No sound of silence: US soldiers train eyes — and ears — for drone swarms
The U.S. Army is moving beyond battling individual drone threats as it experiments with tactics to combat throngs of unmanned aircraft in saturated skies.
By Eve Sampson
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Air Force MQ-9 fleet drops to 135 aircraft after Iran combat losses
The Air Force is seeking to backfill the inventory of MQ-9 Reapers and field a cheaper, more expendable replacement.
By Michael Scanlon
US Air Force relaunches effort to replace MQ-9 Reaper drone
It's take two as the service reaches out to industry for more info on technologies for building a new combat drone.
By Valerie Insinna
Vertical lift drones brigades are assessing fly quieter with more survivability, soldiers say
The Army wants an RQ-7 Shadow replacement that will be quieter, more maneuverable and more expeditious.
By Kyle Rempfer
Griffin ‘extremely skeptical’ of airborne lasers for missile defense
"I’m extremely skeptical that we can put a large laser on an aircraft and use it to shoot down an adversary missile, even from fairly close," says Mike Griffin.
By Aaron Mehta
Lebanese man pleads guilty to drone parts export conspiracy
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export goods and technology.
Dynetics joins DARPA’s unmanned dogfighting effort
DARPA wants to use artificial intelligence and unmanned platforms to revolutionize aerial combat.
By Nathan Strout
A fleeting advantage: No time to lose for US Navy’s unmanned ambitions
Through the fog of competing priorities, fiscal constraints and a growing list of force architecture studies, one thing seems certain: The future Navy will include autonomous ships in some form.
By Rear Adm. Nevin Carr (ret.)
Could these contracts help unlock urban warfare with drone swarms?
Through OFFSET, the agency hopes to foster technology developments that will enable 250 small unmanned air or ground robots to work together in support of the war fighter.
By Nathan Strout
NATO’s ‘startup’ charts a bold future in maritime unmanned systems
NATO is continuing its effort to accelerate maritime unmanned systems into the its arsenal to patrol the vast swaths of ocean as well as offset evolving threats.
By Michael D. Brasseur, Rob Murray and Sean Trevethan
Four technologies Japan and the US should team on to counter China
A new report from the Atlantic Council outlines where the U.S. and Japan need better industrial cooperation on defense projects.
By Aaron Mehta
Air Force botched building its new air base in Africa
Construction at Niger Air Base 201 might have violated the law and failed to meet security standards.
By Kyle Rempfer