November
The DroneShield share sales should not have been a surprise
The $60 million sell-off by the firm’s top brass triggered a 70 per cent crash, but the fall was foreshadowed at businesses linked to chairman Peter James.
The market darling, the $50m share dump and the silent CEO
Jonathan Shapiro on the rise of DroneShield, why its CEO just dumped all his stock and whether the company can restore the faith.
Drone outfit EOS admits to disclosure failures, but ex-CEO fights on
The corporate regulator alleges the company and its then-chief executive, Ben Greene, did not tell investors about a downgrade they knew was coming for weeks.
Oleg Vornik defends $50m DroneShield share sale, citing risk to life
While the businessman has been circumspect about the reasons for offloading his entire stake, privately he has given an explanation to some investors.
Wanted! DroneShield seeks help to quell investor fury
Someone in the company’s human resources department thinks it’s set for future growth, even if shareholders are less convinced.
DroneShield struggles to keep up with evolving battlefield
Changing tactics and technology are posing a challenge for the under-fire defence contractor’s signature product, military experts say.
DroneShield’s Oleg Vornik goes MIA
The tech company’s share registry isn’t the only place the chief executive has vanished from. Meanwhile, investors are desperately seeking answers.
DroneShield’s blast radius includes Charles Goode
The former ANZ chairman looks like he’s more loyal to the company than its own, at least as far as holding on to shares goes.
DroneShield executive needed cash for Sydney’s property market
Months before Oleg Vornik sold off nearly $50 million in DroneShield shares, he was tapping one of the company’s directors for loans.
Hedge fund says DroneShield had 17 red flags
The multibillion-dollar hedge fund is short the drone platform stock, which has slumped after its chief executive offloaded all his shares with no explanation.
The elite Russian unit hunting Ukraine’s drone warriors
After two years of striking Russian units with near impunity, Ukraine’s scrappy, innovative drone pilots have become the hunted.
DroneShield dream run comes to abrupt end after CEO dumps $50m stake
Shares in the defence technology business crashed almost 30 per cent after Oleg Vornik and two directors sold considerable holdings with little explanation.
Does Australia need its own ‘Iron Dome’? Experts think so
Security experts say the government needs to bolster its investment in missiles to protect Australia’s major cities and critical infrastructure from attack.
October
Russian drones are turning Europe into an ‘operational battle lab’
As Russia brazenly probes NATO’s defences with a drone onslaught, Europe is waking up to the threat, and Australian air crews are on the front lines.
Australia’s spy plane steps up as Russia’s drones swarm Europe
An Australian early warning aircraft is returning home from Poland after operating during a heavy period of aerial warfare in the Russian-Ukraine war.
September
The algorithm that could end the world
AI lacks our empathy and common sense. Giving machines the responsibility to decide to take human lives in a war would cross a moral and legal red line.
Ukraine offers drone tech and battlefield expertise to Australia
The war-ravaged country has reached out to help Australia keep pace with the changing face of modern warfare.
Downing Russian drones took a little Australian firm to ASX success
Small Australian company DroneShield has grown its way into being a global player thwarting Russian drone attacks and supplying the US and European defence forces.
Russia made drone production a priority. Now they swarm the skies
Ukraine is struggling to defend itself against the growing number of attack drones that Moscow has started using in its onslaughts.
Poland, NATO shoot down Russian drones for violating airspace
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says “the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones”.