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Shield AI’s V-BAT Already Has a Weapons Deal — So Why Is Co-Founder Brandon Tseng Still Arguing Against Armed Drones?

The V-BAT has flown more than 60 miles into Russian-controlled airspace through layered GPS jamming, spotted a Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, and handed targeting data to HIMARS crews who destroyed it. That mission — pure intelligence, zero ordnance on the drone itself — is exactly the point Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng wants people to understand. The…

Haye KestelooFeb 27

Ukraine Says Drones Now Destroy Over 80% of Enemy Targets, and Moscow Is Not Amused

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Algorithm Warfare Is Here: How $500 Commercial Drones Are Beating $5 Million Tanks and What the Pentagon Must Do Next

A soldier in a trench, wearing a $300 pair of FPV goggles and holding a hobbyist controller, can guide a commercial drone carrying a $500 payload into a $5 million tank. The math is brutal and it only moves in one direction.

Haye KestelooFeb 27

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Drone and Missile Build-Up Tightens Taiwan Perimeter

The Army’s Typhon Mid Range Capability system capable of firing Tomahawk and SM 6 missiles, and MQ-9 Reaper drones

Rafael SuárezFeb 24

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Mexican Cartels Launch 221 Drone Attacks

Mexican drug cartels are no longer just trafficking narcotics across borders. They are building a low cost air force, as Small Wars Journal reports. A new report from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, documents 221 weaponized drone incidents in Mexico between 2021 and 2025.…

Rafael SuárezFeb 19

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Egypt’s HAMZA-3 kamikaze drone can fly 1,100 miles and fake a jet’s radar signature

The HAMZA-3 has a trick most kamikaze drones don’t: modular Lüneberg lenses that inflate its radar cross-section to mimic a fighter jet. Enemy air defense systems burn through expensive interceptor missiles on a drone that costs a fraction of the aircraft it pretends to be. The HAMZA-3 fills the gap between FPV kamikaze drones and…

Haye KestelooFeb 10

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Royal Navy’s Proteus Drone Makes Helicopter History

The Royal Navy has just flown straight into the future, without a pilot, without a cockpit crew, and without any intention of slowing down. The UK’s Navy first full size autonomous helicopter, known as Proteus, has completed its maiden flight at Predannack Airfield in Cornwall as reported by Futura Sciences, and yes, this thing is…

Rafael SuárezFeb 9

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Sig Sauer to begin flight tests of armed UAS quadcopter

Armed drones continue to move beyond theory and into practical testing, and Sig Sauer is now preparing to begin flight tests of an armed unmanned quadcopter that signals a deeper shift in how small drones may be used on future battlefields, as Janes reports. The platform, known as the Fire Storm 250, represents a collaboration…

Rafael SuárezFeb 8

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Georgia House Bill Opens Hog Hunting with Drones

Georgia lawmakers are moving to loosen the rules around hog hunting and tracking, and one line in House Bill 946 is getting drone pilots’ attention. The bill would expand when and how hogs can be taken, including allowing drones to help locate hogs, which is a big shift in a country where drone use for…

Zachary PeeryFeb 7

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