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Close-up of a person in a plaid shirt holding an olive-green Ukrainian interceptor drone with yellow fins and twin rear rotors

Interceptor Drones · Ukraine

Eric Schmidt Warns Ukraine's Drone Edge Is Gone. He Sells the Fix

Schmidt's Washington Post op-ed says Ukraine's innovation edge is losing to Russian mass. His byline omits Swift Beat, the drone maker he runs.

Haye KestelooSep 117 min read

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defense minister, photographed against a dark blue backdrop

Defense Tech

Fedorov Offers The US A Drone Fleet For Patriot Missiles

Ukraine's ousted defense minister is in Washington offering drone help for Patriot interceptors, days after taking an unpaid advisory job in Rome.

Haye KestelooAug 31

General Cherry AIR interceptor FPV drone on a stand under red lighting

Counter-UAS

General Cherry Pitches $900 Drone Against Romania's $400,000 Missiles

General Cherry pitches its $900 AIR interceptor against Romania's $400,000 missile shots, days after Patria signed to build its drones in Finland. One catch.

Haye KestelooAug 29

Quantum Drones drone model at Quantum Cyber's Bridgeport, Connecticut manufacturing facility

Counter-Drone

Quantum Cyber Builds First Interceptor Drone, Four Months After It Was a Cancer Test Company

Quantum Cyber built its first interceptor drone in Bridgeport, CT. In February the Nasdaq company was Mainz Biomed, selling cancer tests.

Haye KestelooJul 28

Quantum Systems Apex Recordhunter experimental aircraft in a studio-style product image

SPEED RECORD

Quantum Systems says Apex hit 699 km/h, with interceptor drones in mind

Quantum Systems says its Apex Recordhunter experimental aircraft reached 699 km/h in June testing, a number that would blow past today’s electric-aircraft benchmark if it clears FAI certification, while feeding future interceptor-drone development.

Haye KestelooJul 17