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Aug- 2026 -12 August
Taiwan’s Drone Defenses Can’t Handle Fiber-Optic, AI-Guided Drones: Audit
A recent audit report has found that Taiwan’s existing drone defenses are not equipped to counter fiber-optic and AI-guided systems, exposing a potential gap against more advanced Chinese unmanned platforms.
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12 August
Taiwan Adds a ‘Ukraine-Style’ Mid-Range Strike Drone to Its Arsenal
The Taiwanese Navy has flown a new medium-class one-way strike drone for the first time during the Han Kuang exercise, adding another locally developed autonomous weapon to Taiwan’s growing drone arsenal.
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12 August
Siemens to Revamp WWII Depot Into US Army Drone Component Factory
The US Army has awarded Siemens Government Technologies an $80-million contract to transform a World War II-era facility into a secure, government-controlled plant for unmanned aerial system components.
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11 August
Serbia, Israel’s Elbit to Inaugurate Drone Factory in September
Serbia has announced plans to establish a military drone manufacturing facility with Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems, expanding Belgrade’s domestic capacity to produce unmanned aerial systems.
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11 August
UK’s GEREON Ground Drones Endure Punishing Six-Day Desert Trial
ARX Robotics UK has deployed eight GEREON unmanned ground vehicles through extreme desert conditions during the US Army-led Project Convergence-Capstone 6.
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11 August
South Korea’s UGV Buildup a Manpower Fix, Not a Technology Push: Report
South Korea’s growing investment in unmanned ground vehicles may look like a push to modernize its military, but a key driver is the country’s shrinking pool of available soldiers.
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11 August
US Marines Order Epirus’ Vehicle-Mounted Microwave Weapon to Zap Drone Swarms
The US Marine Corps has awarded Epirus a contract to deliver a vehicle-mounted high-power microwave system for countering drone swarms.
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10 August
Drone Makers Prove Universal Military UAS Dialect in Field Demos
US nonprofit Dronecode Foundation has brought together 14 defense and commercial companies to test whether military drones and their equipment can work across vendors using the new MAVLink-Military communications protocol.
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10 August
UAE Flies New Long-Range ISR Drone Born From a Civilian Kit Plane
Emirati defense firm EDGE has taken its new JERNAS-M long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone airborne for the first time, showcasing a design based on a civilian kit plane.
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10 August
F1 Car Maker Takes Speed Expertise to Drone War With New One-Way Effector
A British company known for building F1 cars is taking its high-speed expertise to the skies with a new one-way effector designed to strike targets deep behind enemy lines.
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