Unmanned

Morocco and Israel to sign kamikaze drone deal

Israel’s defense minister is expected to visit the African country soon and sign defense cooperation agreements that would launch the drone production, among other efforts.

Chinese airshow offers glimpse at military’s new drones

China has put a number of operational and prototype unmanned aircraft designs on display at the ongoing Zhuhai Airshow, giving an insight to its increasingly wide range of unmanned systems in service.

US Army trains forces across military on tools to fight drones

War fighters need a suite of options is needed to thwart the growing threat from unmanned systems. “There’s no one silver bullet that is going to address this," a leader says.

Commentary

An autonomous robot may have already killed people — here’s how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human weighing in on those decisions.

Italy funds arming of its Reaper drones

Italy has announced plans to arm its Reaper drones, six years after it first received permission from the U.S. to do so.

Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back?

Ukraine hopes to quickly turn around a contract to buy 24 drones from Turkey, but the former’s adversary and the latter’s ally could upend the potential sale.

Here are the cheap counter-drone solutions DoD tested in the Arizona desert

Find out who participated in the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office's second demonstration as the Pentagon looks to bring new counter-drone capabilities into an enduring framework.

Army bomb techs field test new aerial drone

The drone will help soldiers check terrain and identify hazards.

UK’s future force to lean heavily into robotics, AI and hybrid power

The new program Mercury, run by the British Army, will help shape the force for battlefields beyond 2035.