Science & Tech

The Reaper UAV Is Getting Its Own Drone Swarm

Air Force special operators are rigging the venerable uncrewed aircraft with an ISR swarm that may take just one person to control.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Come Test Your Gear Against Russian Forces, Ukrainians Urge US Defense Firms

That’s just one request by special operators at a SOF conference in Florida.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Medevac Drone-Boat, Record-Setting UAV to Play in Sprawling Maritime Exercise

The U.S.-led IMX and Cutlass Express events will take place from the Mideast to East Africa.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

One Year In: What Are The Lessons from Ukraine For The Future Of War?

From drones to network attacks to the LikeWar of social media, the conflict marks a turning point from old to new.

  • Peter W. Singer
Science & Tech

Got New Autonomous Tech? The Army Wants to See It

Officials are gathering candidates for a second autonomous-tech assessment: air-ground robots, voice-guided technology, and more.  

  • Carten Cordell
Science & Tech

Biden Says Objects Shot Down Over Weekend Likely Not Chinese Spy Craft

White House wants to lead dialogue on “global norms” for unmanned flying objects.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

White House Launches Effort to Examine Policy Choices for Shooting Down UFOs

NORTHCOM has changed radar settings to get “better fidelity on seeing slower objects,” general says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

US Shoots Down ‘Objects’ Off Alaska Coast, Over Canada, Lake Huron

White House was worried object on Friday posed “potential hazard to civilian air traffic.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

China Gears Up To Shoot Down US Drones

Its military-industrial complex is already working on a list of technologies needed to fight off swarms of UAS.

  • Daniel Shats and Peter W. Singer
Science & Tech

China’s Balloon May Have Taught the US More Than Beijing Learned From It, General Says

Still, NORAD’s chief says the U.S. military took “precautions,” including “non-kinetic effects.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Russian Robot Maker Working On Bot to Target Abrams, Leopard Tanks

But is it all just a PR stunt?

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Is This New Microwave Weapon the Answer to Iranian Drones?

Army awards $66 million to develop weapon that can fry drone bits in the air.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

UFO Sightings By US Troops Surge

Intelligence officials cite recent efforts to reduce the stigma of reporting odd aerial phenomena. Many cases remain unexplained.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

NASA, Northrop Drawing Up the Future of Drone Cargo Jets

Before pilotless airlifters can deliver your packages, the government needs to model how they’ll interact with everything else in the air.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia makes gains around Soledar; C-UAS delays to Ukraine; US seizes arms bound for Yemen; HASC's Rogers gets started; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Explosion kills more than 60 Russian troops; Ukraine's air defense is improving; Sikorsky, Boeing submit protests; China keeps up Taiwan tensions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Iranian drones hit Kyiv; Ukraine wants more NASAMS; Putin in Minsk; 'China House' opens at State Department; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine thwarts drone attack on Kyiv; US mulls Patriot battery for Ukraine; American released from Russian captivity; Mike Rogers's culture wars; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Science & Tech

Explosions at Russian Air Bases May Change Several Nations’ Calculations

Moscow says Ukraine converted old Soviet drones into long-range weapons that struck hundreds of miles inside Russian territory.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Counter-drone tech talk; Leonardo DRS merger closes; F-16 rolls from new plant, and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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