Ukraine's drone operators say they have to negotiate safe passage past friendly jammers, sometimes over group chat

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A man in camoflage gear and a helmet stands holding a large grey drone with blue tape on it, with another man assisting, in tall grass and under a blue sky
Ukraine needs drones for its defense, but it needs to make sure its own electronic warfare doesn't get in its way.

Serhii Korovainyi/REUTERS

Backpack drones with lasers are taking a critical job from multimillion-dollar aircraft and protecting pilots in the process

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A man in camoflage gear squats and takes a pale-colored drone out of a camoflage backpack, with a vehicle and another person behind him, all outdoors
PDW says its C100 drone is "packbackable," giving soldiers portable power.

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Former Air Force drone operator says the job isn't like a video game. 'There's not a single game in the world that can prep you.'

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A man in military uniform standing in front of large drone.
Tanner Yackley standing in front of a military drone.

Courtesy of Tanner Yackley

Drone delivery is finally having its moment

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A Zipline drone delivers a Chipotle bag on a residential doorstep.
Major grocery and retail players are rolling out drone delivery programs, so getting dinner ingredients delivered by air may soon be as common as ordering through an app.

Chipotle/Zipline

Fishermen in the Philippines keep finding China's underwater stealth drones

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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard lifting up a 12-foot-long underwater drone made with Chinese labeling.
The Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday that Filipino fishermen had turned over a 12-foot-long underwater drone they found near the waters of Palawan.

Philippine Coast Guard

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

Ihor Tkachov / AFP

The Pentagon's startup arm postpones its internship program, citing 'emergent priorities' in an internal email

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary

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Ukraine's drone war is accelerating

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Ukrainian soldier using VR technology.
A drone pilot from the 65th Brigade works at a training site in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Viktor Lysenko for POLITICO

This story originally appeared in Politico Magazine and appears on Business Insider through the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network.

Behind the scenes of the US Army's first air-to-air kill with an FPV drone

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A fixed-wing drone flies in the bottom left corner of the picture, and a first-person view drone flies in the top right. The sky is cloudy and grey.
TK

Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre

The West isn't deep in the all-out drone race. That could be a good thing.

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Two men hold a large grey drone against a grey sky and a muddy ground
A still from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian soldiers preparing their drone to launch it towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

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