[New] Europe is implementing a standardized digital airspace management framework that enables automated, low-altitude drone operations, with initial operational capabilities for air taxis expected in the coming years.
Market Data Forecast
[New] Under another new High Visibility Project, five Allies (Denmark, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey) will collaborate on innovative drone-based deep precision strike capabilities to meet existing and future operational requirements more efficiently.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
[New] As the El Paso test of the anti-drone laser weapon demonstrated, various blanket-wide spectrum tools, such as jammers, may interfere with and endanger civilian air traffic and legal commerce.
Brookings
[New] Like other criminal groups around the world, they will further embrace the evolving aerial and, eventually, marine drone technology to conduct crime over larger distances and with fewer personnel.
Brookings
[New] The Commission will step up its support to build a stronger drone ecosystem, fostering closer ties between governments and industry through the Drone Alliance with Ukraine.
European Commission Representation in Cyprus
[New] Ukraine's and SpaceX's efforts to shut off Russian forces' access to Starlink terminals in Ukraine are reportedly disrupting Russian Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies' short - and mid-range drone strikes in the immediate term, as ISW recently forecasted.
Critical Threats
[New] In agriculture, drone-based analytics are rapidly becoming mainstream, with Farmonaut projecting that by the end of 2026, 70-75% of large farms will adopt drones and AI-driven data platforms to enable real-time crop monitoring, precision irrigation, and sustainable farming practices.
stratviewresearch.com
[New] A proposed drone wall, designed to detect and destroy rogue drones from the Baltic states to the Black Sea, is expected to be operational by 2027.
Caliber.az
[New] A turning point could come when Kiev can control space deeper than the front line and regain the edge in drone use.
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[New] The European Commission has published an Action Plan on Drone and Counter-Drone Security designed to foster a coordinated European response to threats from malicious drones.
cuashub.com
[New] Closer collaboration with Ukraine through the Drone Alliance will accelerate affordable defence innovation and mass production capabilities.
Aviation24.be
[New] China is developing fully autonomous drone swarms capable of executing complete kill chains in urban environments without human approval, specifically designed for a Taiwan invasion scenario where 23 million civilians could face algorithmic targeting decisions in dense metropolitan areas.
Drone Warfare
[New] The Marine Corps' first NDAA-compliant 3D-printed FPV drone represents a strategic shift toward decentralized, secure, and rapidly adaptable unmanned systems that can be field-modified for kinetic, reconnaissance, or logistics missions while eliminating foreign supply chain vulnerabilities.
Drone Warfare
[New] Taiwan's integrated counter-swarm and precision-strike portfolio suggests a deliberate effort to field asymmetric capabilities that could complicate PLA air superiority operations while offering exportable solutions to regional partners facing similar drone threats.
Drone Warfare
Extensive urban airspace corridors are being mapped under the U-Space initiative to enable scalable drone and eVTOL operations by 2027.
Market Data Forecast
The FAA acted over concerns that a military counter-drone laser system could pose risks to aircraft.
Al Jazeera
A new United States military laser-based anti-drone system led authorities to halt air traffic in and out of El Paso, Texas, after aviation officials raised serious concerns about risks to commercial aircraft.
Al Jazeera
Singapore must carefully calibrate its counter-drone capabilities to avoid creating new vulnerabilities while addressing existing ones.
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