Martin Rosenkranz
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Martin Rosenkranz (born 1968 in Vienna) is a journalist and self-taught specialist in aviation, military and technology topics. He was Editor-in-Chief of the aviation portal www.airpower.at. For many years he covered the tender and procurement of the Eurofighter Typhoon and its aftermath as a journalist, visited military units and defence companies at home and abroad, and was invited to specialist seminars.
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Counter-UAS and drones: European Commission seeks founding members of the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance
After repeated airspace violations over EU states, the Commission is drawing on Ukraine's experience in drones and Counter-UAS. An industry-led alliance is to bring together manufacturers, start-ups and end users.
Interceptor drone Sting: Wild Hornets report shooting down jet-powered Shaheds
Jet-powered Shaheds were long considered too fast and too high for small interceptors. Ukrainian manufacturer Wild Hornets now reports several hits by its Sting interceptor drone, in some cases controlled from hundreds of kilometres away.
Counter-UAS with 70 mm rockets: Belgian F-16s test the FZ275 LGR, which the Bundesheer is also receiving
For counter-UAS use, the Belgian Luchtmacht has tested Thales Belgium's FZ275 LGR guided rocket on F-16s near Lombardsijde on the North Sea coast. This is relevant for Austria: the same weapon is to arm the Bundesheer's AW169MA and M-346FA.
Unmanned tanker MQ-25A Stingray: first aircraft for the US Navy completes maiden flight
An unmanned tanker for aircraft carriers is drawing closer: Boeing has flown the US Navy's first MQ-25A for two hours, including the MD-5 ground control station. Further test flights and carrier qualification at Patuxent River will follow.
Drone battery with over 500 Wh/kg: Sion Power unveils Licerion cells for military systems
Longer flight time, more payload, less weight: with two lithium-metal Licerion cells, Sion Power is targeting unmanned military systems. One cell is intended for loitering munitions, the other as a rechargeable drone battery for long missions.
Drone fleet for Poland: Tusk launches initiative in Rzeszów drawing on Ukrainian combat experience
Polish money, Ukrainian battlefield experience and EU funds: this combination is to create Poland’s own drone fleet. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Yulia Svyrydenko presented the project in Rzeszów.
Air defence under pressure: can saturation attacks still be contained?
THAAD, Patriot, interceptor drones: everywhere, air defence is reaching the limits of its stocks, while Russia relies on mass with cheap Molniya drones. It remains open whether defenders can ever reverse the asymmetry of numbers and cost.
Drone technology from Lviv: Sinelink, Ukraine’s hidden AI drone radio network
A briefcase on the smallest stand at the Drone Autonomy Symposium holds drone technology already built into almost all the AI drones on display: Sine Engineering’s Sinelink networks drones, navigates without GPS and enables group operations from one ground station.
AI drones: how Ukraine is driving artificial intelligence forward in the drone war
More drones than pilots, crowded airspace over the front and the question of friend or foe: for Kyrylo Budanov and Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, the next step leads via AI drones. What the modules can do and who decides on their success.
Drone warfare: Pentagon plans to increase the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group budget 242-fold
Pete Hegseth’s department wants to fund around 200,000 autonomous systems with the new drone warfare budget. David Petraeus warns, however: without new doctrine, training and forms of command, the investment will remain expensive inventory.
Loitering munition “Hornet”: how the Marsianer-2 over Donetsk is changing the rules of the game in Ukraine
Behind the AI-controlled drone that Russia fears as the “Marsianer-2” (“Martian-2”) is the start-up White Stork of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Russian analyses paint a detailed picture of the loitering munition – from GPS-free navigation to its disguised radio link.
Counter-drone defence with the Eurofighter: BAE Systems fires APKWS II from Typhoon for first time
At a British training range, a Royal Air Force Typhoon has fired APKWS II guided rockets for the first time. For counter-drone defence, price is what matters most: the laser-guided weapon costs only a fraction of modern air-to-air missiles.