The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter successfully maneuvered an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet during a demonstration of human-machine flight cooperation in an Oct. 21 flight test, ...

In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air support from inhabited ...

It's a new era of drone warfare. Defense giants like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are under pressure as Silicon Valley upstarts make cheap, fast models.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Ukrainian servicemen of the 22nd Brigade launch a Leleka ...

When the United States entered the War on Terror, it did so with a series of drone aircraft ready to exploit enemy signals and positions. It took some time to arm them, but uncrewed aerial systems ...

In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into ...

Frontline areas in Ukraine resemble the Battle of the Somme, if it were a deadly laser-tag game from hell. All the accoutrements of twentieth-century war are there, just with a modern twist. The tanks ...

Pilots being able to control many drones is "kind of a prerequisite" for "the total drone warfare that is coming to all of us," Ark Robotics told BI.

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For decades, the AH-64 Apache was built to destroy tanks and provide close support to troops on the ground. Now the Army is giving it a mission few expected: hunting drones. The rise of drone swarms ...

YJ-19, China's first operational hypersonic cruise missile, seen during a military parade in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) There are two competing narratives about the ...