Brighton-based DarkFlite, an affiliate of drone logistics company BlueFlite, just secured a $1.25 million contract with the U.S. Department of the Air Force for the potential adoption of its technology.

Dr. Elke Schwarz, Professor of Political Theory, Queen Mary University, London, UK

When Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez appeared on a nationwide TV broadcast in June 2012, proudly announcing that his country was now manufacturing “unmanned aircraft,” the news took both supporters and critics by surprise.

Three factors have helped drive the soldier-entrepreneur boom: Ukraine creating billions in new defence markets, record venture capital investment, and AI tools that accelerate product development.

Investment in Europe’s booming defence technology start-ups has surged since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as venture capital firms abandon earlier caution and pile

Lockheed Martin and Verizon are testing the deployment of 5G-connected drones capable of collecting and sharing real-time data over both public and private wireless networks to enhance the ...

Ukrainian counterintelligence has discovered that criminal organisations from Mexico and Colombia have been exploiting the country's volunteer recruitment programme to acquire advanced military drone capabilities for use in narcotics trafficking operations.

"It is a creative way to use these vapes," said Viacheslav Semeniuk, a trustee for LUCA, according to the BBC. "We crack open the vape and pull out the battery, isolate the wires, and pack them into boxes." The work highlighted how the group's efforts have evolved since the war in Ukraine began in 2022.

Ukraine is looking to deepen defense cooperation with the Philippines through a planned agreement that could pave the way for joint drone production.

Drones are helping railroaders assess risk, reduce dwell, and boost efficiency and safety.

Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved commercial home deliveries with drones, the service mostly has been confined to a few suburbs and rural areas.