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US Air Force Lost $13M Reaper in Mediterranean After Propeller Fell Off

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An MQ-9 Reaper drone plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last winter after its propeller suddenly detached, a recently released Air Force investigation concluded. The mishap occurred Dec. 16, 2024, when the mechanical element connecting the drone’s propeller to its engine failed while on its way to a mission in the area, the service said in its investigation report published […]

Strong Winds Blamed for 427 Drones Falling into River During Women’s World Cup Light Show

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Strong winds blamed for 427 drones falling into Yarra River during Women’s World Cup light show. Investigation finds wind conditions at 14 July 2023 event exceeded the drones’ capacity shortly after launch, triggering collisions and errors. Strong winds have been blamed for more than 400 drones falling from the sky into Melbourne’s Yarra River during […]

Russia’s New AI Shahed‑136 Drone Uses NVIDIA Jetson Orin AI Processor

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A modified Iranian-made Shahed-136 suicide drone reportedly featuring an onboard camera, a direct radio control system from Russia, and an artificial vision module has been discovered in Ukraine for the first time, according to military electronics expert Serhii Flesh, who released photos of the wreckage on June 19. While such a variant had long been […]

Putin’s Helicopter Supposedly Survives Ukrainian Drone Attack

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Vladimir Putin’s helicopter was forced to shoot down drones while he was aboard, a Moscow official said on Sunday. The Russian president’s aircraft was involved in an “air defence battle” after an “unprecedented Ukrainian drone assault”, Maj Gen Yuri Dashkin, an air defence commander, told state television. The incident was said to have happened last […]

Amazon Removed Backup Landing Sensors Prior to Drone Crashes

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On a (lightly) rainy December day at the company’s testing range in Oregon, not one but two Prime Air drones suddenly stopped spinning their propellers mid-flight and plummeted some 200 feet to the ground. The crashes, which destroyed both aircraft, happened within minutes of each other. According to documents from the National Transportation Safety Board, […]

Shield AI’s V-BAT Proves Resilience to EW at US Army Combat Test

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– Shield AI’s V-BAT successfully participated in Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5), a Combined, Joint, and multinational experiment held at Fort Irwin, California, in March 2025. V-BAT operated as part of the 82nd Airborne Division’s missions in “The Box,” Fort Irwin’s famously demanding training area in the Mojave Desert. V-BAT excelled against active jammers, successfully […]

Unexpected Gust of Wind Caused Drone-Helicopter Crash in South Korea

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The cause behind a Heron reconnaissance drone crashing into a helicopter in South Korea last month was determined to be “a gust of wind,” military officials announced. The South Korean Army’s Central Accident Investigation Committee reviewed flight recordings, CCTV footage and other data and found that the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experienced an unexpected […]