Drone

MEETKAI ANNOUNCES NEW COLLABORATION WITH DETROIT PISTONS DURING KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT MWC 2024

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeetKai, the leading immersive AI company, and the Detroit Pistons have officially announced the beginning of its collaboration with the creation of the team's first-ever virtual world. Set to launch later this year, "Detroit Pistons World" will feature a virtual fan marketplace, themed games, merchandise for purchase, gated content and more that Pistons fans won't want to miss.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MeetKai , the leading immersive AI company, and the Detroit Pistons have officially announced the beginning of its collaboration with the creation of the team's first-ever virtual world.
  • "Both MeetKai and the Detroit Pistons are thrilled about this partnership.
  • "We are proud to welcome MeetKai as our newest partner," said Adam Falkson, Vice President Business Intelligence at the Pistons.
  • To learn more about future developments of the "Detroit Pistons World," follow along at www.meetkai.com for updates.

Resilient Energy Inc. (OTC:RENI) Announces LOI to Acquire 100% of Challenger Aerospace & Defense Inc., entering the $35 Billion Global Drone Market

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilient Energy, Inc. (OTC Markets: RENI) ("RENI" or "the Company") announces the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire 100% of Challenger Aerospace & Defense Inc. ("CAS") and two operating subsidiaries, including over $3 million in current purchase orders, intellectual property and an impressive portfolio of existing and prototyped products. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the upcoming weeks. The Company will release a formal statement and the required regulatory filings on a Form 8-K. 

Key Points: 
  • Resilient Energy, Inc.'s intended acquisition marks the start of its strategy targeting firms in the Energy and Tech sectors.
  • Challenger Aerospace Systems serves the global market from its state-of-the-art facilities in the United States.
  • CAS serves a global customer base consisting of private and commercial operators, government agencies and defense organizations.
  • Technological advances in terms of payloads and electronics are expected to augment the rapid growth of the drone's market.

Resilient Energy Inc. (OTC:RENI) Announces LOI to Acquire 100% of Challenger Aerospace & Defense Inc., entering the $35 Billion Global Drone Market

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilient Energy, Inc. (OTC Markets: RENI) ("RENI" or "the Company") announces the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire 100% of Challenger Aerospace & Defense Inc. ("CAS") and two operating subsidiaries, including over $3 million in current purchase orders, intellectual property and an impressive portfolio of existing and prototyped products. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the upcoming weeks. The Company will release a formal statement and the required regulatory filings on a Form 8-K. 

Key Points: 
  • Resilient Energy, Inc.'s intended acquisition marks the start of its strategy targeting firms in the Energy and Tech sectors.
  • Challenger Aerospace Systems serves the global market from its state-of-the-art facilities in the United States.
  • CAS serves a global customer base consisting of private and commercial operators, government agencies and defense organizations.
  • Technological advances in terms of payloads and electronics are expected to augment the rapid growth of the drone's market.

GTT Group Makes Available Drone and UAV Patent Assets For Acquisition

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. (GTT Group), the premier provider of patent analysis and transaction advisory services to companies worldwide, announces the availability of a key Drone and UAV patent portfolio from a major global technology company.

Key Points: 
  • GTT Group, the premier provider of patent analysis and transaction advisory services to companies worldwide, announces the availability of a key Drone and UAV patent portfolio from a major global technology company.
  • PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. (GTT Group), the premier provider of patent analysis and transaction advisory services to companies worldwide, announces the availability of a key Drone and UAV patent portfolio from a major global technology company.
  • We've been involved in aerospace particularly satellite communications and navigation for twenty years now" - Tyler McKinley, Managing Director, GTT Group
    GTT Group is making available the patent portfolio on a limited basis to qualified buyers.
  • To receive more information about this opportunity or GTT Group, please contact Tyler McKinley, GTT Group Managing Director at [email protected] .

Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in Ukraine – but not outcomes

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Friday, February 16, 2024

Some analysts claim that drones have reshaped war, yielding not just tactical-level effects, but shaping operational and strategic outcomes as well.

Key Points: 
  • Some analysts claim that drones have reshaped war, yielding not just tactical-level effects, but shaping operational and strategic outcomes as well.
  • It’s important to distinguish between these different levels of war.
  • The strategic level of war relates to the way these military objectives combine to secure political aims, especially ending a war.

Drone warfare in Ukraine

  • The drone war in Ukraine is evolving in ways that differ from how other countries, especially the United States, use UAVs.
  • Unlike this pattern of “over-the-horizon” strikes, Ukraine and Russia use drones during an internationally recognized conflict that is bounded by their borders.
  • Second, the U.S. operates armed and networked drones, such as the Reaper, the world’s most advanced drone.
  • Ukraine has also operated Turkish-manufactured TB-2 Bayraktar drones – the “Toyota Corolla” of drones.
  • It has also expanded the domestic production of drones, such as the Orion-10, used for surveillance, and the Lancet, used for attacks.
  • Third, the U.S. uses drones to strike what it designates as high-value targets, including senior-level personnel in terrorist organizations.
  • Ukraine and Russia use their drones for a broader set of tactical, operational and strategic purposes.

Tactical effects

  • Drones have had the biggest impact at the tactical level of war, which characterizes battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
  • It did so by destroying slow-moving vehicles that stretched nearly 50 miles, causing Russia to abandon its advance.
  • It also spoofs this link by creating a false signal that disorients Ukrainian drones, causing them to crash.
  • This includes going “back to the future” by adopting terrain-based navigation, though this is less reliable than satellite-based navigation.

Operational limitations

  • Drones have been less successful at the operational level of war, which is designed to integrate battles into campaigns that achieve broader military objectives.
  • In spring 2022, Ukraine used a TB-2, along with other capabilities, to sink Russia’s flagship ship — the Moskva — in the Black Sea.
  • Since then, Ukrainian officials claim to have destroyed 15 additional Russian ships, as well as damaged 12 more.

Strategic myths

  • Drones have not, and are not likely to, shape the outcome of the war in Ukraine.
  • They have not allowed Ukraine to break its stalemate with Russia, nor have they encouraged Russia to end its occupation of Ukraine.
  • Russia and Ukraine use drones to terrorize each other’s citizens as well as generate propaganda to stiffen their own citizens’ resolve.


Paul Lushenko does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Aircraft and Drones Industry Analysis 2023-2033: AI Integration and C5ISR Adoption Propel Business Strategies, M&A for Market Expansion Crucial

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

DUBLIN, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft and Drones Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • DUBLIN, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft and Drones Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones are at the cutting edge of modern military and strategic technology.
  • The Europe intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones market has seen major development by key players operating in the market, such as business expansion, partnership, collaboration, and joint venture.
  • Key players in the Europe intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones market analyzed and profiled in the study involve major intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones offering companies providing aircraft and drones for the purpose.

Wagner Group is now Africa Corps. What this means for Russia’s operations on the continent

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow.

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  • In August 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died after his private jet crashed about an hour after taking off in Moscow.
  • He had been Russia’s pointman in Africa since the Wagner Group began operating on the continent in 2017.
  • The group is known for deploying paramilitary forces, running disinformation campaigns and propping up influential political leaders.

What is the current status of the Wagner Group?

  • Recent reports on the Wagner Group suggest a transformation is underway.
  • The group’s activities in Africa are now under the direct supervision of the Russian ministry of defence.
  • Wagner commands an estimated force of 5,000 operatives deployed throughout Africa, from Libya to Sudan.
  • But will the Wagner Group under new leadership uphold the distinctive modus operandi that propelled it to infamy during Prigozhin’s reign?

What will happen to Wagner’s modus operandi now?

  • Numerous meticulously orchestrated campaigns flooded Africa’s online social platforms promoting the removal of French and western influence across the Sahel.
  • Prigozhin oversaw the creation of the Internet Research Agency, which operated as the propaganda arm of the group.
  • It supported Russian disinformation campaigns and was sanctioned in 2018 by the US government for meddling in American elections.
  • Prigozhin admitted to founding the so-called troll farm:
    I’ve never just been the financier of the Internet Research Agency.


the prevalence of low-intensity conflicts reduces the risks to mercenaries’ lives compared to full-scale wars like in Ukraine
the continent’s abundant natural resources are prone to exploitation
pervasive instability allows mercenaries to operate with relative impunity.

  • Russia is increasingly looking like a viable candidate.
  • In January 2024, Chad’s junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow to “develop bilateral ties”.

Where does it go from here?


There are a number of paths that the newly named Africa Corps could take.
It gets deployed by Moscow to fight in conflicts meeting Russia’s geopolitical ends.
It morphs into paramilitary units under the guise of Russian foreign military intelligence agencies.
It splinters into factions, acting as heavily armed personal guards for local warlords.

  • But this won’t signal the immediate disappearance of the Russian disinformation ecosystem.
  • This is clear from Moscows’s backing of the recent Alliance of Sahelian States encompassing Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.


Alessandro Arduino is a member of the International Code of Conduct Advisory Group.

Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft and Drones Market Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2033 with Focus on United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

The "Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft and Drones Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Europe Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft and Drones Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones are at the cutting edge of modern military and strategic technology.
  • ISR aircraft are manned aircraft built for gathering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities.
  • Key players in the Europe intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones market analyzed and profiled in the study involve major intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and drones offering companies providing aircraft and drones for the purpose.

Drone Nerds Brings Agricultural UAV Solutions to Commodity Classic 2024

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, a leader in consumer and enterprise drone solutions, will be present at the 2024 Commodity Classic conference, which will be hosted in Houston, Texas from February 28th - March 2nd.

Key Points: 
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Drone Nerds, a leader in consumer and enterprise drone solutions, will be present at the 2024 Commodity Classic conference, which will be hosted in Houston, Texas from February 28th - March 2nd.
  • The Commodity Classic conference is America's largest farmer-led agricultural expo.
  • As a pioneer in the enterprise drone space, Drone Nerds seeks to educate the conference audience on how they can leverage drones to optimize agricultural operations in an effort to increase crop yields and produce healthier plants.
  • Drone Nerds will be at Commodity Classic from February 28th - to March 2nd at booths #7111 & #7113.

Drone Services Markets - Global Forecast to 2028: Focus on Mega-Trends - Green Initiatives, Internet of Things, Rapid Urbanization, & Innovations and Patent Registrations

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

North America is estimated to account for the largest share of the drone services market in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • North America is estimated to account for the largest share of the drone services market in 2023.
  • Drone services are rapidly displacing conventional applications in the commercial sector, such as aerial surveys, cinematography, and search & rescue.
  • The increased adoption of drone services in various civil and commercial applications is driven by their exceptional endurance and cost-effectiveness.
  • In terms of categorization, the drone services market is divided into platform, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations); and simulation & training.