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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Loitering munition in Alpine trials: French Army tests drones from EOS Technologie
Ground station at 2,250 metres, flights up to 5,000 metres, minus 7 degrees and gusts of up to 70 km/h: mountain gunners of the Armée de Terre spent two days testing the Veloce 330 loitering munition and the Rodeur 330 in high mountains.
Starlink drones: Russian Molniya drones become a serious threat to Ukraine
Terminals attached with adhesive tape turn cheap Russian Molniya drones into Starlink drones against which electronic countermeasures have so far been powerless. Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is counting on SpaceX – but a solution is still pending.
Drone strikes in Crimea: SBU destroyed a total of 15 Russian military aircraft in 2025
Fighter jets, helicopters and transport aircraft hit on the ground: new videos from the Security Service of Ukraine document drone strikes on airfields in Crimea. It remains unclear which carrier systems brought the drones to their targets.
FPV drone OsA Okta: Russia's army supplies front sectors with eight-motor cargo drone
Double frame, eight motors, up to 13 kilograms of payload: with the OsA Okta, the Russian army is using an FPV drone for logistics in hard-to-reach front areas. It was developed by a company from Arkhangelsk.
Kamikaze drones for Ukraine: Renault prepares Chorus production in Le Mans and Cléon
A carmaker as drone producer: Renault is to mass-produce the Chorus developed by Turgis Gaillard, up to 600 units a month. The kamikaze drone for Ukraine is comparable to the Shahed and Geran-2; a DGA contract worth around one billion euros is in prospect.
Unmanned systems in combat engineering: Poland's 1st Engineer Regiment trains with UGVs and UAVs
Police, rescue services and industry took part: new unmanned systems were the focus of an exercise by Poland's 1st Engineer Regiment, including the PIAP Hunter ground vehicle and the PIAP Mules. The General Command announced the exercise on X.
Loitering munition for the US Marine Corps: Anduril supplies Bolt-M for the OPF-L programme
After 13 months of testing, the USMC has chosen Anduril's Bolt-M. More than 600 of the loitering munition systems are to follow by April 2027, with fielding to the troops starting in summer 2026.
Geran-2E drone: Russia's drone with Verba missile mainly threatens civil aviation
A shoulder-fired air defence missile on its back, Chinese camera and radio equipment on board: Ukraine's DIU intelligence service has disclosed details of the Geran-2E drone. Military pilots can deal with it, departing and landing airliners cannot.
Long-range drones of Ukraine: the weapons Kyiv uses to hit targets 1,000 kilometres and more inside Russia
Arms plants in the Urals, refineries, ammunition depots: since mid-2025 Ukraine has been striking ever deeper into Russia with long-range drones. An overview of the A-22, E-300, Liutyi and FP-1 – and what this means for Russian air defence.
Ground drone Omsk-2: Russia's VDV airborne forces test new robotic system
A remote-controlled tracked vehicle for machine gun, grenade launcher, cargo and wounded: the VDV is testing the Omsk-2 ground drone – electric, almost silent and small enough for the Mi-17 transport helicopter.
EU drone wall: sensors, countermeasures and costs per 100 kilometres of border
How many sensors, jammers and radars does a brigade sector on the EU's eastern border need – and what do they cost? A paper from a border state calculates the drone wall of the European Drone Defence Initiative (EDDI) element by element.
Kamikaze drones in Venezuela: videos point to US use in Operation “Absolute Resolve”
A characteristic howl before the impacts: footage from Venezuela suggests that the US used kamikaze drones. The US system Lucas by Spektre Works, unveiled in 2025, looks almost identical to the Iranian Shahed.