Events
Drone strikes, counter-UAS deployments, civilian incidents and exercises worldwide. Each entry is linked to the relevant drone, country and counter-UAS systems where possible.
Ukraine’s 39th anti-aircraft regiment modifies "Wild Hornets" interceptor drones for reusable use with a shotgun
A Telegram post claims operators from the 39th anti-aircraft regiment modified "Wild Hornets" anti-air drones to be reusable by mounting a shotgun on them. No specific operational use, date, or location of an incident is…
Russian milblog discusses how drones have changed tube artillery tactics
A Russian milblog post describes how widespread UAV use has altered tube artillery employment, emphasizing shorter firing windows, drone-directed fire, camouflage, decoys, and rapid displacement. It frames this as a shif…
Rybar claims long-range drones are expanding strikes on logistics in Russia’s deep rear
A Russian milblogger claims the opponent has expanded the strike zone against logistics using long-range drones, citing “Hornet” drones with AI and Starlink. The post says roads and civilian infrastructure are being hit …
DARPA seeks concepts for autonomous containerized drone constellations supporting swarms up to 500 UAVs
DARPA issued and updated a contracting notice seeking concepts for Group 1-3 drones paired with autonomous container systems that can store, launch, recover, and sustain networked swarms of up to 500 UAVs. The effort emp…
Drones: RQ-7 Shadow
Victory Day video shows vehicle-launched Geran-2 and new jet-powered Geran-5 drones
A Victory Day video reportedly showed launches of long-range Geran-2 loitering munitions from vehicles and introduced a new jet-powered Geran-5. The post presents this as a first public demonstration of these launch meth…
Drones: Shahed-136
Ukrainian SSO strike UAV unit commander describes FPV drone tactics and training
A commander of an SSO strike UAV company discusses using long-range FPV "zhdun" drones to interdict enemy supply routes and shares lessons learned, training, and an e-points system in an interview. The post is descriptiv…
Russia expanding anti-drone forces and boosting drone production amid increased Ukrainian strikes, Syrskyi says
Ukraine's top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russia is urgently expanding anti-drone forces and increasing drone production in response to a surge in Ukrainian drone strikes. The report describes force-structure and pr…
Ukraine uses drone combat footage to train AI systems for target identification and strike guidance
A post claims Ukraine is using years of drone combat footage to train AI systems to help drones identify targets and determine where to strike more effectively. It describes a capability development rather than a specifi…
Pentagon seeks AI-assisted target recognition to help troops and platforms defeat drones
The U.S. Department of Defense, via a Defense Innovation Unit solicitation, is seeking AI-enhanced aided target recognition to improve detection, tracking, and engagement of small drones by remote weapon stations and pot…
Telegram post claims Latvian airspace used as corridor for Ukrainian drones attacking Russia
A Telegram channel argues that Latvia is being used as a “safe corridor” for Ukrainian UAVs allegedly attacking Russia’s Leningrad Oblast and discusses a rationale for potentially shooting down drones in NATO airspace. T…