Drone
ZUOYING, TAIWAN — Taiwan’s navy deployed two medium-class strike drones on Saturday for the island’s biggest annual military exercise, and their designs resemble those of the loitering munitions giving Ukraine fresh wins against Russia this year.The pair of fixed-wing, propeller-driven drones appeared during a littoral combat drill simulating an attack…
DoorDash is launching its own drone delivery service, turning the company into a competitor to some of the same drone operators it already counts as partners.DoorDash said Wednesday that it had received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to operate its own commercial…
The US military’s first-ever sea-drone strike, carried out in Iran earlier this month, is opening up a new way of warfighting for NATO, a top commander overseeing the alliance’s modernization told Business Insider.”I think it’s coming,” French Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, said in an interview this…
Nearly all of the Pentagon’s drone programs will now exist under one office, giving its officials major power over the future of uncrewed systems in the US military.The consolidation will accelerate the procurement and fielding of drones, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a memo, a major priority…
A Ukrainian drone maker said keeping up with the rapidly changing battlefield requires manual assembly for some of its work instead of relying only on big machines.Ukraine needs large quantities of weaponry as quickly as possible, a demand that typically pushes companies toward automation. But Ukraine also needs those weapons to…
The US Army is interested in acquiring drone boats to supplement its limited fleet of supply and transport watercraft in the Pacific.The Army faces fleet size and readiness problems with its watercraft. Uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, are seen as a potential solution that could relieve the logistics strain on…
Evolving drone and missile threats, from Europe to the Middle East, are pushing the Marine Corps to move faster on critical air-defense programs, a top Marine general said last week.The Marine Corps is investing in new air-defense systems, including the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, but Lt. Gen. Eric Austin,…
Ukraine’s small drone teams keep beating NATO units in exercises, exposing an unsurprising experience gap.NATO is bringing Ukrainian units into exercises to help allied troops prepare for modern drone warfare. In those drills, Ukrainian teams have repeatedly beaten the allied forces they faced. A Ukrainian defense official and NATO officials…
In a future war, an enemy could attempt to target US bases with cyber attacks and drone strikes to cripple American forces before the fighting even really begins.It’s a challenge that the US Army recently assessed during a tabletop exercise, drawing inspiration from real-world action, including Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb attack…
