Impossible Objects Raises $40 Million to Support 10,000 Drone Bodies Monthly
$40 million is the amount Impossible Objects has raised to move its carbon-fiber additive-manufacturing technology further into industrial production. The…
Drones & Unmanned Systems
Dutch Navy Plans Destinus Interceptor Drones for Several Warships by 2027
A relatively inexpensive attack drone can present a warship with an expensive defensive problem: whether to expend a multimillion-euro missile…
Saudi East-West Pipeline Shutdown Puts 4% of Global Oil Supply at Risk
Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline could remain out of service far longer than stored crude can sustain normal exports from…
Drone Attack Shuts Saudi East-West Pipeline Carrying 4% to 5% of Global Oil
A drone attack has forced Saudi Arabia to shut its 1,200-kilometer East-West oil pipeline, closing a strategic route that tracking…
Kirishi Refinery Shutdown Leaves Under 40% of St. Petersburg Stations Queue-Free
Fewer than 40% of St. Petersburg gas stations reportedly had gasoline available without queues by September 11, 2026, down from…
Beijing Will Ban Possessing Drones and Key Components Citywide From Nov. 15
Beijing will prohibit individuals and organizations from possessing or storing drones and key components anywhere in the city beginning Nov….
Ukraine’s Drone Strikes in Russia Deepen Global Diesel Supply Shortfall
Diesel shortages do not stay where refinery operations are disrupted. Fuel cargoes are redirected, importers compete for the same replacement…
Reported Ukrainian Drones Halt Ozon’s 900,000-Order-a-Day Saratov Hub, Hit Major Refinery
Reported Ukrainian drones struck Saratov, Russia, early on September 11, disrupting an Ozon logistics complex designed to process as many…
IEA Says Ukrainian Drones Cut Russian Oil Output by 200,000 Barrels Daily
Two hundred thousand barrels per day is the measured change that turns Ukraine’s drone campaign from a series of infrastructure…
Poland Raises Air Defenses, Deploys Helicopter, Warns Provinces During Russian Drone Strikes
Poland raised the readiness of selected air-defense forces, deployed a helicopter to monitor its airspace and warned residents in two…
Ukraine Adds Alexa Spatium, but Geran-5 Interception Data Remains Undisclosed
Ukraine has added the Alexa Spatium jet-powered interceptor to its defense arsenal, but the public announcement leaves out the measurements…
Army Laser Accompanies 75% Drop in Suspected Cartel Drone Traffic
Seventy-five percent is the reported decline in suspected cartel-linked drone traffic in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley after the U.S. military…
Canada Targets Millions of Drones, Plans One-Third for Ukraine
Canada plans to direct one-third of its future domestic drone production to Ukraine while building the capacity to manufacture millions…
Swarmer’s Up-to-$224 Million Ratel Deal Signals Ukraine’s 500-Company Drone Consolidation
Ukraine’s drone industry grew rapidly because hundreds of small suppliers could get their systems in front of decentralized military buyers….
Documents Link Jilin Chemical Fiber’s 46-Tonne Shipment to Russian Drone Supplier
Shipping and customs records reportedly trace 46 tonnes of carbon-fiber precursor from China’s state-owned Jilin Chemical Fiber Group to Alabuga-Volokno,…
Military Says AeroVironment LOCUST Debut Preceded 75% Border Drone Activity Drop
A roughly 75% decline in suspicious drone activity is the first major result military officials are associating with the operational…
Chinese Naval Gun Study Estimates One Shell Damages 1.19 Drones
One fragmentation shell damaged an estimated 1.19 drones in a modeled 30-drone swarm. That number captures both the appeal and…
Army Returns 173rd Airborne’s 600-Soldier Drone Battalion to Infantry Duties
The U.S. Army is ending the dedicated drone-warfare mission of a roughly 600-soldier battalion in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, returning…