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In Berlin Four CCAs Face Off for Germany
Four combat drones lined up at the Berlin Air Show this week, each chasing the same prize: the contract to fly as Germany’s robotic wingman by 2029. The ILA 2026 show, running June 10 to 12, turned into an open…
Airbus A400M to Launch 12 Cruise Missiles or 50 Drones
Airbus just turned its A400M transport into something much more dangerous. On April 18, 2026, the company confirmed a new mothership variant that can launch up to 12 cruise missiles or around 50 drones straight out of the cargo ramp,…
24 MQ-9 Reapers Lost Over Iran: A $720 Million Problem
Operation Epic Fury has cost the US Air Force 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones since late February. At roughly $30 million per airframe, the losses add up to around $720 million in hardware alone, as National Interest reports. Iranian surface-to-air missiles…
Japan’s $450 Wooden Drone Is a Ukraine Lesson in Plywood
A Tokyo defense startup just put a $450 fixed-wing drone on the Japanese market, and the airframe is made of wood. JISDA, short for Japan Integrated Security Design Agency, announced the ACM-01 Shiraha on April 14 in Tokyo. It’s a…
Kratos Wins $7M Contract to Detect Drones and Cruise Missiles
A classified customer just handed Kratos a production contract for a system that hunts low-profile drones and cruise missiles. Who ordered it and where it deploys stays secret. What it does does not. The Contract Kratos Will Not Talk About…
The A-29 Super Tucano Just Got an AI Brain for Hunting Drones
Brazil’s legendary light attack aircraft is getting an American AI upgrade. The target is cheap drones. The logic is simple and devastating, as Flight Global reported. The Problem With Using a Ferrari to Chase a Bicycle Every time a Western…
Ukrspecsystems Opens UK Drone Factory in Suffolk, Targeting 1,000 Units a Month for Ukrainian Forces
Ukraine’s biggest drone manufacturer just opened a production facility on British soil. Ukrspecsystems, described as Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturer, has converted a building in Mildenhall, Suffolk into an operational drone factory, backed by a £200 million investment. When running at…
US Air Force swaps AI midflight on YFQ-44A
The United States Air Force just treated combat drone autonomy like an app you can close and reopen, except this app flies at jet speeds. In a recent test, Anduril Industries demonstrated that its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft can switch…
Students Gear Up for Mescalero Apache Drone Competition
The students at Mescalero Apache Middle and High School are getting ready for their annual aerial drone competition, which takes place this Saturday, December 6, on the reservation near Ruidoso in New Mexico, as reported by Ruidoso News. The event…
F-15 Or Phantom Drone? UK Police Chopper Chased At 161 MPH
A UK Police helicopter crew got the scare of their careers over RAF Lakenheath in November 2024. They went up looking for drones. They found something much faster. And much stranger. As The Eurasian Times reported, the National Police Air…
IonQ and Heven AeroTech Team Up on Quantum Drones
IonQ and Heven AeroTech have announced a major partnership that could reshape the future of defense drones. IonQ is known as the leading quantum company in the world. Heven AeroTech is a young but fast growing developer of long range…
Reliable Robotics Secures $17.4M Air Force Deal As FAA Approves Fully Autonomous Aircraft Testing
The future of autonomous aviation just got a major boost. Reliable Robotics has secured a $17.4 million contract with the US Air Force to integrate its fully autonomous flight system onto a Cessna 208B Caravan, marking a significant milestone in…