David Hambling

David Hambling

Senior Contributor|Aerospace & Defense

Author of 'Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world,' following cutting-edge military technology in general and the drone warfare revolution in particular. 

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Feb 26, 2026

Learning At War Speed: How Ukraine’s Air Defence Is Evolving

Ukraine's air defenses have evolved over four years to counter an ever-growing threat from missiles and drones, shofting from machine-guns to interceptor drones.

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Feb 11, 2026

Software Uses Radios To Cut Through Electronic Fog And Find Jammers

New software from Tenna Systems maps out the interference landscape by assembling telemetry data from existing radios, and allows jammers to be avoided — or targeted.

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Feb 10, 2026

Russia Is Launching FPVs From Drone Motherships

Russian Gerbera long-range decoy/attack drones are now acting as motherships for small FPV quadcopters.

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Feb 6, 2026

Starlink Shutdown: Musk Throws Russian Forces Into Chaos

Russian forces relied heavily on Starlink for tactical communications, Now SpaceX has deactivated their terminals, causing chaos as units lose contact with commanders.

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Feb 3, 2026

Convicts, Chaos And Cut Throats: Inside Russia’s Only Tank Factory

Many reports of problems at Russia's UVZ tank factory from open sources suggest that it may be producing far fewer tanks than some analysts believe.

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Jan 28, 2026

Swarm Forge: Pentagon’s Mass-Drone Test Signals Near-Term Deployment

A demonstration of Auterion's Nemyx showing drones controlled by one operator hitting multiple targets showcases a capability which may be deployed later this year.

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Jan 27, 2026

Rise Of The Robots: Russian Soldiers Surrender To Ukrainian Machine

An armed robot which took three Russian soldiers prisoner is a sign of Ukraine's growing dominance in this field in which it now leads the world.

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Jan 26, 2026

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Collaborates With Drone Swarm Developers

A new partnership sees Lockheed Martin Skunk Works integrating with XTEND in a setup allowing large and small drones to work together seamlessly from one controller.

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Jan 16, 2026

The Drone Interceptors Fighting Back Against Putin’s Freezing Dark Age

Zelensky has declared an energy crisis as parts of Ukraine face electricity and heating outages after Russian strikes. Interceptor drones may finally slow the attacks

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Jan 13, 2026

EPIC Win: U.S. Secret Weapon May Have Incapacitated Maduro’s Guards

The White House has promoted an account by a Venezuelan guard of how Maduro's security team was disabled by a mystery weapon which does match real-world technology.