The conversation about automation is still stuck in 2016. "Robots are coming for your job.†But look at what's actually happening in the countries that leaned into robotics. The Robotics Inflection Point Has Receipts | ETF Trends South Korea has 1,012 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers — the highest density on earth. Unemployment sits around 3%. Life expectancy is second-highest in the OECD. The country deploys robots to care for its aging population, reduce hazardous labor, and expand healthcare access ...

Swarmer Stock: Meet Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder and Big Backer of the Drone Company - Barron'sSkip to Main ContentThis copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com.He Founded Blackwater. Now He Is Backing the Newest Hot Drone Stock.By Al RootShareResizeReprintsIn this a ...

Completion and Delivery of $8.8 million U.S. Government Contract Demonstrates XTEND's Systems for Operational Deployment with U.S. Special Operations Forces TAMPA BAY, Fla., March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JFB Construction Holdings (Nasdaq: JFB) and XTEND, a leader in software systems and artificial intelligence-powered robotics, today announced that XTEND has successfully completed a critical U.S. Government operational milestone, demonstrating the performance of XTEND's systems in combat-relevant testi ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Besides taking a jab at the U.S., another thing Iran is likely getting out of making Hormuz-passing oil buyers use the yuan is a present flood, to be turned into an endless stream, of Chinese parts and assemblies with which to build an unending line of replacement missiles and drones. ...

Unusual Machines, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering ELEMENT--Back to the NewsroomUnusual Machines, Inc. Announces Proposed Public OfferingORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire/ March 19, 2026 / Unusual Machines, Inc. (NYSE American:UMAC) ("Unusual Machines" or the "Company"), a United States-based manufacturer and distributor of drone parts, today announced that it has commenced a public offering of Common Stock. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this proposed offering (the "Offering") to expan ...

By David Jeans NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Erik Prince, the founder of private military firm Blackwater, is backing a Ukrainian drone technology firm he wants to help ‌sell to the U.S. military, underscoring Kyiv’s rising role as a hub of innovation ‌in modern warfare. Prince, who last year joined the board of Ukrainian drone software firm Swarmer, told Reuters that four years ​of war with Russia had allowed Ukrainian defense companies to rapidly develop low‑cost drones, software and electronic warfar ...

Group 1 - Defense-technology stocks have gained significant attention and popularity among investors in recent months [1] - Swarmer shares have attracted a surge of investment following the company's recent IPO [1]

BTW, China is also benefitting from the U.S. diverting weapons and other resources away from our East Asia allies to restock the pathological Middle East war.China, by supplying Iran with copious drone and missile parts, to be stashed in deep caves spread across hundreds of thousands of square miles of Iranian terrain within easy range of Hormuz, has the manufacturing ability to win a proxy war of attrition in the Gulf, however many days or years or decades it might last.Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4):@tedmitew O ...

Core Viewpoint - Shares of the drone technology company are expected to experience an increase due to a CBS 60 Minutes story that aired on Sunday [1] Group 1 - The CBS 60 Minutes story is anticipated to positively impact the company's stock performance on Monday [1]

They call it asymmetric warfare. Iranian attacks with cheap low tech drones across the Persian Gulf while the US tries to shoot them down with anti-missile interceptors that cost millions. Could this weapon be the answer.The cost per shot goes from $4 million a shot to less than $5 a. ...