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Shahed-136 fitted with camera
News & Features

Russian Shahed-136 With Camera, Cellular Modem Could Be A Big Problem For Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 13, 2024

The proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budgets for the US Air Force and US Navy contain significant developments for their respective sixth-generation combat jet programs.
Air

USAF Seeks NGAD Fighter Boost, Navy F/A-XX Investment Slows In New Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

US and allied forces shot down at least 28 drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen today.
Sea

Red Sea Turkey Shoot: Allied Warships Down Dozens Of Drones Within Hours

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 10, 2024

Russia appears to have started using first-person view-type kamikaze drones using a physical control line instead of a wireless link.
Air

Russia Now Looks To Be Using Wire-Guided Kamikaze Drones In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 8, 2024

Pulsejet drone has flown.
News & Features

Pulsejet Drone Flies, Could Have Big Impact On Cost Of Future Weapons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

For the first time, we have gotten the chance to see inside the Russian factory where license production of the Iranian Shahed-series one-way attack drone is taking place.
News & Features

Our First Look Inside Russia’s Shahed-136 Attack Drone Factory

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

The British Army's 16th Air Assault Brigade Combat Team now has new computerized sights for its rifles to help knock down enemy drones.
Land

British Army Paratroopers Get Computerized Rifle Sights To Shoot Down Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

ITALIAN NAVY CAIO DUILIO
Sea

Italian Destroyer Guns Down Houthi Drone With 76mm ‘Super Rapid’ Cannon

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 4, 2024

A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, conducts its second test flight with two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to 33rd Fighter Wing, 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 23, 2023. The XQ-58A Valkyrie test flight and the data collected inform future requirements for the Marine Corps in a rapidly evolving security environment, while successfully fueling joint innovation and experimentation opportunities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John McRell)
Air

XQ-58 Valkyrie Completes Second Flight With The Marine Corps

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 2, 2024

As part of the announcement of the first flight its new XQ-67A drone, the Air Force has shared new information about its Off-Board Sensing Station program and revealed the existence of a companion Off-Board Weapon Station concept.
Air

The XQ-67A Has A Secretive, Higher-Performance, Deadly Cousin

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2024

General Atomics' XQ-67A drone, built for the Air Force's Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program, has made its first flight.
Air

XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station Drone Has Flown (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

The US Army has announced major planned changes to its overall force structure that includes a significant boost in air and missile defense capacity with a focus on counter-drone and counter-cruise missile capabilities.
Air

Huge Boost To Army’s Air Defenses Planned In New Force Structure

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2024

German Navy frigate Hessen at sea
Sea

German Frigate Mistakenly Fires On MQ-9, Downs Two Houthi Drones

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 28, 2024

New details about the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone program, as well as recent discussions about its progress and future, all point to its potential to reshape how the service does business and fights.
Air

Everything New We Just Learned About The Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 23, 2024

Drone attack inside warehouse in ukraine
News & Features

Ukrainian FPV Drones Hunt, Kill Russian Armor Inside Building

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 22, 2024

UKRAINE BANSHEE TOPSHOT
News & Features

British Target Drones Appear To Have Been Turned Into Strike Weapons In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 19, 2024

The US Air Force will test new autonomous capabilities for its KC-135s intended, at least initially, to help reduce operator workload. The service is also still planning to conduct a test of the KC-135 as an aerial launching platform for drones.
Air

Tests Planned For KC-135s That Can Fly Themselves, Act As Drone Motherships

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 16, 2024

Ukraine FPV drone
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: NATO Wants To Give Kyiv A Million Drones In 2024

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 15, 2024

The US Air Force says it plans to invite foreign allies and partners to join the next increment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone program and has offered details about what that cooperation might look like. The service is also looking bring US Special Operations Command into an existing tri-service agreement with the Navy and Marine Corps.
Air

Plans For Allies To Join Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program Laid Out By Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 14, 2024

Boeing Ghost Bat F-15
Air

USAF Set To Down-Select Collaborative Combat Aircraft Competitors

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 13, 2024

Ukraine is employing a network of thousands of acoustic sensors to help spot and track incoming Russian drones, according to the Air Force's top office in Europe.
Air

Ukraine Using Thousands Of Networked Microphones To Track Russian Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 13, 2024

The Ukrainian Navy has released what looks to the be the first look at a U.S.-supplied VAMPIRE counter-drone system in action and shooting down a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone.
Air

First Look At Laser-Guided Rocket Counter Drone System Blasting A Russian Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 12, 2024

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)
Air

Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Pilot Intercepted Seven Drones (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 12, 2024

SAAB LOYAL WINGMAN
Air

This Is Saab’s Concept For A Supersonic, Stealthy Loyal Wingman Drone

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 10, 2024

Hacked documents claim Russia paid far more than previously known for Iranian Shahed-136 drones.
News & Features

What Does A Shahed-136 Really Cost?

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 8, 2024

The Ukrainian military is using a new kind of long-range, one-way attack drone.
Air

New Ukrainian ‘Kamikaze’ Jet Drone Appears In Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 8, 2024

General Atomics has unveiled the XQ-67A drone, which it built as part of the US Air Force's secretive Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program.
Air

General Atomics’ XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station Drone Breaks Cover

By Jamie Hunter, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 7, 2024

Concept 2 sub-scale model on display at the World Defense Show
Air

This Is BAE Systems’ Reworked, Stealthier Uncrewed Combat Aircraft Concept

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 7, 2024

AI is going to allow drones to choose their own targets.
News & Features

Drone Warfare’s Terrifying AI-Enabled Next Step Is Imminent

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 5, 2024

Coyote Drone intercepting another drone
News & Features

Navy Looking For Counter-Drone Systems That Can Be Rapidly Added To Its Ships

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 2, 2024

MQ-20 Avenger Tests Previously Unseen Air-Launched Effects Drone
News & Features

MQ-20 Avenger Tests Previously Unseen Air-Launched Effects Drone

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

Iranian proxy groups are already preparing for looming U.S. retaliatory attacks.
News & Features

What Comes Next After Three Americans Were Killed In A Drone Attack In Jordan?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

Three U.S. troops were killed and more than two dozen injured by an Iranian-backed militia drone strike on Tower 22.
News & Features

Drone Attack In Jordan Kills Three American Troops (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 28, 2024

Defense contractor Anduril has formally announced that it is one of five companies working on the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) advanced drone program.
Air

Anduril Is Helping The Air Force To Develop Its Loyal Wingman Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 25, 2024

California Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper drones were prepared to sink a rocket booster with Hellfire missiles after a test in December, but it slipped beneath the waves on its own.
Air

MQ-9 Reapers Were Ready To Blow Up A Rocket Booster Off California

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Israeli Merkava Mk 3 tanks have recently begun emerging with improved defensive features against drones and improvised explosive devices that use magnets to stick the hulls of armored vehicles.
News & Features

Israeli Merkava Tanks Get Improved Anti-Drone, Magnet Bomb Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 22, 2024

Red Sea
News & Features

New Strike On Houthi Missiles In Yemen Launched By U.S.

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

The Biden administration announced its last Presidential Drawdown Authority package for Ukraine, which included Sea Sparrow RIM-7 missiles.
News & Features

‘FrankenSAM’ Systems Are Now Shooting Down Drones In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

North Korea's advanced drones get inspected by Kim as a launch of a solid fuel IRBM occurs
News & Features

North Korea’s Most Advanced Drones Reemerge, Solid Fuel IRBM Tested

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 16, 2024

Two drones hit a fuel facility in the Russian city of Oryol, 230 miles south of Moscow and 137 miles from the Ukrainian border, the local governor has said.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Drones Target Fuel Facilities In Western Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 9, 2024

Evidence that Russia has begun using jet-powered Iranian Shahed-238 kamikaze drones in Ukraine has emerged. If true, this would present new challenges for Ukrainian defenders.
News & Features

Russia May Have Started Using Jet-Powered Shahed Drones In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 9, 2024

Houthis unleashed a drone boat in an attempted attack on Red Sea shipping.
News & Features

Drone Boat Used In Attempted Red Sea Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 5, 2024

ermeus has completed testing of its first fully-integrated vehicle, Quarterhorse Mk 0.
Air

‘Iron Bird’ Rig For Quarterhorse Hypersonic Jet Completes Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 4, 2024

U.S. drone strike kills top Iranian-aligned militia leader in Baghdad
News & Features

U.S. Drone Strike Kills Iranian-Aligned Militia Leader In Baghdad

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 4, 2024

Drones have become a ubiquitous threat on battlefield around the world, and existing active protection systems could be part of future solutions for defending vehicles against them.
Land

Tank Active Protection Systems Could Be Used To Shoot Down Drones

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 3, 2024

Ukraine's SBU says it now has a Sea Baby drone that can fire rockets.
News & Features

Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now Firing Rockets At Russian Ships

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 2, 2024

A fire is burning in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 2024, caused by a Russian missile strike during a massive missile attack this morning.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Massive Russian Missile Barrage Starts New Year

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 2, 2024

Officials work around the destruction after Russian airstrikes which killed 6 and injured around 28 people including a baby and severely damaged vehicles, a shopping mall , a maternity hospital and other buildings according to statements of Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Serhiy Lysak in Dnipro, Ukraine on December 29, 2023.
News & Features

Russia Launches Biggest Long-Range Attack Since Start Of War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 29, 2023

Turkey's flying wing takes first flight
News & Features

Turkey’s ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Flies

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 28, 2023

A new Ukrainian kamikaze drone called the UJ-25 Skyline appears to now be in use.
News & Features

Ukraine’s Jet Powered UJ-25 Skyline Drone Appears On Battlefield

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 22, 2023

Boeing's Orca extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle delivered to the U.S. Navy
Sea

Orca Drone Submarine Delivered To Navy

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 21, 2023

Ukrainian Military Units Of Combat UAVs Keep Defense In Donetsk Oblast with FPV drones.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 20, 2023

The US Army has outliend plans to significantly expand the size of its arsenal of Coyote-based counter-drone systems in the next five years, including with the purchase of 6,700 additional interceptors.
Land

Drastic Increase In Army Coyote Drone Interceptor Purchase Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 20, 2023

Model of Chinese GJ-11 drone aboard a dummy carrier in Wuhan.
News & Features

Mockup Of Chinese Stealth Drone Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Test Rig

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 20, 2023

AQ 400 Scythe
News & Features

Ukraine’s Scythe Drone Is All About Striking Far Away As Cheaply As Possible

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 19, 2023

Video footage has emerged appearing to show the first use of the Spike FireFly loitering munition in the current conflict in Gaza.
News & Features

Israel’s FireFly Urban Warfare Drone Spotted In Jenin

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 18, 2023

A tank miraculously survives an FPV drone barrage.
News & Features

Tank Runs For Its Life Under Constant Barrage Of Attack Drones

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 14, 2023

Mojave drone landing on HMS Prince of Wales
Air

Mojave Drone’s Carrier Debut Shown In Greater Detail In Video

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 12, 2023

The US Navy recently conducted the first end-to-end test of a uncrewed underwater vehicle that can be launched and recovered via a standard torpedo tube.
Sea

Navy Submarine Just Tested A Torpedo Tube-Recovered Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 12, 2023

A new draft of the annual U.S. defense policy bill for the 2024 Fiscal Year, which looks set to pass in Congress and become law, would require the Air Force and the Navy to provide new details about the expected costs and capabilities of their future Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones.
Air

Loyal Wingman Drone Cost, Capability Concerns Emerge In Defense Bill

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 8, 2023

Ex-U.S. Navy vessel USSV HTF
Sea

This Navy Drone Boat With A Fascinating Past Can Be Yours

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 6, 2023

A new definitive look at one of the VAMPIRE counter-drone systems delivered to Ukraine has emerged.
Land

Our Best Look At A VAMPIRE Counter Drone System For Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 6, 2023

View of Su-25 attack jet decoy soon through optics of a Lancet loitering munition.
Air

Ukrainian Su-25 Struck By Lancet Drone Was An Elaborate Decoy

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 1, 2023

Defense contractor Anduril has unveiled a novel and highly reusable air vehicle that can be used as an anti-air interceptor and in other roles.
Land

Roadrunner Reusable Anti-Air Interceptor Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 1, 2023