Originally posted in The Geopolitical Economist. March 26, 2026. Cheap, mass-produced drones are forcing the launch of multi-million-dollar interceptors

ARCYN Defense has closed its seed financing round to accelerate development of next-generation air and counter-threat defense systems designed

Temporary airspace closures over El Paso disrupted commercial aviation and regional commerce. The 2019 strikes on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq

Detection hardware without governance produces confusion. Governance without technical capability produces blind spots.

Single-drone detection is manageable. Coordinated activity compresses timelines and strains throughput. Multiple low-RCS objects operating simultaneously increase track management

Corporate facilities increasingly operate inside contested airspace, even when they do not recognize it. Industrial campuses and energy plants

Air superiority is increasingly determined within the first 1,000 to 1,500 feet above ground level. That airspace sits directly