Drone

Ukraine says it’s training drone pilots in ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

When they’re not flying real first-person-view drones, some Ukrainian pilots are training inside “Grand Theft Auto V.” Loading audio narration… Ukraine has often leveraged video games and simulators to train pilots, helping them build the hand-eye coordination needed for flying FPV drones. The crossover of skillsets has even made gamers…

US Navy reveals it lost a 0 million spy drone during the Iran war

The US Navy has confirmed the loss of an expensive spy drone amid the Iran war, its first known loss of this particular uncrewed aircraft. Loading audio narration… Naval Safety Command revealed in a new aviation mishaps report that an MQ-4C Triton crashed on April 9, with no injury to…

Marines say the best attack drone pilots might be dirt bikers, not gamers

Marines out on the West Coast are discovering that some of the best drone operators aren’t necessarily gamers. Instead, they’re likely to be dirt bikers or boaters, an officer told Business Insider. Loading audio narration… Course leaders for the 1st Marine Division drone school at Camp Pendleton in California initially…

Ukraine didn’t just bring interceptor drone know-how to the Middle East. Zelenskyy says it shot down Iranian Shaheds.

Ukrainian forces shot down Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East, the country’s president said, as countries turn to Ukrainian expertise in counter-drone warfare. Loading audio narration… Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters this week that Ukrainian personnel have shot down drones in multiple countries as Ukraine looks to help…

Iran’s drone war is exposing deep cracks in US and allied air defenses

There is a sound — a low, persistent buzzing — that links Iran’s asymmetric warfare against US and Israeli targets in the Middle East to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.It is the sound of a terrifying weapon that symbolizes a new economy of war — cheap, expendable, and mass-produced —…