University engineers have figured out how to build an ‘invisible’ drone — here’s the science behind it
University engineers have figured out how to build an ‘invisible’ drone — here’s the science behind it

Phantom Twist doesn’t use camouflage to hide. Instead, this drone spins so fast that human eyes can’t resolve its shape. It’s a clever piece of engineering, although a working camera remains an unsolved problem.

‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible — flying device adds motion blur to the real world
‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible — flying device adds motion blur to the real world

Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have built a drone that rotates so fast it is cloaked by motion blur.

Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids — the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost

Russian drone troops are adding cheap magnetic compasses to help find their bearings. Crude add-on helps them find their bearings and locate their targets even without GPS.

A mosquito-hunting killer drone is available for preorder – and I have questions

Y Combinator-backed startup Tornyol has built a tiny autonomous drone that tracks mosquitoes by sonar and kills them mid-flight, with preorders open now. We look at the tech, the pricing, and the questions it raises about where the targeting stops.

The Pentagon froze 155 wind projects in 24 states, claiming drones can hide in wind farms
The Pentagon froze 155 wind projects in 24 states, claiming drones can hide in wind farms

The Pentagon has frozen the permitting process for at least 155 new wind projects in 24 states for nearly a year, citing concerns that drones can hide among wind turbines and evade radar detection. The affected projects have a combined capacity of 44 g…

Zipline is launching healthcare drone delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired Tesla and Waymo veterans to scale.
Zipline is launching healthcare drone delivery with Cleveland Clinic. It hired Tesla and Waymo veterans to scale.

Zipline said the number of businesses offering delivery through its app grew 13 times during the first half of 2026. The autonomous drone delivery company has now completed more than 2.5 million commercial deliveries, including one million in the last …

Ukraine conducts record drone strike of 2,500km after 12-hour flight — $55,000 unit made of plywood halts operations at Russia’s largest gasoline producer

Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Omsk, Siberia, on July 6 after flying roughly 2,500 km over more than 12 hours.

DJI drones are saving Mount Everest from being the ‘world’s highest garbage dump’ — FlyCart 100 removes over 10,000kg of waste to save Sherpas from an eight-hour trek across a hazardous icefall
DJI drones are saving Mount Everest from being the ‘world’s highest garbage dump’ — FlyCart 100 removes over 10,000kg of waste to save Sherpas from an eight-hour trek across a hazardous icefall

DJI’s FlyCart 100 delivery drone hauled over 10,000kg of supplies and waste between Everest Base Camp and Camp 1 this season, replacing a dangerous eight-hour Sherpa trek through the Khumbu Icefall with an eight-minute flight

NATO is building an AI ‘Kill Web’ to stop a Russian attack before it starts
NATO is building an AI ‘Kill Web’ to stop a Russian attack before it starts

NATO is building a vast AI network along its eastern flank, designed to spot an attack early and strike back fast. The plan is called the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, and internal documents name one adversary outright: Russia. German tabloid BI…