Russian state concern Almaz-Antey will present the export-designated Garpiya-A1(E) long-range loitering munition at Vietnam Defence Show and Airshow China for the first time, according to Russian milblogger Barantchik. …
Ukrainian channel Victory Drones, citing Chinese military sources, reports that China has conducted flight trials of the YH-1000S, a large fixed-wing transport UAV designed for aerial unit resupply. In the test the …
Japan’s Kawasaki EC-2 electronic warfare aircraft completed its first flight in March 2026. A Russian engineering analyst highlights the aircraft as evidence of the growing importance of airborne EW on sensor-dense …
PPSh Laboratory released new combat footage from the Black Sea coast showing a Russian Navy mobile fire group operating the Katran drone-detection-and-engagement system alongside Krechet thermal targeting complexes. The …
Two Russian defence-industry channels argue that the domestic UTS-800 turboprop — described as nearing serial production with its own engine — could be converted into a light drone-intercept patrol aircraft through …
The Russian MoD’s published target list for a recent Kyiv-area strike package explicitly names an energy-storage battery park at Horenych — described as providing uninterruptible power to military-industrial facilities — …
Russian military-intelligence channel Военный осведомитель reports that Ukrainian intelligence is closely tracking the construction and expansion of Russian drone launch infrastructure, with particular attention on a …
Russian commentator barantchik reports that second-level UAV protection — described as capable of withstanding a direct Geran impact — has been completed at 22 key Ukrainian energy facilities, with third-level projects …
Guangdong Hongda’s JK-1H, first exhibited at the Zhuhai Airshow in late 2024, adds semi-active laser homing and control fins to a standard RPG-7 or Type-69 grenade launcher. The 3 kg projectile (1.6 kg warhead) tracks a …
The UAVDEV channel confirms the autonomous underwater vehicle seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz is a REMUS-600, a system designed for both underwater reconnaissance and mine-countermeasures operations — adding …
A previously undocumented Russian shoulder-launched air-defense missile system named ‘Iva’ has been photographed with a mobile fire team in Rostov Oblast. Only the name and a 4 km stated range have been disclosed; no …
Austria’s Rheinmetall Skyranger short-range air-defense vehicles are set to receive a new turret incorporating an automatic reload system, reducing crew workload during sustained engagements against drone swarms. Both …
A researcher linked to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has proposed a dedicated multinational NATO squadron of armed jet trainers to intercept Russian UAVs entering alliance airspace, conserving front-line …
Russian milblogger Barantchik reports that Ukrainian NRTK ground robots have been fitted with forward-facing net-launchers mounted beneath their anti-drone cage structures (‘mangaly’). Video reportedly shows an operator …
Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Sanchik convened a conference on armoured-vehicle improvement with a specific focus on active drone-protection systems. Sanchik stated that frontline feedback is being …
Russian military analyst Russky Inzhener describes a concept being validated by Lobayev Group snipers in the Kursk border zone: small dedicated cells pairing precision riflemen with FPV interceptor drones to deny enemy …
Latvian President Rinkevics confirmed advanced negotiations to purchase Anduril Barracuda missiles following a visit to Anduril’s facilities. The most likely variant under discussion is the ground-launched Barracuda-500M …
A Russian milblogger reports that PPSh Laboratory’s ‘Krechet’ rotating turret with integrated aiming complex has achieved its first confirmed combat kill. The system pairs a swivelling gun mount with a dedicated …
On 16 September 2026 the civilian unmanned surface vessel ‘Geroi Tumana’ completed what its developers describe as the first autonomous maritime transit above the Arctic Circle, covering 278 km in ten hours from …
Russian FPV drones of the ‘KVN’ series carry integrated microphones that stream live audio alongside video to the operator. In ambush scenarios, operators can hear approaching vehicle engine noise before the target …
NPO Dvina announced the start of closed private testing for KPO-A / KPO Server, described as a unified information environment integrating operators, sensor data, technical systems and external platforms. The test phase …
German outlet Bild and the UK’s Telegraph reported Ukrainian claims of deploying ground kamikaze robots more than 15 km behind Russian lines in northern Donbas under an operation named ‘Vivaldi’, with The Telegraph …
Russian milblogger Военный осведомитель reports that residents near Ukrainian drone crash sites inside Russia are collecting spent rocket casings from Ukrainian FP-1 and FP-2 drones and selling the non-ferrous metal for …
Anti-Houthi Presidential Council forces published footage of Saqr-1 and Saqr-2 loitering air-defence missiles — locally fielded versions of Iran’s 358/359 family — conducting autonomous patrol sorties launched from …
Canada’s army is reorganising its heavy maneuver brigades for high-intensity warfare by consolidating long-range fires, UAVs and electronic warfare under unified divisional command rather than distributing those assets …
A senior Zelensky advisor has publicly warned that Geran UAV cameras are capable of locating mini thermal power plants and backup generators through their heat signatures as ambient temperatures fall in winter, making …
A Russian military report describes BARS-SARMAT mobile fire teams operating without headlights on secondary roads in the Russian border zone, using pickup trucks with welded-on anti-aircraft turrets crewed by two …
A Russian channel announces pre-orders for ‘Spektr-K’, an upgraded field spectrum receiver pairing the existing Spektr unit (70–6,000 MHz) with an analogue converter to extend upper coverage to 1,000–12,000+ MHz. The …
Rybar reported that between the evening of 25 September and the morning of 26 September, Russian air defences claimed to have intercepted and destroyed 645 fixed-wing UAVs over 13 regions and the Black and Azov Seas — …
A Ukrainian channel documented a Geran-4 Seeker strike that destroyed a P-19 early-warning radar (or its camouflage mock-up) and an adjacent dome-shaped EW system in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; a separate attack reportedly …
The Rybar analytical channel reported that India is examining potential Geran purchases against the backdrop of heightened India-Pakistan tensions, while China is evaluating Russian drone technologies for possible use in …
Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate (GUR) claims Russia has adapted up to 17 S-400 surface-to-air missile launcher units to fire RM-48U ballistic missiles against ground targets, with the tempo of such strikes …
A Russian weekly analysis by the barantchik channel reported that Houthi forces broke through Saudi-backed lines and seized the Bab al-Mandab coastline, with some analysts attributing the collapse to a deepfake video …
A Ukrainian channel cites an Anthropic report stating that Houthi operators ran multiple concurrent Claude Code sessions as a substitute for a rocket-engineering group. Documented tasks included integrating open-source …
Multiple Russian milblog channels relay a Financial Times report, citing unnamed sources, that Iran has requested Russia transfer Geran-4 and Geran-5 reactive drone variants for use against Israeli and US forces. Russian …
Strike chronicles from the Colonel Cassad milblog list Dan-T by name as a weapon used in combined attacks on Odessa on 12–13 September, employed alongside Gerans and UMPC-equipped glide bombs. The entry is the first …
Russian military analysis describes a structural shift in fixed-wing and rotary employment since early in the war: direct front-line operations by Ka-52, Mi-28 and Su-25 became unsustainable as air-defence density rose, …
Russian military informant channel publishes exercise footage showing Baltic Fleet vessels fitted with improvised anti-drone netting over conning towers and torpedo-tube banks. The makeshift installations signal …
Russian drone development channel reports that the SuperCam S180 and S350 fixed-wing reconnaissance UAVs have been fitted with optical navigation systems, adding a GPS-independent guidance layer to both platforms.
Russian milblogger analysis citing frontline reports catalogues critical gaps in the ‘Yolka’ interceptor drone: weather restrictions limit operational windows, no night-capable variant exists, and the airframe has no …
A Russian channel reports satellite imagery confirming two Ukrainian FP-5 ‘Flamingo’ cruise missiles struck Volgogradpromproekt in Volgograd on 11 September; one round landed in open ground, the second struck a building …
Ukrainian forces are using the Stugna-P anti-tank launch rail with a new laser-guided RK-2P3 munition designed for aerial targets, functionally replicating the role of the RBS-70 MANPADS. The launcher was previously …
Video circulated in Russian channels shows a Ukrainian surface drone with a mounted machine-gun turret destroying the Russian ‘Zefir’ USV near Odessa. Russian drone channel notes the Zefir — promoted as Russia’s leading …
Ukrainian UAVs struck industrial and residential targets in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, with a fire reported at a petroleum processing facility. Russian sources confirm 14 casualties including two fatalities; investigators …
Ukrainian firm NPTs Ushkuynik is developing the ‘Paseka’ counter-drone complex built around 12 mortar-type launchers, each projecting a 4×4 m nylon net to a range of 10–30 m. The system is designed to intercept small …
An unidentified UAV crossed from Belarusian airspace through Lithuania into Kaliningrad overnight, spending roughly 20 minutes in Lithuanian territory without interception. Several hours later Vilnius airport was closed …
Two US officials confirmed to CNN that drones launched from Iraqi territory struck pumping stations along a major Saudi Arabian oil pipeline on 11 September. Preliminary satellite imagery shows damage to stations …
Russian milblogger Rybar documents a sharp rise in the drone density required for a single tactical assault: operations now typically involve approximately 100 UAVs across distinct roles — surveillance, ambush loiter, …
Russian drone channel reports that mobile engagement groups equipped with interceptor drones — specifically the low-cost foam-airframe ‘Sokol’ — consistently outperform those relying on machine guns. However, field …
Taiwan has signed into law a six-year programme allocating approximately $1.26 billion annually to build a domestic drone industry, prioritising coastal reconnaissance UAVs, coastal attack UAVs, and small attack unmanned …
The UK Ministry of Defence plans to fit the DragonFire high-energy laser weapon system aboard one of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers in 2027, following successful demonstration firings in 2025. The programme carries …
An AIM-132 ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile fired from the UK-developed Raven surface-to-air launcher has destroyed an aerial target in Ukraine. All 13 Raven systems from the originally announced delivery batch have …
Chinese firm Huanyu has presented a modular UAV payload system configured for multiple-launch operations and designed to integrate across different unmanned platforms, emphasising rapid field deployment and mission …
US–Israeli defence company Covenant is constructing a 10,200 m² factory in the Leipzig district of Saxony to manufacture the Anthem long-range cruise missile, with production starting Q1 2027 at roughly 1,000 rounds per …
Days after Palantir CEO Alex Karp invested in Fedorov’s new defence-tech company, Palantir announced a strategic partnership with Nebius Group — the AI infrastructure company built from the international division of …
Iran has released photographs and footage of a captured Anduril Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle, the system’s first public appearance after seizure. Russian channel Rybar used the disclosure to highlight what it …
Russian engineers have demonstrated a 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks link from the unmanned ‘Barrazh-1’ stratostrat balloon at 17 km altitude — a platform rated for up to 20 km and 100 kg payload — sustaining a 2K video …
A Russian milblogger publishes footage of construction of a propellant manufacturing facility in Denmark for Ukrainian Fire Point FP-7 and FP-9 cruise missiles. The move is characterised as Ukraine shifting critical …
A Russian assault account from Zaporizhzhia describes a Ukrainian counter-engineering tactic in which Baba Yaga heavy hexacopters drop improvised explosive devices back onto treelines and paths immediately after Russian …
Ukrainian forces struck the Novorossiysk port area and a fuel terminal on the night of 9–10 September, killing four people including a child according to the regional governor. Satellite imagery circulated by a Russian …
Ukrainian SBS forces struck the Makhachkala commercial seaport in Dagestan on the night of 10 September — Russia’s only non-freezing deep-water Caspian port, a key node on the Iran–Russia overland corridor used to …
A Russian UAV development channel, flagging the result as preliminary, claims a domestically developed EW module can passively detect Starlink ground terminal uplink transmissions at approximately 9,500–9,600 MHz. The …
A Russian drone engineer details a procurement failure with systemic implications: the military settled on a field-swappable communication module for UAVs using an SMD balancing connector, but that specific component in …
On 1 September 2026, Russia’s unmanned surface vessel under the ‘Geroi Tumana’ project completed a 169 km autonomous transit from Liinakhamari to Ura-Guba in the Barents Sea in six hours with no operator input — claimed …
A Russian milblogger reports observing a new version of Ukraine’s offshore Sting interceptor drone launcher barge. The latest platform carries a dual-spectrum electro-optical camera and a Furuno marine radar — features …
OSINT researcher AS-22, cited by a Ukrainian drone channel, observes structural convergence in Russian and Ukrainian air-defence practice: both now partner with private firms, combine zone and point defence, and rely on …
A jet-powered drone struck the office of SBU director Aleksandr Poklad in central Kyiv on 4 September, injuring at least five personnel. Zelensky attributed the attack to a Russian Geran-4, and Russian milbloggers framed …
Ukrainian analysis of recovered Geran-4 wreckage identified two key microcontrollers: a Texas Instruments TMS320F28335 (150 MHz C2000 DSP, used for real-time control of actuators and power electronics) and an …
Rostec plans to unveil two low-observable loitering munitions designed for deployment from the Su-57 at the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 in Egypt. Expert analysis identifies them as the S-71K ‘Kover’ (Carpet) …
Rostec has announced the SOKOL-08, a mobile X-band 2D phased-array radar weighing under 28 kg, claimed to detect up to 100 small airborne targets simultaneously — including objects as small as a bird. Machine-learning …
Russia’s Kazan Aviation Institute (KNITU-KAI) has obtained a patent for a UAV capable of switching between fixed-wing cruise flight and helicopter-style hovering. Mode transitions are managed by a software-hardware …
Russian drone control links using MESH modems now reportedly reach up to 175 km from the nearest ground station — approximately double the range recorded in 2025 — partly enabled by relay transmitters positioned in …
The VOIN development centre in Zabaykalsky Krai has publicly demonstrated a prototype interceptor drone designated ‘Veter PRO’, claimed to autonomously acquire and track airborne targets at high speed. The platform is …
A Russian-side engineering analyst reports Ukraine used a Soviet-era R-60 air-to-air missile — a stock Ukraine cannot domestically replenish — to intercept a Banderoль cruise drone, a weapon class normally conserved for …
Allen Control Systems conducted successful trials of ULTRA, a counter-UAS platform pairing an Overland AI-navigated Polaris RZR unmanned buggy with the Bullfrog weapon module. The system autonomously plans routes, avoids …
Germany’s interior and foreign ministers publicly concluded their investigation into the incident of 4–5 August, when a drone carrying explosives was found near a Ukrainian military transport aircraft at Leipzig-Halle …
Russian open-source analysis of Iran’s Ghaem-118 (Izdeliye 358) draws on public demonstrations and external assessments to detail the weapon’s design logic and parameters. It was conceived as a low-cost counter-UAS …
Rybar’s tally for August 2026 records at least 87 strikes against petrol stations and oil refineries across Ukraine, with more than half concentrated in the border oblasts of Sumy and Kharkiv where fuel must flow to …
NPO Polet’s updated lineup includes the Spider Duplet — a double-barrel hand-held device that fires two sequential shots without reloading, evolving the earlier Pauk-30B — and the Pauk-30BN with a bayonet quick-release …
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Directorate claimed the destruction of a Russian ZALA Kama-type unmanned surface vessel in waters near Snake Island, with visual identification of the wreckage. Rybar, a pro-Russian …
Ukrainian operators describe a networked system connecting mobile observation groups into a shared air picture via mesh radio with a 20–30 km reach that requires neither commercial internet nor cellular coverage. Data …
The US Army took delivery of its first XM30 infantry fighting vehicle from General Dynamics Land Systems. Both competing variants — GDLS’s XM30 Wolf and American Rheinmetall’s XM30 Lynx — share an unmanned 50 mm cannon …
Russian technical channels circulate a counter-drone doctrine proposal: use acoustic and radar sensors to fix the transit point of a 4G/LTE-connected drone, then cut all mobile internet in that narrow corridor. Because …
Photographs circulating online show the Chinese Type 08 8×8 IFV fitted with a laser system declared for short-range counter-drone air defence. A Russian military engineer estimates the output at roughly 10 kW — …
Geran-2 drones struck the Orlovka ferry crossing on the Danube between Ukraine and Romania, temporarily suspending operations, while a separate strike hit the Vinograduvka–Vulkaneshty checkpoint on the Moldovan border. …
A Russian military engineering analyst identifies a newly named Russian weapon — the cruise missile ‘Dan’’ (Дань, meaning ’tribute’) — as a conceptual successor to the ‘Banderoль’ reactive UAV, describing it as more …
A Ukrainian-side channel reporting on adversary activity released footage showing a Russian ‘Yolka’ air-defence drone — operated by a mobile fire group in a Russian border region — achieving a kinetic intercept of a …
Two fires hit Polish defence firms supplying UAVs to Ukraine within a single 24-hour period, with the more significant incident at WB Electronics in Skarzysko-Kamienna — Poland’s largest private defence company and the …
Ukraine’s Security Service reportedly suspended operational use of Anduril’s Altius-600M and Altius-700M loitering munitions after the systems demonstrated vulnerability to Russian electronic warfare, according to a Wall …
A Ukrainian channel affiliated with the Sudoplatov operator group released combat footage of the ‘Kuzma’ heavy strike drone carrying and releasing a dual TM-62 anti-tank mine payload. The platform is described as able to …
A ZALA Lancet loitering munition from the 50th Separate Brigade ‘Varyag’ was launched from approximately 200 km and destroyed an IRIS-T SLM system covering Yuzhny port in Odessa Oblast, according to the Russian …