years, and the company is dividing his job among three executives as it pushes into the US.

Haye KestelooAug 317 min read

Drone Research

TU Delft’s SquirrelDrone Morphs Its Whole Body to Fly, Ditching the Bird Playbook Everyone Else Copies

A research team at Delft University of Technology has built a drone that changes the shape of its entire body in flight the way a flying squirrel does, and the data says the trick works. The aircraft, called the SquirrelDrone, stretches its limbs, bends its spine, flicks its tail, and lets a soft skin-like membrane…

Haye KestelooJun 6

Skydio

Skydio Opens Zürich R&D Office, Returning Its Own Alumni to the Lab That Trained Them

Skydio opens a Zürich R&D office focused on GPS-denied navigation and multi-drone coordination, led by a PhD alum of the lab that trained him.

Haye KestelooApr 6

Auterion

Switzerland Is Testing Drones Where They’re Hardest to Fly

Switzerland’s government-backed Taskforce Drones is preparing its next round of UAS technical trials for autumn 2026, building on a December 2025 campaign that pushed attack drones and counter-drone systems through some of the most challenging terrain in Europe, as JANES reports. The program is overseen by the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport…

Rafael SuárezMar 22

Illinois

Illinois Tech researchers use machine learning to solve drone base station deployment

The idea of using drones as mobile cell towers isn’t new. We’ve covered it in disaster response scenarios, from drones creating temporary mobile networks for mountain rescue crews in Wales to Nokia’s AI-powered drone network for Swiss emergency services. But a fundamental problem has persisted: how do you figure out exactly how many drones to…

Haye KestelooFeb 10

FPV

Northside flies a RED Komodo cinelifter over the Matterhorn, and the footage is absolutely wild

Flying an FPV drone at 3,260 meters above sea level is one thing. Hauling 25 kilograms of cinema-grade drone gear up an icy alpine trail to get there is another thing entirely. Northside did both, strapping a RED Komodo worth over $10,000 to an 8-inch X8 cinelifter and sending it up the face of the…

Haye KestelooFeb 5

Technology

New Training Systems Rise to Meet Growing Drone Threat

Drone warfare has changed the pace of modern conflict, and Thales is pushing hard to keep live training from falling behind. The company, already a global leader in collaborative training systems used at flagship centers like CENZUB in France and GAZ in Switzerland, introduced a new drone focused capability that drops directly into existing live…

Rafael SuárezDec 5

Ukraine

Switzerland Fast-Tracks $136M Counter-Drone Defense After European Airspace Incursions

Switzerland announced Friday it’s accelerating anti-drone defense procurement with a $136 million investment, joining a growing list of European nations scrambling to counter mysterious drone incursions that have shut down airports and disrupted military operations across the continent. The move comes as drone sightings forced Munich Airport to close three times in three days, stranding…

Haye KestelooOct 4

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