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U.S. National Drone Association

@usnda_org

National Drone Conference, Games, Wars, & DroneWERX
National 501(c)3 for rapidly advancing the American-made Small, Swarm, and Counter Drone industrial base.

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#๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ Red tape doesnโ€™t stop drones โ€” but it delays the warfighters who need them most. Modern conflict moves fast. Our battlefield tools should too. The longer we wait, the more we risk falling behind. In just 6 days, the AI+ Expo will bring leaders, operators, and

#๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ
Red tape doesnโ€™t stop drones โ€” but it delays the warfighters who need them most.

Modern conflict moves fast. Our battlefield tools should too.
The longer we wait, the more we risk falling behind.

In just 6 days, the AI+ Expo will bring leaders, operators, and
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A Russian FPV drone located a Ukrainian fiber-optic quadcopter, and then cut the fiber-optic cable with its rotor blades, causing the Ukrainian drone to crash.

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US Marine Corps Releases New Details on Drone Competitions Coming to Bases Around the World military.com/daily-news/202โ€ฆ

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#๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ The Marine Corps isnโ€™t just talking about innovation โ€” itโ€™s executing. Drone competitions are now launching across five major bases to sharpen real-world warfighter skills. This is about speed. Precision. Combat advantage. The urgency is

#๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€
The Marine Corps isnโ€™t just talking about innovation โ€” itโ€™s executing.
Drone competitions are now launching across five major bases to sharpen real-world warfighter skills.
This is about speed. Precision. Combat advantage.

The urgency is
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#๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ | The Competition is Now Official. MARADMIN 256/24 confirms it: the Marine Corps is launching a global drone competition program across five major bases. ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Tactical drone teams will battle it out in force-on-force events designed to accelerate battlefield innovation โ€”

#๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ | The Competition is Now Official.
MARADMIN 256/24 confirms it: the Marine Corps is launching a global drone competition program across five major bases.

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Tactical drone teams will battle it out in force-on-force events designed to accelerate battlefield innovation โ€”
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#๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ Thatโ€™s the mindset driving drone innovation across our armed forces โ€” from Quantico to tomorrowโ€™s AI Expo in Washington D.C. Vice President JD Vance, a Marine veteran himself, returned to the fight not just to visitโ€”but to witness the transformation. What he

#๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ
Thatโ€™s the mindset driving drone innovation across our armed forces โ€” from Quantico to tomorrowโ€™s AI Expo in Washington D.C.

Vice President JD Vance, a Marine veteran himself, returned to the fight not just to visitโ€”but to witness the transformation.

What he
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In todayโ€™s environment not every asset must be exquisite/expensive. Look what Ukraine just did. We canโ€™t afford to walk by assets like this that generate lethal effects. Our U.S. Air Force drone competition team at the Special Competitive Studies Project expo gets this & embodies the ingenuity of all Airmen!

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#๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ช๐—˜๐—• Ukrainian drones just executed a modern-day Trojan Horse โ€” sneaking deep into Russia to cripple nearly half their long-range bombers. Think Pearl Harbor, but with GPS, metal containers on trucks, and drones. That couldโ€™ve been a U.S. plane or destroyer... We

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Magyar's brigade is one of the leaders in using fiber optic cable FPVs, producing and employing PTM-3 and other UAV-droppable mines, and deploying an integrated counter-FPV system. In particular, his brigade has performed an important role integrating and coordinating the

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This really was incredible to watch in an indoor environment. Hopefully we can get these at more events to drive awareness! Itโ€™s great for kids too! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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1/5 QUICK TAKE from Rus mil bloggers on the importance of FPVs in combat: "In recent years, it has become clear: the front has changed. FPV drones have proven themselves to be at their best, literally and figuratively. They are cheap, accessible, adaptable. They..."

1/5 QUICK TAKE from Rus mil bloggers on the importance of FPVs in combat: "In recent years, it has become clear: the front has changed. FPV drones have proven themselves to be at their best, literally and figuratively. They are cheap, accessible, adaptable. They..."
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๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง This wasnโ€™t theory. This was execution. ๐Ÿ“ At the AI+ Expo in D.C., USNDA brought together service members, students, innovators, and military leaders to prove whatโ€™s possible when the mission meets momentum. Share your story from the AI+ Expo

๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง
This wasnโ€™t theory. This was execution.
๐Ÿ“ At the AI+ Expo in D.C., USNDA brought together service members, students, innovators, and military leaders to prove whatโ€™s possible when the mission meets momentum.

Share your story from the AI+ Expo
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐—™๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง Every drone pilot at the AI+ Expo wasnโ€™t just competing โ€” they were training. This is what warfighter readiness looks like in 2025. ๐Ÿ“ธ Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, joins USNDA President Nate Ecelbarger in observing drone

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง ๐—™๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง
Every drone pilot at the AI+ Expo wasnโ€™t just competing โ€” they were training. This is what warfighter readiness looks like in 2025.

๐Ÿ“ธ Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, joins USNDA President Nate Ecelbarger in observing drone
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๐Ÿค ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—–๐—˜ From special ops to high school STEM teams, this competition didnโ€™t just build drone skills โ€” it built a community! ๐Ÿ“ธ General David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Major General Clair A. Gill, Commanding General of the

๐Ÿค ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—–๐—˜
From special ops to high school STEM teams, this competition didnโ€™t just build drone skills โ€” it built a community!

๐Ÿ“ธ General David W. Allvin, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Major General Clair A. Gill, Commanding General of the
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US soldiers drop live grenades from drone in Germany, say tactic will soon be part of normal training stripes.com/branches/army/โ€ฆ

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For those wondering on how these bullets work: please check the article by United 24 Media. united24media.com/latest-news/ukโ€ฆ

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1/ QUICK TAKE by Rus mil bloggers on counter-FPV tactics - translation as follows: "When encountering an enemy FPV drone, it is important to clearly understand that running away from it with equipment and weapons is a virtually impossible task, because an FPV drone can reach

1/ QUICK TAKE by Rus mil bloggers on counter-FPV tactics - translation as follows:  "When encountering an enemy FPV drone, it is important to clearly understand that running away from it with equipment and weapons is a virtually impossible task, because an FPV drone can reach
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"An agreement has been signed with the strong American company Swift Beat," Ukraine's Zelenskyy posted on his official Telegram channel: "We are talking about hundreds of thousands of drones this year and the possibility of significantly scaling up production next year."

"An agreement has been signed with the strong American company Swift Beat," Ukraine's Zelenskyy posted on his official Telegram channel: "We are talking about hundreds of thousands of drones this year and the possibility of significantly scaling up production next year."