Fired Ukrainian minister offers to help build America’s drone army— for Patriot missiles in return
Mykhailo Fedorov is courting US investors for a fund that would build defense tech companies itself, not just back them.
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Fix for Ukraine’s interceptors is radar seeker head, and American firm is selling one for $4,000, says president’s tech adviser
Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says cloud and fog collapse interceptor hit rates, and a seeker head is the way out.
Russia is secretly building a mortar-launched drone-killer—and a resistance group just leaked the blueprints
Leaked documents describe a swept-wing drone built to hunt other drones at up to 300 km/h. Russian firm NIK allegedly cooperated with Boeing.
Russia’s attack drones now jam the cheap interceptors sent to kill them
The jammer reads the interceptor's own video frequency, then floods it—blinding the operator who steers the drone.
No GPS, no landmarks—how Ukraine’s drones hunt Russian spy drones far out over the Black Sea
Winged hunters that outlast copters push Russia's spotter drones farther offshore—and those spotters double as the relays that let crews steer Shahed swarms by hand.
Ukraine has shown its answer to Russia’s most powerful drones for first time. Meet Alexa Spatium, which can carry thermobaric warheads and fly back home
Ukraine codified its first jet-powered interceptor drone, the Alexa Spatium, built to destroy Russia's jet Geran drones.
Ukraine is fielding more drone-hunters than ever. Free simulator now lets operators learn each one before it reaches their hands
Two Ukrainian interceptor drones, the P1-SUN and Bullet, were integrated into the UFDS combat simulator.
1.2 million weapons in a year: Inside Ukraine’s Amazon-for-arms that ships to the frontline in 24 hours
Frontline units now pick from 1,181 products by 300 Ukrainian makers—and the fastest arrive within 24 hours.
FPV drone repurposed to hunt Russian recon drones worked so well that Ukraine turned it into new purpose-built interceptor
Ukraine's Defense Ministry codified TAF Industries' Kolibri-i10 high-speed interceptor.
Ukraine’s newest interceptor doesn’t ram its target. It nets it for $27, then flies home to catch another
Ukraine's WINFLY unveiled the Spider, an interceptor drone with a net-launcher.
Russia just copied Ukraine’s cleverest drone hunter
A $500,000 missile is a costly way of taking down a $50,000 attack drone. So the Russians are arming old planes with cheap interceptor drones.
Occupation official told Putin the Crimea highway is drone-proof—Russia’s own milbloggers refuted him within hours
One pro-war channel admitted traffic collapsed because drivers fear Ukrainian drones, not because Russian air defenses got better.
Mini air defense against FPVs and the “Peace Duck” AI interceptor: Ukraine unveils 20-system counter-drone arsenal
Ukrainian defense company Contra Drone showcased an integrated architecture combining radar, electronic warfare, autonomous interceptors, and strike drones to counter Russia's expanding UAV threat.
Ukraine approves first NATO-standard drone control system enabling UAV operation from remote locations – including outside Ukraine
The system has already been used in combat conditions, including drone interception and long-distance remote control trials.
Ukraine gave its drone-killer system an “app store”—with one rule no add-on can break
Engineers can add almost anything, but nothing is allowed to fire a weapon by itself.
Newly-announced Litavr interceptor is a model microcosm of Ukraine’s drone innovation programs
Each feature is an example of where Ukraine's interceptor industry is headed.
Russia is bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to survive Ukraine’s cheap interceptors
Defense official confirmed the modified drones turned up in recent attacks, then declined to treat the upgrade as anything Moscow should boast about.
Two Ukrainian soldiers died during Russian drone attack — investigators are determining why
The State Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal case over the sudden detonation and seized control panels for forensic analysis.
Ukraine shows sea drone carrying 27 AI-guided interceptors built to kill Russia’s Shaheds in air
The Katran X1.2 is 9 meters long, powered by a 350-horsepower engine.
Ukraine clears private firms to down Russian drones—24 already in
A Defense Ministry project lets businesses defend their plants from drones with trained staff or licensed security firms, RFE/RL reported.