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Russia is using fiber-optic cables to control some of its larger, fixed-wing strike drones, making them effectively immune to the electronic warfare interference that dominates the battlefield, a top Ukrainian drone expert confirmed. Loading audio narration… Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an advisor to Ukraine’s defense ministry, told Business Insider this week…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that over 200 people from his country are helping the US and its allies battle Iran’s Shahed drones in the Middle East. Loading audio narration… “Right now, there are 201 Ukrainians in the Middle East and Gulf region, and another 44 are ready…
The US and its NATO allies are boosting their ability to detect, track, and target drone threats along the alliance’s eastern edge, its border with Russia.Through rapid 90-day testing cycles designed to replicate real situations, US forces, Baltic allies, and defense companies are building a shared data network for faster…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is supporting the US in fighting Iranian Shahed drones.”We received a request from the United States for specific support in protection against ‘shaheds’ in the Middle East region,” Zelenskyy said in a Thursday X post.”I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure…
Washington’s war with Iran has cast a spotlight on a new American one-way attack drone, and Russia’s military bloggers are not liking what they see.The US military deployed the Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, for the first time in combat as part of major operations against Iran this…
The US Department of Defense is rapidly embracing drones across the services and steering troops toward systems vetted to avoid Chinese supply chains.The push reflects a broader Pentagon effort to field large numbers of low-cost drones quickly without creating new dependencies that could backfire in a fight.The Blue UAS [Uncrewed…
A Ukrainian arms company says it has modified one of its ground robots to carry and launch unjammable fiber-optic drones. Ukrainian forces can put the drones in the air closer to the front without exposing pilots.Ratel Robotics shared a video this week of its Ratel H model robot equipped with…
Ukraine’s large-scale drone war is pushing Western militaries to treat small drones less as high-end equipment and more as expendable ammunition that isn’t meant to come back.US Army and British Army officials, as well as a NATO veteran who volunteered to fight in Ukraine, told Business Insider that effective drone…
An elite British Army battalion is going all in on drones after working closely with Ukrainian soldiers and seeing how central these systems have become in modern warfare.The 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards now has 78 of its 300 members qualified as drone operators, its commanding officer, Lt. Col.…
The US military intercepted Mexican cartel drones that breached US airspace, a Trump administration official said on Wednesday, explaining why the government made the rare decision to temporarily restrict flights over El Paso.The official told Business Insider that “Mexican cartel drones breached US airspace,” adding that the Pentagon “took action…
