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The US Army is shutting its drone unit as NORAD warns bases are ill-equipped for attacks. Also: Ukrainian drones wrecked a US armor brigade in wargames, blinded an S-400 in a $170M hunt, a 2,000km Ukrainian UAV, and Turkey's drone-carrying wingman. The...
Russia is now producing about 3,000 Geran-4/5 kamikaze drones a month. And: Ukraine's stealth drone reaches Ufa, Russian subs hide under netting, drone boats hunt troops, a carrier's new drone hub, an F1-built missile, and NATO's GPS-free drones. Russia...
Ukraine's new Skazhenyi interceptor hits 365 km/h, with plans to build 5,000 a month. Elsewhere: a record 6,858m drone kill, a captured Portuguese drone, a bomb at a German airport, South Korea's robot soldier, and a new Royal Navy testbed boat. ...
Russia is bolting compasses onto jammed drones and merging two drone types onto one network to dodge jamming. Also: a $50M Buk-M3 destroyed by one drone, a Tu-95 bomber hit from 800km, Navy robots reporting from the seabed, and a new Sikorsky VTOL. A...
Ukraine's Flamingo missile runs on a $100 open source autopilot built for hobby drones. Plus: Anduril's pilotless attack copter, a drone-frying microwave weapon, a swarm-command helmet, $218k missiles by the thousand, and a bomber downed in Crimea. ...
The US Navy struck Iran's Bandar Abbas with sea drones in its first ever combat use of the platform. And: a $400 drone kills a $19M helicopter, Moscow refinery's flying tank lid, first CCA live-fire, Storm Fighter unveiled, Helsing's $1.8bn round. Sea...
Ukraine's Trinity Robotics plans to double robot output to 2,200 units. Also: Iran's downed Reapers, a UK drone warship, Anduril's NATO win, a killer robot ban, Kraken's unicorn round, GPS-denied maps, AI decision limits. Ukraine's Trinity Robotics,...
Ukraine has downed more bridges this month than in the previous three years combined, using $55k drones and AI-guided mini cruise missiles. Plus: Pentagon consolidates drone oversight, London stands up a taskforce, Ukraine exports FPVs to the US. Bridges...
IISS traces 144 European drone sightings across 13 states to Russia's shadow fleet. Also: One Pentagon drone office, London's £5 billion autonomy bet, NDAA doctrine push, Ukraine's Pacific test run, CCA production start. A Paper Trail For GhostsA...