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Posted on Nov 14, 2025

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Anduril Unveils Omen Hybrid-Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone

Updated on Nov 13, 2025

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A-29 Super Tucano Light Attack Aircraft Being Pitched As Drone Hunter

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

A month after the emergence of satellite imagery that showed GJ-11 Sharp Sword stealthy flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles (UCAV) in an apparently semi-operational state, China has released the first air-to-air video of the drone. China also revealed that the official People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) name for the GJ-11 is Mysterious Dragon.

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China’s Stealthy GJ-11 ‘Mysterious Dragon’ Soars Out Of The Shadows

Updated on Nov 11, 2025

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Army Sets Out To Buy A Million Drones By 2028

Posted on Nov 8, 2025

China's growing weapons programs puts pressure on intelligence community.

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Can U.S. Intel Keep Up With China’s Tsunami Of Weapons Developments?

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

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Strike Variant Joins Gambit Family Of Autonomous Air Combat Drones

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

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Chinese ‘Mini Drone Carrier’ Seen Being Used As Test Ship

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

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Anduril’s YFQ-44 Fury ‘Fighter’ Drone Has Flown (Updated)

Updated on Oct 31, 2025

For the first time, Sikorsky's optionally-piloted UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter performed parachute drops, hovered on its own while sling loads were attached, and flew a simulated medical evacuation mission at the direction of an untrained individual onboard.

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Pilot-Optional UH-60 Black Hawk Put To The Test In U.S. Military Exercise

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

The U.S. Army has picked AeroVironment to supply a new anti-air interceptor, primarily to provide an additional layer of defense against longer-range one-way attack drones and other similarly-sized uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).

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AeroVironment’s Freedom Eagle-1 Picked As New Counter-Drone Interceptor For U.S. Army

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

General Atomics recently showed what it says is a rendering of an MQ-20 Avenger drone armed with a laser directed energy weapon.

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MQ-20 Avenger Depicted With Laser Weapon In Its Nose A Sign Of What’s To Come

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Shield AI has unveiled X-BAT, a stealthy jet-powered 'autonomous fighter' designed to take off vertically and land the same way, tail first, after completing its mission.

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The Rise Of X-BAT

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Singapore today launched the first of its drone motherships, or Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCV). The largest and most complex ship in the Republic of Singapore Navy, the Victory is the first of a planned six of these vessels. These will replace the existing Victory class missile corvettes (MCV), which entered service in 1989, and will form the cornerstone of its fleet modernization effort.

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Singapore Launches Its Biggest And Most Capable Warship Ever

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) recently awarded Saab with the contract, worth around $276 million and covering the period from 2025 to 2027. As well as the FMV, Saab will work with the Swedish Armed Forces, the Swedish Defense Research Agency, GKN Aerospace, and other industry partners.

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Sweden Pushes Ahead With Future Fighter Program

Updated on Oct 20, 2025

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China’s Huge ‘GJ-X’ Stealth Drone Appears To Have Been Spotted In The Air For The First Time

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

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U.S. Army’s Vision For Loyal Wingman Drones To Fly With Its Helicopters Is Taking Shape

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

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Army “Absolutely Needs” Drones Like Russia’s Shahed-136: 25th Infantry Division Commander

Updated on Oct 16, 2025

Leonardo DRS talks about its CUAS efforts at AFA25

Leonardo DRS Spells Out Its Latest Approach To Counter-UAS For The U.S. Army

By The War Zone staff

Posted on Oct 15, 2025

Mojave from General Atomics which will evolve into the Gray Eagle STOL

Mojave Drone Walk-Around Tour

By The War Zone staff

Posted on Oct 15, 2025

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UH-60 U-Hawk Drone Walk-Around Tour

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 14, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. Hunter Moody, a drone operator assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, in support of Task Force Pegasus, raises his drone at the Nursipalu Training Area near Camp Taara, Estonia, Nov. 13, 2024. Drone operations are an essential component of modern tactics. Task Force Pegasus’ mission is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, strengthening interoperability with NATO allies and regional security partners, which provides competent and ready forces to V Corps, America’s forward-deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Di Trolio)

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U.S. Army General In Europe Admits “We’re Behind” On Drones

Updated on Oct 14, 2025

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General Atomics’ Gray Eagle STOL Drone Will Be Made In Korea

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

AeroVironment has unveiled a new member of its Switchblade family of loitering munitions, the Switchblade 400.

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Tank-Busting Switchblade 400 Joins AeroVironment’s Family Of Kamikaze Drones

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

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Russia Is Using Modified Shahed-136s To Strike Dynamic Targets Near The Front Lines

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

Boeing CxR collaborative tiltrotor drone.

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Boeing Launches New Family Of Tiltrotor Combat Drones

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

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UH-60 Black Hawk Cargo Drone With Clamshell Nose Breaks Cover (Updated)

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

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China’s Stealth Sharp Sword Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles Deployed To Operational Airbase

Posted on Oct 10, 2025

Northrop Grumman has been doing detailed design work that lays a path to air-launching its Lumberjack loitering one-way attack drone from Kratos' stealthy XQ-58 Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft.

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Lumberjack Jet-Powered Modular Munition Eyed As Armament For XQ-58 Valkyrie Drones

Posted on Oct 9, 2025

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Entire Family Of VAMPIRE Counter-Drone Systems Unveiled

Posted on Oct 9, 2025

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German Cabinet Approves Law To Shoot Down Threatening Drones

Posted on Oct 8, 2025

A Ukrainian drone hit the cooling tower of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, the latest in a series of incidents at nuclear plants in the region.

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Russian Nuke Plant Latest To Suffer War-Inflicted Damage

Posted on Oct 7, 2025

An employee holds a miniature of a 70mm rocket during a visit to the Thales production site in Herstal, on October, 3 2025. The company has also inaugurated a new ammunition production line at this site. Production has increased fivefold in recent years to meet the needs of the armed forces. (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

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Thales Anti-Drone Rockets Now Being Used In Ukraine

Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Details remain scant about an unspecified U.S. Air Force aircraft, widely believed to be a drone of some kind, which came down in southern Nevada not far from Area 51 nearly two weeks ago.

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Mysterious Aircraft Crash Near Area 51 Just Got Weirder

Posted on Oct 7, 2025

The Ukrainian city of Kramastorsk was hit by a fiber-optic-controlled FPV drone for ther first time.

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Russian Fiber-Optic Drones Are Now Reaching Into Ukrainian Cities Deep Behind The Lines

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

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Sikorsky Unveils Nomad Family Of Scalable VTOL Drones

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

A company in China recently unveiled a containerized system it says is capable of quickly launching and recovering thousands of small quadcopter-type drones at the touch of a button.

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China’s New ‘Drone Light Show In A Box’ Massive Swarm Launcher Speaks To Evolving Threats

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

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“Credible Threat” Of Drone Attacks Prompted Massive Chicago Airspace Restrictions, CBP Claims

Updated on Oct 3, 2025

Ukrainian officials are in Washington this week to hammer out details of a potential $50 billion drone deal.

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Ukraine Deep In Talks To Sell U.S. Millions Of Drones

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

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Massive Drone No-Fly Zone Imposed Over Greater Chicago Area (Updated)

Posted on Oct 2, 2025

Reports indicate that the United States has agreed to provide Ukraine with targeting intelligence for its long-range missile strikes against Russian energy infrastructure. For many months now, Ukraine has been waging a campaign to degrade Russia’s oil industry, depriving it of critical resources for its offensive in Ukraine as well as revenue from energy exports.

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U.S. To Give Ukraine Intel For Attacks On Critical Energy Targets In Russia: Reports

Posted on Oct 2, 2025

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Russia Using Long-Range Drones To Attack Ukrainian Trains: Official

Updated on Oct 2, 2025

Authorities in Turkey say fishermen found an explosive-laden drone boat 900 miles away.

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Explosive-Packed Ukrainian Drone Boat Found 900 Miles Away In Turkey

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

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Frigate, Radars, Troops Rushed To Copenhagen To Defend Against Mystery Drones

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

For the Beacon program, Northrop Grumman has adapted the Model 437 Vanguard, adding digitally engineered wings and modifications for optionally autonomous flight. The first flight was achieved with a test pilot in the cockpit.

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Scaled Composites’ Model 437 Vanguard Jet Is Now Flying As An AI Testbed

Posted on Sep 27, 2025

German defense startup Helsing has unveiled a new uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV), the CA-1 Europa. The company is targeting a first flight in 2027 for the UCAV, which looks very similar to the MQ-28 Ghost Bat. Boeing’s Australian subsidiary developed Ghost Bat first as a ‘loyal wingman’ drone for the Royal Australian Air Force, under the Airpower Teaming System. The U.S. Air Force has also now acquired at least one example ostensibly to support research and development and test and evaluation efforts.

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Helsing’s CA-1 Drone Is An MQ-28 Ghost Bat Lookalike

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 25, 2025. Aerial refueling allows Fighting Falcons to extend their mission and guarantee war-winning airpower throughout the CENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Jones)

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Laser-Guided Rockets Now Primary Anti-Drone Weapon For USAF Jets In Middle East

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

Renderings from General Atomics offer new looks at how its air-launched LongShot drone might be employed from F-15 fighters, as well as B-52 bombers and C-17 cargo aircraft.

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F-15 Depicted Launching LongShot Air-To-Air Missile Carrier Drone In New Renderings

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Update from General Atomics from the show floor of Air, Space & Cyber 2025

We Talk YFQ-42A, LongShot, And 9M Flight Hours With General Atomics

By The War Zone staff

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

A long-range kamikaze drone that U.S. firm Kratos is working on together with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is set to make its maiden flight early next year.

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Jet-Powered Kamikaze Drone Kratos Is Developing With Taiwan To Fly Next Year

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Leidos has raised the possibility of eventually integrating its Black Arrow, also known as the Small Cruise Missile, in the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the OA-1K Skyraider II light attack aircraft. The roughly 200-pound munition has, so far, been tested from C-130 variants but offers the kinds of capabilities that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is increasingly looking at harnessing.

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Tiny Black Arrow Cruise Missile Demonstrates A Whopping 400-Mile Range

Updated on Sep 24, 2025

The crew of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle attempted to take down a long-range kamikaze drone with a Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) precision-guided bomb after running out of missiles in the frantic midst of an all-out Iranian barrage aimed at Israel.

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F-15Es Tried To Shoot Down Iranian Kamikaze Drones With Laser Guided Bombs

Updated on Sep 24, 2025

The Danish police are seen at Copenhagen Airport, in Kastrup near Copenhagen, on September 22, 2025. Danish police said on September 23, 2025 they did not know who was responsible for flying drones over Copenhagen airport the previous evening, but that they appeared to have been knowledgeable. "The number, size, flight patterns, time over the airport. All this together ... indicates that it is a capable actor. Which capable actor, I do not know," police inspector Jens Jespersen told reporters. The airport was closed for several hours before reopening early Tuesday, causing numerous delays and travel disruptions to 20,000 passengers, airport officials said.

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Denmark Says Drone Incursions Were A Deliberate “Attack”

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

When Anduril's YFQ-44A drone flies for the first time, it will do so in a semi-autonomous fashion as part of a broader plan to get the design to an actual operational state as fast as possible.

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Anduril’s Fury Will Take Off For The First Time At The Touch Of A Button

Updated on Sep 22, 2025

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Ukrainian Drones Strike Russia’s Rare Be-12 Flying Boats

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

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Skunk Works Unveils Vectis Air Combat Drone That Puts A Premium On Stealth

Posted on Sep 21, 2025

A new Quick Reaction Force has been created to help counter drone incursions at U.S. military bases

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New Quick Reaction Force Will Counter Military Base Drone Incursions

Posted on Sep 18, 2025

What looks to be a previously unseen low-observable flying-wing drone variant with a ‘cranked kite’ planform has emerged in a satellite image from China’s secretive test base near Malan in the country's far western Xinjiang province.

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Large Stealth Flying Wing Appears At Chinese Test Base

Updated on Sep 18, 2025

The Chinese aviation industry has been developing an expanding array of flying-wing uncrewed aircraft, including as uncrewed combat air vehicles (UCAV) and high-altitude intelligence-gathering platforms, often in cooperation with state-run research institutions.

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New Chinese Flying Wing Drone Design Emerges

Posted on Sep 16, 2025

Image of a Royal Air Force Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, seen here flying over RAF Lossiemouth. In a training flight conducted over the Moray Firth a Poseidon (P-8A) aircraft operated by 120 Sqn, based at RAF Lossiemouth, dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo, simulating an attack on a submarine. At just under 3m long and 32cm in diameter, the Mk 54 torpedo is small and light enough that five can be carried in the Poseidon's internal weapons bay. the high-explosive warheads on the live torpedoes pack a devastating punch sufficient to destroy enemy submarines that the Poseidon crew can locate and track using state-of-the-art equipment. The successful release of a torpedo is the latest milestone in the rapid development of the Poseidon in RAF service. Five Poseidon MRA1s are based at RAF Lossiemouth with a further four set to be delivered by the end of this year. The station, which is situated in close proximity to one of the aircraft's most frequent area of operations, is benefiting from a multi-million pound investment programme bringing significant economic benefits to the Highlands & Islands and Morayshire communities. The Poseidon is fitted with advanced, state-of-the-art, Anti-Submarine Warfare and Anti-Surface Warfare sensors which will provide global protection to UK, NATO and our Allies' submarines and warships in an increasingly dangerous world.

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British P-8 Poseidon Flies Unusual Overland Mission Along Polish Border

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly off the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, during a Bomber Task Force Europe 25-1 mission over the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, Nov. 15, 2024. Multinational exercises enhance interoperability with NATO forces, strengthening the collective ability to respond to global threats.

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Fighters, Frigate To Help Defend Poland From Drones Under New NATO Operation

Posted on Sep 12, 2025

The Department of Defense needs to mass produce its own shahed-136 clone.

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U.S. Needs To Be Building Tens Of Thousands Of Shahed-136 Clones Right Now

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 12, 2025

An Italian Air Force F-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon flies a routine presence patrol mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. Close collaboration with partner nations improves interoperability, ensuring rapid crisis response and sustained operations to protect vital mutual interests in the AOR.

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Drone-Killing APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets Eyed For Eurofighter Typhoon