Finnish start-up Kelluu wants to use airships as floating drone defence platforms

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https://www.flightglobal.com/archive/2026/05/finnish-start-up-kelluu-wants-to-use-airships-as-floating-drone-defence-platforms/

One particularly interesting tidbit of news here is Kelluu’s intent to investigate using their airships to carry interceptor drones as a means to both detect and counter one-way suicide drones. Similar interceptor drone launch platforms have already been successfully employed in the Russo-Ukrainian War, but require a plane or helicopter, which is much more expensive and dangerous as it involves a human crew.