Monthly Meetings

This special classroom training will cover the emergence and evolution of Mexican cartel weaponized drone use from late 2017 through late 2025. Use of cartel drones for narcotics trafficking, ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Response), propaganda, harassment/PSYOPS, C2 , and their weaponization as IED platforms and aerial bombardment will be covered. Additionally, the use of drones for arson and chemical attack will be touched upon as will recent trends/projections related to C-UAS, FPV kamikaze drones, fiberoptic control, AI, and swarms. Cartel social media and videos of drone deployment is also contained in the training. All information provided is derived from OSINT, fused together by a SME who has been involved in weaponized drone analysis / field activity / red teaming – response related to this subject matter since ~2014.