The US military has successfully deployed a laser defense system on the southern border of the country and shot down alleged Mexican cartel drones. These UAVs are suspected of spotting U.S. law enforcement operations and help the criminal organizations traffic humans and goods into the United States.

San Francisco defense startup Mara has secured $7 million in a pre-seed round to produce what it calls Spike, a portable counter-drone system housed inside a backpack.

The U.S. Navy successfully tested a sail-powered autonomous drone in live-fire exercises in the Pacific.

A Russian Molniya drone carrying an Nvidia Jetson Orin module killed three civilians at a gas station in Zaporizhzhia last month.

The US Army tested an autonomous breaching vehicle with an onboard counter-UAS turret during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg on August 18.

The Versa, a 230g pocket gimbal camera that snaps into a separate propeller chassis for flight, raised more than $230,000 at its debut.

Meteoric plans to deploy drones and use mechanical action to dissipate low and mid-altitude clouds covering solar power plants. The startup says that it already has a working prototype that cut artificial clouds by 13%, and that its drones are far more economical to fly compared to traditional techniques.