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The Metro Vancouver Transit Police are getting drones, and they’re doing it before the biggest sporting event this region has ever hosted. The agency confirmed in a March 25 report to the TransLink board that nine officers are already trained and three different drones are ready to fly, as reported by Coast Reporter. The target…
Armin Papperger, Chairman and CEO of Rheinmetall AG, dismissed Ukraine’s drone program as kitchen-table hobbyism in an interview with The Atlantic published Friday, March 28. “They have 3D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones,” Papperger told the magazine. “This is not innovation.” He compared Ukraine’s drone development to playing “with Lego”…
Russia is scaling its drone warfare program at a pace that should get the attention of anyone watching the Ukraine conflict. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Anatoly Kontsevoy announced at a Federation Council meeting that the Russian Armed Forces plan to train more than 70,000 drone specialists this year, according to Voennoedelo.…
The business card on the table at XPONENTIAL Europe 2026 in Düsseldorf read “General Cherry / Vlad Polikashkin / Marketing Director.” The booth behind it was the largest standalone Ukrainian stand on the floor — backlit walls, Ukrainian military unit insignia, a Ukrainian flag in the corner, and a steady line of visitors that did…
The Dutch army is about to become the most drone-integrated ground force in NATO. Starting in April, the Netherlands will begin recruiting between 1,000 and 1,200 military personnel to staff newly created drone and counter-drone units that will be embedded across every combat formation in the Royal Netherlands Army — not as a centralized capability,…
The Ttukseom drone display was one piece of a sprawling urban activation called BTS THE CITY ARIRANG SEOUL, a month-long citywide project
Ukraine's 66th Mechanized Brigade has shifted its drone targeting from Russian infantry to high-value "systems": drone operators, logistics, and shelters. Discover how this tactical evolution is reclaiming ground on the Lyman axis.
Ukraine officially deploys military drone interception units to five Middle Eastern countries. Following a tour by Rustem Umerov, Kyiv secures long-term security deals to protect critical infrastructure using combat-proven drone technology.
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