Drone Race

Militaries seek cheaper defences as drones reshape modern battlefields

Drone costs can range from just a few hundred to several thousand dollars, and their price tag is rapidly depreciating as innovation and mass production pick up

The biz of drone power: Startups, traditional giants fuel India's arsenal

As many as 550 drone companies have come up in India in 5 years. More than 100 companies are in the defence sector. Drone market revenue is expected be worth $11 billion by FY30

Ukraine says Russia kills 3 in new drone attack as Prez Trump rebukes Putin

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in a southeastern Ukraine city, killing three people and injuring 10 others, officials said Friday, a day after US President Donald Trump rebuked Russia's leader for a deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv while Washington endeavours to stop the more than three-year war. Among the civilians killed in the nighttime drone strike in Pavlohrad, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, were a child and a 76-year-old woman, the head of the regional administration, Serhii Lysak, wrote on Telegram. Russian forces fired 103 Shahed and decoy drones at five Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine's air force reported. Authorities in the northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv regions reported damage to civilian infrastructure but no casualties. Russia pounded Kyiv in an hourslong barrage Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 87 in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since July. The attack drew a rare rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Puti

ePlane to trial drone surveillance with Railways, flying taxis by 2026

The ePlane Company is targeting commercial cargo operations in 2025 and passenger flying taxis by 2026

From new stealth jet to colossal drone: China's latest weapons revealed

Many of the new Chinese weapons are viewed by experts as developed to rival the United States

Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Tech sues Pentagon for military designation

DJI had unsuccessfully attempted to engage with the defence department for more than 16 months on the issue, a spokesperson for the world's largest maker of consumer drones said on Friday

Russia shoots down 6 Ukrainian drones and 2 missiles, says report

Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-backed head of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, said there were no casualties. 5 cargo ships head for Ukraine's Black Sea ports

Drones from Garuda Aerospace to be deployed in earthquake-hit Turkey

Drones from India's Garuda Aerospace will be deployed in a rescue mission in the quake-hit Turkey by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), said a top company official

Why are the big boys of India Inc acquiring drone start-ups?

After the government's push, the big boys of India Inc are racing for a pie of the emerging drone industry. But why's this race? What does India's drone ecosystem have to do with it? Let us find out

Artificial Intelligence loses to human pilot in drone race

The drones flew more cautiously but consistently