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A Russian kamikaze drone "Geranium-2" (Shahed-136) with the tail number "Y18358" was found on the territory of Kazakhstan. The drone crashed in a field in the Taskalinsky district of the West Kazakhstan region, which borders on the Saratov region of the Russian Federation.
In the seven months of the"Dronopad" project of theCome Back Alive Foundation, 1022 Russian reconnaissance UAVs have been destroyed. This was announced on his Facebook page by Taras Chmut, the head of the foundation. According to his estimates, the total cost of the destroyed equipment was 2.7 billion hryvnias. At the same time, the foundation spent 229 million hryvnias on the Drone Drop for 55 military units.
The French military continues to test FPV drones, expanding the ability to launch them from various air platforms. After experimenting with transport helicopters, France is now testing the possibility of launching kamikaze drones from a light transport aircraft similar to the An-28.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has officially codified and approved the Liut ground robotic system for use in the Ukrainian Defence Forces. This drone has already been tested in real combat conditions and used in the Kursk region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the Ukrainian defence industry has successfully tested a drone capable of flying up to 3,000 km.
The Pentagon has selected four companies to develop long-range barrage munitions under the Artemis programme. AeroVironment, Dragoon, Swan and Auterion were selected, with two of them cooperating with Ukrainian manufacturers.
Russian propaganda media report on a new modification of the kamikaze drone, allegedly made by specialists from the Archangels project. According to the head of the project, Mikhail Filippov, the drone has a hybrid design with a vertical take-off, after which it switches to "wing mode" and can fly at speeds of up to 280 km/h.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has officially adopted WINFLY unmanned aerial systems developed by Ukrainian manufacturers. This was reported by the Main Directorate for Life Cycle Support of Weapons and Military Equipment.
Overwatch, a British aerospace and defence company specialising in drones, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Milrem Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous ground systems.
The US Marine Corps has signed a 10-year contract with Anduril Industries worth $642 million for the supply, installation and maintenance of counter-unmanned aerial vehicle systems (CUAS).
Yesterday, 13 March, a meeting was held between the delegations of the defence ministries of Iran and Belarus, during which the parties agreed to expand military cooperation.
The Ukrainian company Aerobavovna, together with its partners, is working to create a new complex to combat Russian kamikaze drones: aircraft-type FPV interceptor balloons.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has conducted the first flight test of the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) unmanned aerial vehicle using a constellation of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
American defence startups are working with Ukrainian manufacturers to create more efficient drones for the US Army.
Mexican drug cartels continue to increase the use of drones in armed conflicts, which increases tensions between Mexico and the United States.
