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Alta Ares raises €50M to mass-produce drone interceptors proven over Ukraine

Alta Ares, a Franco-Ukrainian maker of AI drone interceptors used in Ukraine, raised €50 million to scale production as demand for cheap air defense climbs.

Jun 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Ukraine

Ukraine has netted 822 km of frontline roads against Russian FPVs

Ukraine says it has strung 822 km of anti-drone netting over frontline roads this year, doubling its pace to keep supply and evacuation traffic alive under the FPV threat.

Jun 8, 2026

USA

US clears nearly $2 billion Anduril counter-drone sale to Kuwait after Iranian airport strike

The State Department's $1.98 billion approval puts Anduril's electronic and kinetic drone defenses in the Gulf days after an Iranian drone hit Kuwait's main airport.

Jun 7, 2026

Ukraine

Ukraine fields an AI gun turret to down jam-proof fiber-optic drones

Ukraine's military has fielded an AI-controlled turret in more than ten units to shoot down the fiber-optic drones that electronic warfare cannot jam, the Defense Ministry says.

Jun 5, 2026

USA

Stryker

The Stryker family of wheeled 8×8 armored vehicles — the backbone of US Army Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, fielded since 2002 and exported to Ukraine, with variants from base troop carrier to 30 mm Dragoon and counter-drone directed-energy platforms.

Jun 4, 2026

Israel

Motorola buys Israel's D-Fend for $1.5 billion, a bet on drone-hijacking tech

Motorola is paying $1.5 billion for a counter-drone firm whose RF takeover seizes a drone's control link, the same link Ukraine's fiber-optic drones are built to fly without.

Jun 1, 2026