Suspected cartel drone traffic down 75 percent due to Army lasers: CBP sources

The military acquired high-energy laser tech in 2025 and began using it in August, which led to 100 drones being shot down.

The US Army's special drone unit is returning to airborne infantry work. Officials say that was always the plan.

Drone lessons and tactics were never going to be centralized in the unit, officials said, and instead will be scaled across the Army.

Mexico, U.S. deploy anti-drone operation at Tijuana border

Mexico and the United States have deployed fixed and mobile counter-drone systems along the Tijuana-San Diego border corridor to detect and disable commercial drones used by criminal organizations, Me
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General Atomics unveils ‘Wildfire’ drone to replace Reaper

Pitched for the Massed Modular Aircraft program run by the Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit, General Atomics says its new drone design can exceed requirements set by the Pentagon to succeed the MQ-9A Reaper.

The Next Big Drone Opportunity: A Potential $200 Billion-Plus Global Services Market Takes Shape

Aggressive upside case: If adoption and autonomy move faster than expected, the broader drone-services opportunity could potentially push toward $200B–$300B+ in annual global revenue over the next decade.
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Northrop achieves first-ever successful quantum navigation test on one-way attack drone

Sandbox AQ, a company working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies,

ZenaTech Secures Irish Aviation Authority Operational Authorization for Drone-Based Crop and Soil Nutrient Application Services

SORA-based authorization for ZenaDrone enables the Drone as a Service platform to deliver large-scale precision agriculture applications to farmers and supports planned expansion into additional European marketsVANCOUVER,
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Open Source Acoustic Drone Detection

Drones have become a potent military threat, particularly on the small scale. Nimble multi-rotor drones are fast, difficult to spot, and can cause plenty of harm if allowed to go about their work