NATO Commits Over $40 Billion to Counter Drones Over Five Years
More than $40 billion over five years is NATO’s latest answer to the rapid spread of inexpensive unmanned aircraft. At…
Drones & Unmanned Systems
Northwestern Drone Reduces Its Visual Profile by Spinning 25 Times a Second
The propeller turns one way while the aircraft carrying it turns the other. That counter-rotation is the central mechanism behind…
Ukraine’s Refinery Drone Strikes Spread Gasoline Shortages Across Russia
Ukraine’s escalating drone campaign against Russian oil refineries is now being linked to gasoline shortages, rationing, and supply disruptions across…
Allen Control, X-Bow Join Texas Race for $3.1 Billion Drone Defense
Texas-linked defense companies are pushing deeper into the Pentagon’s fast-growing market for systems that detect and stop hostile drones as…
Pentagon Turns to Ukrainian Drone Software as U.S. Output Lags
The Pentagon has now openly tied its small-drone catch-up effort to Ukrainian battlefield experience, acknowledging that U.S. output is still…
Germany Funds 50,000 SkyFall Shrike Drones for Ukraine in €90 Million Order
Germany is financing 50,000 Ukrainian-made SkyFall Shrike strike drones for Ukraine under a roughly €90 million ($103 million) order that…
U.S. and Ukraine Sign Agreement for American Testing of Ukrainian Combat Drones
The United States and Ukraine signed an agreement allowing Ukrainian combat drones to be sent to the U.S. for military…
Ukraine’s Five Reported Wildberries Strikes Put Russian Logistics Under Pressure
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck five Wildberries logistics facilities in Russia from Saturday through Wednesday, putting parts of the country’s largest…
Ukraine Contracted 25,000 Ground Robots as Missions Passed 50,000
Ukraine contracted 25,000 uncrewed ground vehicles during the first half of 2026, twice its total for all of 2025, as…
Ukraine’s Moscow Refinery Drone Strike Suspends Flights Across Capital’s Airports
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in southeast Moscow on Thursday, after which flights were suspended at every Moscow airport,…
Defense Innovation Unit Tightens Sourcing as 200,000 Orders Trail Ukraine’s 6-Million Output
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit on July 28, 2026, publicly quantified a wide small-drone capacity gap while tightening manufacturer sourcing…
Birdstop Moves to Detroit, but 79% Automotive Parts Overlap Remains Unverified
Birdstop relocated its operations to Detroit in late 2025 to draw on the region’s automotive suppliers, manufacturing expertise and automation…
Ukraine’s 13-Ship Operation MoLoChKa Claim Tests Black Sea Logistics
A Ukrainian commander identified as Robert Brovdi said Operation “MoLoChKa” struck 13 Russian-linked vessels 10 dry-cargo ships, two tugboats and…
How Ukraine’s Wildberries Strikes Disrupted 50 St. Petersburg Airport Departures
Reported Ukrainian drone strikes hit Wildberries logistics facilities in St. Petersburg and Simferopol on July 24, 2026, while the associated…
Ukraine’s Claimed Four-Site Drone Operation Tests Russian Oil-Logistics Resilience
In an account published without an operation date, Ukrinform, citing Ukraine’s Security Service, reported that Ukrainian aerial drones struck three…
Three Romanian F-16 Drone Shootdowns Test NATO Air-Defense Readiness
Romanian Air Force F-16s destroyed a third unauthorized drone on July 26, 2026, extending a sequence that began with interceptions…
Reported U.S.-Ukraine Drone Framework Opens Testing Path, Not Procurement
RFE/RL reported on July 22 that the United States and Ukraine had signed their first bilateral statement of intent establishing…
Thunder Pairs Hybrid Tiltrotor Autonomy With Capabilities Awaiting 2027 Flight
Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder on July 20, 2026, at the opening of the Farnborough International Airshow, presenting…