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2026-06-25
The $2,300 attack drone: when unit price becomes the weapon
The US 'Drone Dominance' plan aims to drive one-way attack drones from $5,000 to $2,300 a unit and buy roughly 340,000 of them. The real story isn't the airframe — it's what cheap mass does to the cost of stopping it.
- military
- drones
- economics
2026-06-25
Latvia plugs into a US drone marketplace: what the Eurosatory letter of intent actually does
At Eurosatory 2026 Latvia and the US signed a letter of intent for a joint digital drone and counter-drone procurement platform. The story isn't a drone — it's procurement speed, and Latvia getting to be a supplier, not just a buyer, inside a US marketplace.
- latvia
- drones
- counter-drone
2026-06-25
Remote control at 2,000 km: the latency problem behind the record
Ukraine has codified Hornet Vision Ctrl — the first NATO-standard remote drone-control system, shown at 2,000 km. But for an interceptor the number that matters isn't distance, it's latency. The real proof: two Shaheds downed remotely from 500 km.
- military
- drones
- counter-drone
2026-06-25
Fifty drones seized at the World Cup: what large-scale counter-drone actually looks like
US authorities seized around 50 drones near World Cup venues and logged 145 incursions into restricted airspace. It's a rare look at a counter-drone system in action — and a direct lesson for pilots: almost all those flights weren't attacks, just pilots who flew into a temporary restriction.
- counter-drone
- drone-safety
- airspace
2026-06-22
From test range to exporter: Latvia's drone industry after Eurosatory 2026
In two days at Eurosatory 2026, Latvia signed a bilateral drone-acquisition deal with the US and sold its homegrown BLAZE interceptor to France. What it signals.
- latvia
- origin-robotics
- blaze
2026-05-28
Latvia's Counter-Drone Cluster: Origin Robotics, Eraser, and What It Changes
Latvian manufacturers Origin Robotics and Eraser are equipping mobile intercept teams on the Russian border. What is the kill chain, what Latvia is learning from Ukrainian battlefield experience, and what it means for the civilian drone training market.
- counter-drone
- latvia
- defense