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A Ukrainian soldier seen from behind holds a Sting interceptor drone up against a cloudy sky before launch.
Sting interceptor before launch
A damaged MD-550 piston engine from a Shahed-136 lying on a table, with finned cylinders and the propeller hub visible.
MD-550 engine from a Shahed-136
The flight computer of a Geran-2: an orange card cage holding eight green circuit boards, with one board lying beside it.
Geran-2 flight computer
An Anduril Roadrunner interceptor displayed upright in a glass case at a defence exhibition.
Anduril Roadrunner at IDEX 2025
A recovered Shahed-131 delta-wing drone on a black cloth. The source has highlighted the fuselage spine, engine, a wingtip stabiliser and the detached nose cone in colour.
Recovered Shahed-131, parts highlighted by the US Defense Intelligence Agency
A tracked ground robot in a field with a frame on top from which an FPV drone takes off.
Ground robot carrying an FPV drone
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In-Droner follows how drones, interceptors and the electronics inside them change during the war in Ukraine. One report a week from open sources, with claims kept apart from what has been confirmed.

Drone war technology, week by week

What is new

Systems, modifications and tactics that appeared or were first documented.

How it works

Propulsion, navigation, guidance and countermeasures, explained from recovered hardware and published data.

Specs compared

Published figures side by side, with a note on who reported them.

Latest report, No. 02

Interceptor drones 2026

Global technology, manufacturers, specifications, operational evidence and lessons from Ukraine.

42
interceptor drone models authorised by Ukraine, January to September 2026
8,000
Octopus interceptors in Ukraine's April 2026 procurement announcement
240–500
km/h: speed range of Russian fast attack drones

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2 reports
  1. No. 02 Interceptor drones 2026 Global technology, manufacturers, specifications, operational evidence and lessons from Ukraine. Report
  2. No. 01 Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology How a simple Iranian one-way attack drone became a family of jet-powered, optically navigated weapons, and what the evidence from Ukraine shows. Report

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