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Posted on Jun 23, 2026

Turkey’s Baykar and Leonardo of Italy say they have successfully completed the first live trials of their K-SWARM concept, demonstrating collaborative operations between crewed and uncrewed aircraft as part of an effort to develop next-generation autonomous air combat capabilities. The trials, involving Baykar’s Kizilelma uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) and Leonardo’s M-346 light combat aircraft, are the latest to explore what is fast becoming a key element in the evolution of air combat.

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Turkey’s ‘Fighter Drone’ Teamed With M-346 Fighter-Trainer In Autonomy Trials

Posted on Jun 22, 2026

L3Harris wants to demonstrate the ability of the RC-135V/W Rivet Joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft to team up with uncrewed platforms.

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RC-135 Rivet Joints Could Control Drones To Drastically Expand Collection Capabilities

Posted on Jun 19, 2026

New Stryker drone division for the pacific.

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Army’s Newest Unit Aims To “Overwhelm” Adversary With Drones In Pacific Fight

Posted on Jun 19, 2026

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Extraordinary Footage From Moscow Under Heavy Ukrainian Aerial Attack

Posted on Jun 18, 2026

General Atomics is giving the MQ-9 reaper airborne early radar capability, which could have a big impact on the market.

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MQ-9 Getting Airborne Early Warning Radar Is A Huge Deal

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 18, 2026

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USAF Orders Both General Atomics’ FQ-42 And Anduril’s FQ-44 Into Production

Posted on Jun 17, 2026

A plot to use drone to attack the UFC fight in Washington has been disclosed.

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Alleged Plot On White House UFC Fight Puts Drone Threat In The Spotlight

Posted on Jun 16, 2026

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Boeing’s New Larger Ghost Bat Can Carry AIM-120 AMRAAMs Internally

By TWZ

Posted on Jun 10, 2026

Cobra 600 drone with IRIS-T missile at ILA Berlin 2026.

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Germany’s Cobra 600 Is A Jet Powered Interceptor Drone That Slings An IRIS-T Missile

Posted on Jun 10, 2026

Representing the next evolution in Airbus’ UCCA roadmap towards a scalable family of uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft, the 1:1 model on display features a wingspan of 10 m and a length of 13 m. Optimised for multi-domain missions, the UCCA's capabilities include air-to-surface strikes using precision-guided munitions, air-to-air defence with long and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, and electronic warfare for suppressing enemy air defences and offensive counter-air using non-kinetic jamming. Ravenstorm will be available in the early 2030s.

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Ravenstorm At The Center Of Airbus’s New Combat Drone Portfolio

Posted on Jun 9, 2026

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Airbus Unveils U145 Uncrewed Cargo Helicopter

Posted on Jun 8, 2026

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U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drones Launched At Strait Of Hormuz: Official (Updated)

Updated on Jun 6, 2026

Faced with mounting losses fighting Iran, the Air Force is bying unused Reapers from General Atomics.

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USAF Scrambling To Buy What Few MQ-9 Reapers It Can Find After Epic Fury Losses

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 5, 2026

An A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 74th Fighter Squadron flies with its new refueling probe at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 19, 2026. The A-10 successfully refueled from an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 71st Rescue Squadron, demonstrating the new system’s effectiveness.

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Congress Throws A-10 Warthog Another Lifeline

Posted on Jun 5, 2026

Modularity is a key area of interest as the U.S. Air Force formulates its latest set of requirements for a successor to the MQ-9 Reaper, according to Gen. John Lamontagne, the service's Vice Chief of Staff.

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USAF Wants “MQ-9 Next” Reaper Replacement To Be Modular, Cheap

Posted on Jun 4, 2026

The U.S. Marine Corps is aiming to put in an order for new anti-drone 5.56x45mm ammunition for its M4 carbines and M27 rifles by the end of the year.

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Anti-Drone 5.56mm Rifle Rounds That Break Into Multiple Projectiles Sought By Marines

Posted on Jun 4, 2026

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Russia’s Baltic Fleet Successfully Attacked By Ukrainian Drones

Posted on Jun 3, 2026

Several images showing the unusually painted Russian trucks have appeared on social media channels in recent days. So far, examples of Ural and KAMAZ heavy-duty truck designs have appeared. There are at least two distinct patterns so far: a zebra-style application of broadly straight lines, and a more organic leaflike, swirling design. In both cases, they extend over most external surfaces, including the wheels and tires. The white paint is simply applied over the base color of dark green.

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Russian Trucks Get ‘Dazzle’ Paint To Throw Off AI-Enabled Drones

Posted on Jun 1, 2026

President Trump lifted the blockade on Iranian ports.

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Trump Declares He Is Lifting The Naval Blockade On Iran (Updated)

Updated on May 29, 2026

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Russian Drone Impacts Apartment Building In NATO State Romania, Injuring Civilians

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 29, 2026

Boeing is now conducting test flights of its MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone out over the Pacific from the U.S. Navy's base in Point Mugu, California.

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MQ-28 Ghost Bat Now Flying Over The Pacific From U.S. Navy Base

Posted on May 28, 2026

A recent video out of Russia once again highlights the drastic efforts being taken to provide Moscow with additional air defense coverage against the threat of long-range Ukrainian drones. While we have seen examples of the Pantsir short-range air defense system installed on buildings in Moscow before now, the footage shows the counter-drone-optimized SMD-E variant being lifted on top of a skyscraper by helicopter.

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New Counter-Drone Optimized Pantsir Air Defense System Being Deployed Atop Skyscrapers In Moscow

Posted on May 28, 2026

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Inside The Effort To Build Ukraine’s Ground Robot Arsenal

Posted on May 27, 2026

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Israeli Troops Turn To Fishing Nets For Protection Against Hezbollah FPV Drones

Posted on May 27, 2026

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Cost To Link LUCAS Kamikaze Drones To Starlink Highlights Pentagon’s Ever-Growing Dependence On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 27, 2026

The U.S. Air Force plans to send a new version of the glider-like Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA) drone with a turbocharged engine to the Middle East for an operational evaluation.

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USAF’s New Turbocharged ULTRA Surveillance Drones Are Heading To The Middle East

Posted on May 25, 2026

Shield AI, the defense-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software and aircraft, today announced that the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E) has selected Shield AI to integrate its Hivemind autonomy software onto the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS), a new class of low-cost, one-way attack drones often referred to as kamikaze drones designed to operate in large numbers.

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U.S. Military’s Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone Is Getting Hivemind Swarming Capability

Updated on May 21, 2026

DZYNE Technologies has shared new details about its recently unveiled lower-cost Blitz drone and the accompanying containerized BlitzBox launch system.

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BlitzBox Packs 100 Weaponized Drones Into An Unassuming Container

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 19, 2026

Inside Ukraine's Shahed interceptor program.

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Inside Ukraine’s Interceptor Drone Innovations Swatting Down Thousands Of Russian Shaheds

Posted on May 15, 2026

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and performs live-fire exercises with Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-12 Paveway IIs, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper.

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MQ-9 Reaper Replacement Requirements Stress A Drone Cheap Enough To Risk Losing

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 13, 2026

The UAE is building so-called ‘cope cages’ around oil storage tanks to protect them against Iranian attacks.

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UAE Building Massive ‘Cope Cages’ To Protect Energy Facilities From Iranian Drone Attacks

Posted on May 13, 2026

Facing with a growing threat from Hezbollah, the IDF is building its own drone factory.

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Israel Building Factory To Pump Out Its Own FPV Drones

Posted on May 13, 2026

Gdynia, Poland 28th, July 2014 Scenes at the 43rd Polish Naval Air Base airport in Gdynia - Babie Doly. The Naval Aviation Brigade has been established in 1994 and it is the only naval aviation tactical unit in The Polish Military. The objective of Naval Aviation Brigade is to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW), search-and-rescue (SAR), reconnaissance, ecological and transport operations. The Navy aircraft and helicopters are stationed and operations from three airfields located in Gdynia Babie Doly, Siemirowice and Darlowo. PZL M28B Bryza aircraft sits at the airbase.

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Drone-Hunting M28 Skytruck In The Works For Poland

Posted on May 12, 2026

The MQ-9 Reaper has become the latest platform to test-fire the laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) rocket. The trials, conducted with the U.S. Air Force, involved the MQ-9 employing the APKWS in its original air-to-ground capacity, as well as against aerial targets.

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MQ-9 Reaper Fires Laser-Guided Rockets In Tests

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 11, 2026

The Project 21980 vessel is described by Russia as multi-purpose anti-saboteur boats. Primarily designed to protect ports and other naval installations, they are used by the Russian Navy as well as the Border Service. Around 30 of the vessels have been completed since 2008.

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Anti-Drone “Cope Cage” Appears On Russian Patrol Boat

Posted on May 11, 2026

DARPA is exploring capabilities to support a largely self-sustaining "autonomous constellation" of containerized systems designed to launch and recover networked swarms consisting of as many as 500 drones at once.

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Drone Swarms Packed Into Unassuming Containers Sought By DARPA

Posted on May 9, 2026

Northrop Grumman's experimental XRQ-73 Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) hybrid-electric drone has now taken to the skies.

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DARPA’s XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone Has Flown

Posted on May 6, 2026

Among the latest products from Turkey’s prolific defense industry is a missile apparently directly inspired by the secretive AGM-114R9X variant of the widely used Hellfire, the effects of which TWZ was the first to identify back in 2017. Named Neşter, Turkish for scalpel, the new missile features the same kind of pop-out, sword-like blades as used on the AGM-119R9X, a weapon popularly dubbed “Flying Ginsu” or “Ninja” due to its unusual capabilities.

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Turkey Developing Its Own Bladed ‘Ginsu’ Precision Guided Munition

Posted on May 5, 2026

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Israel Now Using Netting To Protect Combat Vehicles Against Scourge Of Hezbollah Drones

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, soars overhead during its second test flight 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)

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First USMC MQ-58 Valkyrie CCA Drones To Arrive In 2029

Posted on Apr 29, 2026

The U.S. Marine Corps is set to test at least two new autonomous cargo helicopters, as it seeks to field platforms that can rapidly resupply Marines in contested environments. The service recently awarded contracts for two such platforms, one being the R66 Turbinetruck that inserts Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy system in the proven Robinson R66 airframe.

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Light Uncrewed Cargo Helicopters Based On Robinson R66 And Bell 505 Compete For USMC Contract

Updated on Apr 28, 2026

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Ukraine’s Drone-Hunting An-28 Turboprop Is Now Launching Interceptor Drones

Posted on Apr 24, 2026

X-Bat's new design at sea air space 2026.

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X-BAT Autonomous VTOL ‘Fighter’ Looks Dramatically Different

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 21, 2026

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Navy Fires Drone-Frying LOCUST Laser From Supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

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)

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F-35s Quarterbacking Drones Seen As Gateway To USMC’s 6th Gen Fighter

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

The Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit, under Air Combat Command, concluded a critical exercise with Collaborative Combat Aircraft recently at Edwards Air Force Base, California, putting principles of the new Warfighting Acquisition System into practice. The exercise employed the YFQ-44A aircraft and represents a shift toward the new concept of earlier, operator-driven experimentation to inform tactics and procedures that will accelerate the delivery of this transformative capability to the warfighter.

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YFQ-44 Fury Fighter Drone Wraps Contested Operations Test That Could Accelerate Its Fielding

Posted on Apr 17, 2026

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Cheap Interceptor Drones Proven In Ukraine Protected U.S. Troops Against Iranian Shaheds

Posted on Apr 16, 2026

MAYHEM 10 is an autonomous, multi-role launched effect designed to deliver coordinated non-kinetic and kinetic effects at standoff. Employable from air, ground, and maritime platforms, it combines advanced collaborative autonomy with modular payloads to operate effectively in contested environments.

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Super-Adaptable Mayhem 10 Swarming Drone Evolved From The Switchblade

Posted on Apr 16, 2026

Apache counter-drone ammunition ramps up production

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Production Of AH-64 Apache’s New Counter-Drone Cannon Shell Ammunition Ramping-Up

Posted on Apr 16, 2026

Boeing has provided details on its future plans for the venerable H-47 Chinook, including adding launched effects and creating a path toward an uncrewed version of the helicopter.

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CH-47 Chinook Air-Launching Swarms Of Drones Touted As Future Feature

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

General Atomics is calling attention to a new mission for its Mojave short takeoff and landing (STOL) drone: hunting uncrewed aerial threats with laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rockets.

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Hunting Drones From Sloppy Airstrips Is General Atomics’ Future Vision For Mojave

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

The Marines are keeping an eye on the progress of a seaglider drone.

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Regent Squire Wing-In-Ground Effect Drone Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Posted on Apr 13, 2026

A new and not immediately recognizable launcher has emerged on the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carl M. Levin.

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Equipped With New Launcher For Unknown Weapons

Updated on Apr 11, 2026

Hezbollah is stepping up its FPV attacks on the IDF.

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Hezbollah Ramping Up FPV Drone Attacks On IDF In Lebanon

Posted on Apr 10, 2026

A Bahraini F-16 fighter recorded the first air-to-air kill for the Block 70/72 version of the jet during the conflict in the Middle East earlier this month.

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Bahrain First To Claim F-16 Block 70 Air-To-Air Kills

Posted on Apr 10, 2026

A former Pentagon official offers unique insights into the creation of the LUCAS drone.

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How America’s Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone Suddenly Became An “Indispensable” Weapon Of War

Updated on Apr 9, 2026

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Here Is What Trump’s Gargantuan $1.5T Defense Budget Has In It

Posted on Apr 8, 2026

BAE has test fired APKWS rockets from an RAF Typhoon for the first time.

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Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets

Posted on Apr 8, 2026

RQ-180 features seen in new videos shot in Greece.

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New Views Of Massive RQ-180 Stealth Drone Flying Over Greece

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 7, 2026

A secretive late Cold War-era drone program known as Quartz, intended to persistently monitor mobile nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles deep within the Soviet Union, offers a window into exactly why the RQ-180 could be in high demand in the Middle East now.

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RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 6, 2026

An MQ-28A Ghost Bat loaded with an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile during Trial Kareela at RAAF Base Woomera, South Australia.

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MQ-28 Ghost Bat Gains Major European Foothold As Rheinmetall Joins Forces With Boeing

Posted on Mar 31, 2026

Ukraine is experimenting with private sector air defense.

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Ukraine Using Private Air Defense Teams To Protect Industry Against Russian Drones