The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has taken an early step toward creating an online marketplace for counter drone technology with its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 effort, as Air and Space Forces reports. The task force, which…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. I only have two stories for you this week, although one is kind of a long one. The FCC adds all UAS and UAS critical components manufactured in a foreign country to the…
Bulgaria is quietly racing to get drone simulators (and drones) into every military formation before the end of the year. It is a small country on NATO’s eastern flank, but the speed and scale of this push say a lot…
Utah engineering firm unveils NDAA-compliant parts marketplace and MOSA-first FPV platform as Pentagon drone orders surge. While defense contractors battle for Blue UAS contracts, a Salt Lake City engineering firm is solving a more fundamental problem: sourcing the thousands of…
Last month, three explosive drones detonated outside a prosecutor’s office in Tijuana. The blasts shredded six vehicles with nails, BBs and metal fragments. Mexican officials later confirmed what many feared. A cartel had carried out the attack. The unit targeted…
Before Russia’s invasion, Kseniia Kalmus arranged flowers in Kyiv and traveled Europe showcasing floral designs. Today, she builds combat drones that destroy Russian equipment on the front lines. Her transformation from artisan to arms manufacturer encapsulates how Ukraine’s conflict has…
Ukrainian forces have spotted unusual Russian drones with circular ring-wing designs operating over front lines, marking the first combat deployment of an experimental aerodynamic configuration that could extend strike range by up to three times compared to conventional quadcopters. The…
Dwight Neptune, a 22-year-old college dropout, founded drone startup Beagle Drones when he was 18 years old. Now his young company is on track for $100,000 in sales and is looking for funding to expand its business.
An FPV drone can get you as close to the action as nothing else really. Check out this video in which a heavily-modified and very fast Porsche 911 GT3 tears up Circuit Zandvoort in The Netherlands.
