Pentagon Selects Gauntlet 2 Drone Vendors for Planned 60,000-UAS Purchase
The second Drone Dominance Program competition assessed 23 small-UAS platforms in 1,858 sorties, with a bomber-drone evaluation planned next month.
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Italian NATO fighter downs drone after Lithuanian airspace incursion
Lithuanian authorities said the aircraft entered from Belarus and carried an explosive; its origin remains under investigation.
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Secretive RQ-170-Linked Squadron Receives U.S. Air Force RPA Award
The 30th Reconnaissance Squadron reported 87 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions across three areas of responsibility in 2025, while expanding its aircrew and supporting urgent deployments.
Germany Attributes Failed Explosive Drone Attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport to Russia
German authorities said an investigation linked the Aug. 4 incident to Russian hybrid activity; Moscow rejected the allegation.
CENTCOM to Form Multinational Task Force for One-Way Attack Drones
Task Force Falcon Strike will bring U.S. personnel and undisclosed regional partners together to integrate unmanned attack systems in air and maritime domains.
Japanese RQ-4B Global Hawk crashes in Sea of Japan
Japan Air Self-Defense Force lost contact with the unmanned surveillance aircraft during an undisclosed non-training mission.
Russia-Iran drone partnership shifts toward upgraded Geran technology, report says
Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones licensed for Russian production have evolved into the Geran family, with analysts assessing that upgraded systems and targeting support may now flow back to Tehran.
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The Drone War: How Unmanned Systems Are Rewriting the Modern Battlefield
Ukraine did not simply add drones to an existing battlefield. It turned unmanned systems into a persistent layer of sensing, strike, logistics and adaptation — forcing militaries to rethink how they see, move, buy and fight.
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Fiber-Optic FPV Drones: How the Physical Link Changes the EW Problem
Fiber-optic FPV drones do not make a drone invulnerable. They remove one of the most important vulnerabilities of conventional FPV systems: a radio-frequency control and video link that can be jammed.
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