[New] Mark Rutte, NATO's secretary general, announced the new Drone Edge initiative, which will include more than $40 billion in investments from allies in counter-drone capabilities over the next five years.
Business Insider
[New] NATO unveiled plans on Tuesday for a fivefold increase in trained drone operators by the end of 2027, part of efforts to prepare allies for the kind of conflict that's unfolding in Ukraine.
Business Insider
[New] On drones and robotics: To meet the DoD's 2025 Drone Dominance Initiative goal of 200,000 military drones by 2027 and reduced supply chain reliance on China, manufacturing capacity outside of the traditional defence industrial base will be necessary.
MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing Substack
[New] The drone delivery network is expected to launch in late 2027, with service beginning in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area before expanding across Tampa Bay.
Business Observer
[New] Drone delivery revenue will grow significantly over the next decade, from approximately $2.2 B in 2026 to $25.3 B by 2036.
OIA Global
[New] Carnegie Mellon University is developing coordinated groups of drones - called drone swarms - and AI systems that can be deployed to keep more people out of danger.
CMU - News
[New] USAFRICOM teamed with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to field test a low-cost drone-swarm defence system, CURTAIN CALL, that detects and intercepts single and multiple drone attacks and threats.
Fluet
[New] India is projected to post a 17.5% CAGR supported by mapping programs and drone-based environmental monitoring.
FactMr
[New] The Association of Unmanned Aviation expects a 40% increase in the global commercial drone fleet between 2022 and 2030.
The National Law Review
[New] The cost of marine insurance in the Black Sea increased 204-fold in the second quarter of 2026, while the loss ratio for reinsurance covering drone-attack risks reached 2800%.
Ukraine's Arms Monitor
[New] Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, is scaling up in the United States with a factory and operations center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that it says will employ 1,000 in the next few years.
TechCrunch
[New] The plan heavily funds Project NYX, an initiative to field up to 24 armed autonomous drones designed to fly alongside and team with Army Apache helicopters by 2030, and the Storm Shroud, an uncrewed electronic-warfare drone. / UK
Ronin's Grips Analytics
[New] To support rapid procurement, NATO will establish a counter-drone marketplace that will ensure that systems are NATO-tested, NATO-compatible, and available for purchase.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
[New] As Russia's repeated drone probes against several European countries have demonstrated, sustaining deterrence and escalation dominance will require Western militaries to overcome their traditionally slow rates of adaptation.
Hudson Institute
[New] We launched a new major initiative, Nato's Drone Edge, which will see $40 billion invested by Allies in uncrewed systems over the next five years.
The Sofia Globe
[New] The Department of Homeland Security has stood up a new office with over a hundred million dollars to spend on drone threats.
SkyTrade
[New] Battlefield impacts of UAS in Ukraine and a growing domestic drone threat have prompted the EU to begin coordinating continental efforts.
Capstone DC
[New] VAMPIRE is effective at hunting and engaging drone threats affordably, which enables U.S. armed forces to sustain reliable defence of its personnel and infrastructure.
L3Harris Fast. Forward.
[New] The number of long-range drone strikes will increase.
RBC-Ukraine
[New] Kiev has urged its Western partners to take immediate decisions on air defence and sanctions after a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital killed at least 20 people, with the death toll expected to rise.
Euronews
Last updated: 26 July 2026
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