C/O Futures Book Review Lisa J. Campbell 22 May 2026 Addressing in their book an increasingly prescient topic, the co-editors of Drones in the African Battlespaces, have a background of research in security policy, defense, and global arms concerns. Wayne Stephen Coetzee, a senior lecturer in Political Science at the International Programme in Politics and Economics at the University West in Sweden, has focused his research on security politics, emphasizing the interactions b

C/O Futures Weaponized Drone Research Note Series Kaden K. Bunker, Pamela Ligouri Bunker, and Robert J. Bunker 1 May 2026 For the first time ever, an autonomous humanoid robot beat the human half marathon world speed record. The event took place at the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in China on 19 April 2026. The winning robot, known as Lightning, was built by the Chinese cell phone maker Honor. This humanoid robot draws upon physical art

C/O Futures Terrorism Research Note Series Lisa J. Campbell, Robert J. Bunker, David A. Kuhn, and Pamela Ligouri Bunker 24 March 2026 On 19 February 2026 Dawson Noah Maloney—after driving across the country over several days from Albany, NY—attempted an attack on a U.S. power substation near Las Vegas, NV. The attack failed after Maloney drove his rental car through the fenceline of the substation and crashed into large industrial wire spools, preventing him from any further

C/O Futures Book Review Lisa J. Campbell 5 March 2026 Allesandro Arduino is an affiliate of the Lau China Institute and King’s College London, a fellow at the China Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a member of the advisory group for the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA). He is a longstanding China expert, including being a known Belt and Road Initiative security expert. He focuses on cybersecurity, c

C/O Futures Weaponized Drone Research Note Series Robert J. Bunker and Kaden K. Bunker 18 February 2026 In April 2025 at the A2RL Drone Championship and Drone Champions League (DCL) competition in Abu Dhabi, an autonomous racing drone using neural network-based AI (artificial intelligence) control systems has—for the first time—beaten three human FPV (first person view) drone champions in a closed competitive aerial racing course. While this event with its head-to- head AI an

C/O Futures Mexican Cartel Imagery Archive Robert J. Bunker and Pamela Ligouri Bunker 1 February 2026 A 1:34 minute smart phone video shot in the field shows a Cabrera/MF sicario and his small team of seven or so cartel gunmen place a severed head on a drone and then launched it—presumably carrying the head to the rival cartel group La Chapiza-CJNG. At the start of the video, the young sicario engages in a disrespectful speech about the opposing Jalisco cartel linked to Los C

C/O Futures Weaponized Drone Research Note Series Robert J. Bunker 26 January 2026 In early January 2026, a Russian Shahed-like UAS outfitted with a MANPADS launcher carrying a guided missile has been reported recovered after it crashed. This development builds upon the early December 2025 deployment of an air-to-air missile on a Russian UAS. The intent of the initial air-to-air missile—and more practical follow on MANPADS—attachments on these weaponized UAS is to provide the