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Ukraine–NATO Grants Turn Counter-Drone Lessons Into Joint Production
The first UNITE–Brave NATO call pairs Ukrainian battlefield experience with allied companies and up to €1m for each joint project.
US Drone Misidentification Exposes Command Gap in Korean Border Exercise
South Korean troops prepared to engage an allied drone near the northern border, exposing weaknesses in exercise notification and identification procedures.
North Korean Missile Strike Suggests Russia Has Received Fresh Weapons
Ukraine’s assessment that Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile after an 11-month gap points to a renewed supply channel and greater pressure on scarce interceptors.
Kyiv Drone-Expo Organiser Remanded as Strike Inquiry Turns to Event Security
A Kyiv court has detained Armada association head Vasyl Honcharuk after a Russian missile strike on a publicly promoted defence gathering killed 11 people, shifting scrutiny towards wartime event security.
New Zealand’s One-Way Drone Plan Adds Low-Cost Strike to a Maritime Force
Wellington’s plan to acquire long-range one-way drones, preferably from domestic suppliers, would give a small force an attritable strike option while testing whether sovereign production can support it at meaningful scale.
Pentagon Says US Drone Industry Remains Years Behind Ukraine
Ukraine expects to produce six to seven million FPV drones this year. The Pentagon is still trying to create a much smaller American market while excluding the Chinese components on which cheap systems depend.
Finland Closes Airspace Near Russia Over Stray-Drone Risk
A temporary air and maritime restriction off Finland’s southern coast shows how drone activity can disrupt a NATO member even before the origin or intent of an aircraft is established.
Stone Cloak Transfer Moves British Support for Ukraine from Supply to Sovereign Production
Britain’s decision to transfer the intellectual property behind Stone Cloak gives Ukraine more than another electronic-warfare device: it creates the basis for domestic manufacture, faster battlefield adaptation and a more reciprocal defence-industrial partnership.
Why Slotless Motor Technology Could Transform the Next Generation of UAVs
By Liam Bowman, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, ETA Green Power
Ukrainian Caspian strikes put Russia–Iran military supply route under pressure
Kyiv says long-range drones hit two sanctioned cargo vessels, a Russian missile boat and an offshore oil platform. Iran has confirmed that one sailor was killed and has warned that the attack will receive a response. Ukraine has extended its…