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ABZ Innovation raises €7M to scale European-made agricultural drones as US farmers seek DJI alternatives after FCC ban. Drone Nerds adds L10 V2 to lineup.
Algal blooms are a bit like that one houseguest who shows up uninvited, eats everything in the fridge, and refuses to leave. Once they appear on the surface of lakes and reservoirs, the damage is usually already done. Drinking water gets threatened, fish get stressed, and everyone starts asking the same question: Where did this…
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) just announced what may be the most significant drone warfare milestone since the war began: the first-ever underwater drone attack on a submarine. We’ve been tracking Ukraine’s naval drone evolution for three years, from civilian DJI quadcopters to AI-enabled surface vessels. Now they’ve gone subsurface, and Russia’s “safe haven” at Novorossiysk…
A striking new drone design promises crash-proof durability through monocoque construction and hubless rotors. But there’s a problem: the technology works underwater, not in the air. The Mono Mothra concept from Rify Studio and designer Martunis reimagines the quadcopter as a single-piece unibody built to survive crashes that would shatter conventional drones. Its most eye-catching…
These tools allow the drone to search underwater with a level of detail that older systems simply cannot match. According to Thales.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a $6.5 million competition challenging innovators across America to design drones capable of carrying payloads more than four times their own weight. The DARPA Lift Challenge, announced November 13, 2025, aims to shatter current limitations in vertical lift aviation by tapping into what the agency calls…
A U.S. Soldier recently operated a Black Hawk helicopter using only a tablet.
French underwater drone manufacturer Exail Technologies posted an 18% surge in third-quarter revenue as European defense spending accelerates in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to Baird Maritime. The company’s stock has rocketed 370% this year, lifting its market value above €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion USD) from less than €300 million ($320 million USD)…
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