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Photo: A student drone pilot and his machine in flight during telepilot training at Dirinon in Brittany in France on June 20 2025. Credit: Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect
May 28, 2026
Reality Check: Breaking Free From China’s Drone Ecosystem is Harder Than You Think
China controls the global supply of drones. It will be challenging to cut this dependency.
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Ingo Hellmann, drone pilot and operations manager of FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr at Norddeich airfield, prepares a DJI Matrice 400 drone for a test flight to the North Sea island of Juist. Cargo drones could make it easier to supply the East Frisian North Sea islands in the future.
May 13, 2026
Solving the Drone Dilemma
Drones are powerful — and can cause chaos. Remedies are urgent to deploy them safely.
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Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on a working visit as part of a regional tour. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on a working visit as part of a regional tour. He holds talks with King Abdullah II to discuss ways to enhance security and defense cooperation and developments in the Middle East. Amman, Jordan, March 29, 2026. Credit: IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters Connect
April 8, 2026
Zelenskyy’s Drone Diplomacy Wins New Arab Friends
Behind the headlines of his Middle Eastern trip, Ukraine’s leader has underlined Ukraine’s nimble and quick-witted diplomacy.
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Photo: A employee of SkyFall company operates a P1-Sun FPV interceptor drone during a test fly at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine March 6, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
March 9, 2026
Drone Defenses: Buyers Flock to the Ukrainian Bazaar
Drones have smashed the West’s assumption that airpower and sophisticated missiles would ensure control of the skies. Kyiv can provide answers and expertise.
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Photo: NOWA DEBA, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: A Polish Army contractor prepares a drone during training with the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade at the Nowa Dęba training area as part of exercise Iron Defender 25, in Nowa Deba, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on September 18, 2025. Iron Defender 25, Poland’s largest military exercise of the year, is being conducted across multiple locations including Orzysz, Dęba, Ustka, and additional field sites, involving 30,000 troops and 600 military units from Poland and NATO allies to evaluate defense capabilities across land, air, sea, and cyber domains. Credit: Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto
January 21, 2026
Poland Prepares for Drone War With Russia
Europe needs to get on the front foot to tackle Russia’s hybrid warfare, a Polish deputy defense minister warned as he unveiled details of a new anti-drone systems.
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Photo: Servicemen of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstyslav the Brave leave their dugout with a Darts middle range strike unmanned aerial vehicle before launching it towards Russian troops from their position near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 16, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
January 6, 2026
Ukraine Needs New Mid-Range Strike Drones
Ukraine has made huge strides in its military technology but ingenuity alone won’t be enough for Kyiv to prevail.
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Photo: A German soldier uses a shoulder-mounted drone jamming device to jam a fixed wing UAV during Counter-Unmanned Aerial System Technical Interoperability Exercise in Vredepeel, Netherlands on 9 November 2021. Credit: NATO via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/nato/52148343844/in/photolist-2nsccHe-2nsaTNC-2ruiBn6-2ns4sVr-2nsccEo-2nsaTXq-2ns9FBY-2ns9FFa-2oJYWdT-2nsaTVb-2ns9FDm-2nsccFv-2nPKhat-2rodheN-2rodheH-2roc7Dz-2nPLdco-2nPDgCN-2nPHZSo-2mv4DWC-2oK338G-2roc7P4-2oK4S8b-2rodTEi-2rodhjY-2nPJ16j-2oK4TMd-2nPJ1xm-2oK5qbn-2hi98sX-2oK32pH-2nPDgh7-2mv4Cgt-2oK3JSq-2nPKB5U-2nPKBo9-2mv3zzT-2muUNvB-2mv4DF2-2hia5YT-2mv4DbQ-2muYXNf-2nPKfFb-2nPLdHJ-2oK5p4H-2mv18rU-2nPLdWK-2nPDg8u-2muYYGK-2nPKBug
December 4, 2025
A Drone Wall Without Ukraine? A Barricade Lacking Bricks
To defend NATO’s airspace Europe must make Ukraine an integral part of its defenses from the outset.
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Photo: Service members of the 13th Operative Purpose Brigade 'Khartiia' of the National Guard of Ukraine check a Ukrainian-made Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle before its launch near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine July 20, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Serhii Korovainyi
November 3, 2025
How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield
Drone warfare is reshaping global security by enabling low-cost, high-impact operations, for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China, and others.
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Photo: A member of Russia's National Guard keeps order as an armoured truck transporting Geran unmanned comabt aerial vehicles drives along a road on the day of a rehearsal for a military parade, which marks the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
December 11, 2025
How Russian Drone Developers Outpace the West
Russia’s Geran attack drones have morphed from crude versions of Iranian Shahed UAVs into an affordable and flexible strike system, with deadly results.
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Photo: A serviceman from the mobile air defence unit of the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a Browning machine gun towards a Russian drone during an overnight shift, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine June 2, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
October 21, 2025
Guns Not Missiles Will Defeat the Drone
Missiles are not a panacea for air defense. Europe needs a return to guns – they’re cheaper and more practical.
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Photo: A Ukrainian serviceman of the 25th Airborne Brigade looks at a Vampire, a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle, during its flight near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 5, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
October 3, 2025
Ukraine’s AI Drones Hunt the Enemy
Artificial Intelligence is starting to revolutionize the frontline in Ukraine but, still confused by puddles and trees, it’s not there yet.
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Photo: A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a first person view (FPV) drone provided by the Come Back Alive foundation to the one of Ukrainian Airborne Brigades, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 14, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
October 7, 2025
A Desperate Race for Drone Defenses
Defense industries have tended to focus on the quality of military output, but the Ukraine war shows the importance of mass.
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Photo: A serviceman of Special Police Battalion launches a Vampire combat drone flying over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine April 29, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
October 7, 2025
NATO Must Learn from Ukraine’s Frontline Drone Labs
Russian drone incursions mark an acceleration in the Kremlin's hybrid war on the West. NATO members should study Ukraine's frontline labs to prepare for what comes next.
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Photo: A sapper of the Russian armed forces searches for explosives and demines an area on the roadside of a motorway near the town of Marinka (Maryinka) in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine, June 24, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
October 6, 2025
Magic Weapons: Drones
As Europe dithers, Russia’s successful drone offensive intensifies.
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Photo: Ursula von der Leyen, 4th from the right, and Donald Tusk, 5th from the right, in the foreground. At the Poland-Belarus Border. Credit: EC - Audiovisual service. https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/photo/P-067699/00-19
September 19, 2025
Europe’s Drone Wall: Action This Day
The EU’s vision must avoid typical European delays to deliver swift deterrence on the eastern flank.
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