The West is preparing for cheap drone attacks, but many businesses and civilians can only watch, not stop them

With few options available, businesses and the wealthy in the West are buying drone detectors, a technology used often in ...
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Penny-pinching precision: How cheap drones are breaking expensive armies

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have propelled drones into the headlines. The word “drone” now stretches to cover ...
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Cheap drones are forcing expensive militaries to rethink air defenses

On a winter night in early 2025, a Ukrainian air defense crew near Kyiv tracked more than 100 inbound objects on radar. Some ...

Iran's cheap drones are a drain on the U.S. weapons stockpile. Could lasers help fend them off?

The Iran war is testing the U.S. military's ability to combat Iran's drones in a cost-effective way. Emerging laser tech, designed to zap drones out of the sky, may help.
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Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard

Wladimir van Wilgenburg stands in a residential neighborhood in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and points out incoming drones high in the sky. "The U.S. defense systems, as you can see, are ...

Wall Street is betting on Ukraine's drone technology

Swarmer is likely to be the first of many: a Ukrainian defense startup with an American face that leans on U.S. capital to ...
Forbes

Swarmer IPO Surge Puts Ukraine-Born Drone AI In Focus

A serviceman launches a drone during a press tour to demonstrate the integration of AI into the process of humanitarian demining, Zhytomyr Region, northern Ukraine. Ukraine’s war showed how cheap ...