Unmanned

Unmanned aerial systems, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance: More and more these assets are powering military operations and informing decision-making.

Italy drops drone program, instead buying Piaggio aircraft

However, a contract is missing — one the government said in 2019 it would award to Piaggio Aerospace.

10 days ago

Swarm grammar: DARPA to test whether single user can control 200 drones

Contractor Northrop Grumman is wants to transition this DARPA swarming program to the Army.

13 days ago

Unmanned

In first, Turkmenistan shows off Bayraktar TB2 drone

Turkmenistan unveiled for the first time its Bayraktar TB2 combat drones during a Sept. 27 military parade.

Morocco and Israel to sign kamikaze drone deal

Israel’s defense minister is expected to visit the African country soon and sign defense cooperation agreements that would launch the drone production, among other efforts.

2 weeks ago

Army counter-drone training

US Army trains forces across military on tools to fight drones

War fighters need a suite of options is needed to thwart the growing threat from unmanned systems. “There’s no one silver bullet that is going to address this," a leader says.

3 weeks ago

An autonomous robot may have already killed people — here’s how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human weighing in on those decisions.

3 weeks ago

Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back?

Ukraine hopes to quickly turn around a contract to buy 24 drones from Turkey, but the former’s adversary and the latter’s ally could upend the potential sale.

3 weeks ago

Here are the cheap counter-drone solutions DoD tested in the Arizona desert

Find out who participated in the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office's second demonstration as the Pentagon looks to bring new counter-drone capabilities into an enduring framework.

3 weeks ago

Army bomb techs field test new aerial drone

The drone will help soldiers check terrain and identify hazards.

4 weeks ago

UK’s future force to lean heavily into robotics, AI and hybrid power

The new program Mercury, run by the British Army, will help shape the force for battlefields beyond 2035.

4 weeks ago

US Air Force picks same bomb-destroying robot used by the British Army

The goal is to field the core system as rapidly as possible, as the global supply chain for critical subsystems like cables and connectors remains backlogged across sectors since the start of the pandemic.

4 weeks ago

Israeli, British firms to deliver unmanned vehicles for UK experimental program

The British government's Future Capability Group wants to identify future military requirements of unmanned ground vehicles through a series of trials.

5 weeks ago