Drone operators aren't spared from the horrors of war, and they're top targets

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A man crouches in a muddy trench holding a grey drone
Ukraine's drone pilots are hunted by Russia and at risk just like other soldiers.

Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images

Inside Ukraine's secret drone campaign destroying sites deep in Russia

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Travel
A technician with Ukraine's military intelligence agency, the GUR, prepares a Liutyi attack drone for a strike well inside Russia.
A technician with Ukraine's military intelligence agency, the GUR, prepares a Liutyi attack drone for a strike well inside Russia.

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The US Army has a new self-contained Pacific command built for a complex fight

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A US Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires on a beach.
The Army activated the Multi-Domain Command Pacific last week, combining the 7th Infantry Division and 1st Multi-Domain Task Force.

US Army video by Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickert

Ukrainian troops are losing days just getting to their positions in the kill zone. It's when they're most at risk.

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Soldiers from the 141st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Land Forces, armed with rifles, walk along a road on the front line, March 19, 2026.
Drones have created a kill zone around the front line where any movement risks an attack.

ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect

Ukraine says even its obsolete drone-war tech still has value for friendly countries bracing for Shahed-style attacks

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Two men lean over a large black drone on grass with concrete bricks stacked into a wall behind them
Ukraine has years of experience fighting drone barrages, and allies are interested in its counter-drone tech.

Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP via Getty Images

A Czech AI startup says it can detect drones by sound for €150 per sensor, and it wants to wire up power grids first

TNW News

Czech startup Neuron Soundware has built an AI-powered acoustic detection system called Sound Shield that identifies drones by the sound of their engines using microphone sensors that cost between €100 and €150 each. The system is designed as a passive, low-cost alternative to radar for detecting low-flying drones over cities, infrastructure, and military installations. The […]

Ukrainian operators say troops don't need a bunch of different war robots. They need more services.

Tech Insider : Business
A serviceman of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade 'Kholodnyi Yar' walks past a Ukrainian ground robotic system (UGV).
Ukrainian ground robot operators say they need more services for their platforms.

Pierre Crom/Getty Images

As Europe rearms, the ‘wingman’ drone takes centre stage at the Berlin airshow

TNW News

The aircraft drawing crowds at last week’s Berlin airshow was not the one with a pilot in it. The “loyal wingman,” an uncrewed jet built to fly beside a manned fighter and carry the extra sensors, jammers, and weapons the fighter cannot, has become Europe’s defence obsession, and four companies turned up to sell it. […]

New tech and tactics are giving Ukraine rare momentum against Russia

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style
A man wearing khaki and a helmet stands in a field at night as a large piece of weaponry fires in front of him, creating clouds of orange smoke
Ukraine is getting a new upper hand on the battlefield.

Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

A top NATO commander says the West can no longer count on its homelands staying safe in future wars

Tech Insider : Business
A large green missile system on wheels on a road in front of an ornate red building with people in military dress standing in a line
The West's recent conflicts have allowed home countries to stay safe and removed from attacks. That's not guaranteed in the future.

GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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