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.
Estonia urges Ukraine to tighten drone controls after aerial incidents; Kyiv offers experts
Estonia called on Ukraine to strengthen controls over drones following unspecified aerial incidents and said Kyiv offered to send experts. The report concerns policy/coordination measures rather than a specific drone str…
Ukraine offers Baltic states expert help to strengthen air security after drone incidents
A report says Ukraine offered the Baltic states assistance from its experts to improve air security following drone-related incidents, with an appeal sent to Estonia’s embassy. Estonia’s foreign minister expressed concer…
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…