One Office, All The USA Drones

One Pentagon drone office. Also: IISS traces 144 European drone sightings across 13 states to Russia's shadow fleet. London's £5 billion autonomy bet, NDAA doctrine push, Ukraine's Pacific test run, CCA production start. A Paper Trail For Ghosts A...

Drones Are Eating the Military’s Command Structure Too

Ukraine floats a stratosphere missile that defeats Russian jamming by cutting its own navigation off. Also: Britain ditches its destroyers for drone-coordinating warships, a US company cleared a fortified breach with 35 drones and 100 pounds of C4, AI is...

Shaheds That Think, Drones That Pay, and a $4 Billion IPO

Ukraine's top drone analyst says AI autonomous targeting is weeks away for Shaheds. Also: Kyiv's e-Points system is steering units toward harder targets 100 km from the front, a hand-launched recon drone reaches 150 km for a fraction of the usual cost, an...

Wingmen, Swarms, and the Race to Command Them

The US Air Force awards production contracts for 1,000 autonomous combat jets, four months ahead of schedule, and opens a six-vendor competition to write their brains. Also: 43 FPVs collapse a road bridge, a European C2 startup raises €32 million at...

A War of Operating Systems

Ukraine reveals autonomous drones that killed without a human in the loop. Also: the Army builds a counter-UAS hunter-killer robot in 48 hours, a 1,000 kg underwater strike drone debuts at Eurosatory, the Sting interceptor's speed trade-off, and Kyiv opens...

Drones From Swindon to the Frontline

Europe's largest indoor drone testing facility opens in Swindon under a new UK Defence Secretary. Also: Ukraine's monthly drone kill count climbs 12.7%, Pokémon Go scan data trains military navigation AI, Spain launches a mixed swarm experiment, and NATO...

Sea Drone Rescues Downed US Crew in Historic First

A robot boat rescues two downed aviators in the Gulf, and the way it happened says a lot about where naval autonomy is heading. Plus: Taiwan's drone budget gutted, what survived the FCAS wreck, bee-brained drones, and an AI boss breaks ranks. First...