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RIGA, Latvia — The West would do well to make sure that its future drone units and command centers are mobile and ideally underground because they are such high-value targets, a Ukrainian defense official said.The West is investing heavily in drone warfare and tactics after seeing how effective they have…
Ukrainian troops have been using their ground drones to evacuate elderly civilians stuck near the front lines, as the remote-controlled “iron soldiers” continue to saturate the battlefield.The Kraken uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) company of the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps said last Wednesday that it had evacuated four older adults from…
Surging jet fuel prices could mean some airlines going out of business, according to the chief financial officer of Ryanair, Europe’s biggest airline. Loading audio narration… “I think we will see some of the weaker carriers who were already struggling before the war possibly go to the wall in the…
A Ukrainian company making ground robots said it was surprised to see Russian soldiers surrender to its machines. Loading audio narration… Ukraine’s military has shared multiple videos showing Russian soldiers surrendering to unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs, which are increasingly taking over human combat roles and being used to keep…
Consumers are in for a rude awakening from the what one expert is calling the second wave of inflation caused by the Iran war.The impact of the war on consumers’ wallets has been relatively limited, with inflationary pressures showing up in high gas prices and pricier flights. Market watchers warn…
US forces need to invest in the building of a larger arsenal of cheap, precision-kill weapons or risk losing a future war, America’s top commander in the Indo-Pacific region said. Loading audio narration… Low-cost systems like cheap drones and inexpensive missile designs have had a fundamental impact on conflicts like…
The Iran war could be a big opportunity for Ukraine’s battle-proven counter-drone tech, but one company says it worries it will miss its window without export access. Loading audio narration… The US and its allies in the Middle East are now facing drone threats that Ukraine has fought for years,…
The US Army has purchased thousands of cheap interceptors since the Iran war began, its top civilian official has disclosed, as the Pentagon looks to grow its arsenal of low-cost air defenses. Loading audio narration… Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers that after the US began Operation Epic Fury, the…
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…
Ukrainian forces have been substantially slowing Russia’s advance and are seeing fresh battlefield gains not achieved in years, warfare experts said. Loading audio narration… “The Ukrainians are gaining more ground,” George Barros, a conflict analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington DC-based think tank, told Business…
