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US Army Axes Drone Battalion Months After Ukrainians Beat Its Troops

Ukrainian drone operators beat US troops at Hohenfels. Now the Army is ending its only drone assault battalion, and an ex-Pentagon official asks why.

Haye KestelooSep 165 min read

A brilliant point of light with cross-shaped flare burns above a nighttime city skyline as an Army high-energy laser engages a small drone.

Counter-Drone

Army's $3-a-Shot Laser Cuts Cartel Drone Flights 75%, Military Says

Military officials say cartel drone flights over the Rio Grande Valley fell about 75% after an Army laser began downing them. The baseline is undisclosed.

Haye KestelooSep 7

Counter-Drone

Pentagon Downs 3 Cartel Drones With Laser, Won't Say Whose Airspace

The Army's AMP-HEL laser destroyed three cartel drones at the Texas border, but USNORTHCOM won't say whether the shots crossed into Mexican airspace.

Haye KestelooAug 28

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US Army Throws 1,900 Drones at Its Own Paratroopers in Germany

The Saber Junction 26 opposing force fields 1,900 drones and new jammers against the 173rd Airborne, a week after the Army killed its drone battalion.

Haye KestelooAug 27

Ukrainian soldier raising a SHARK fixed-wing reconnaissance drone overhead before launch against a clear blue sky

Delta

US Army Can't Match Ukraine's Delta Drone Software, Secretary Says

Ukraine's Delta software cut its kill chain to minutes. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told the Senate the fault for falling behind was his own.

Haye KestelooAug 26

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US Army Kills the Drone Battalion It Created Just Seven Months Ago

The US Army is phasing out the 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, its only drone assault unit, seven months after creating it to absorb Ukraine's drone war lessons.

Haye KestelooAug 20

Neros Archer Strike FPV drone, the platform behind the company's $250 million Series C

DEFENSE FUNDING

Neros Raises $250M At $2.5B As The Army Bets On A Million Drones

Neros closed a $250 million Series C at a $2.5 billion valuation. It builds 1,200 drones a week and has promised a million a year by 2028.

Haye KestelooAug 18

Red Cat Black Widow drone seen head-on, showing its forward camera payload and folding arms

Interview

Red Cat Has Air Force Black Widows Built as Army Tests AiN

Red Cat's entire $2.49 million Air Force Black Widow order is built and waiting, Divisional CEO Mitch McDonald told DroneXL, as the Army assesses the company's new Palantir-equipped AiN payload on its own factory floor.

Rafael SuárezAug 18

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