Drone swarms are changing warfare, air defense, and civilian aviation. Here’s how coordinated drones work, fight, and play ...

HOHENFELS, Germany — Spc. Basil Holland looked on with keen interest this week as a Performance Drone Works C100 quadcopter with an invention of his attached took to the sky carrying four simulated ...

The U.S. Army is turning battlefield logistics into a software problem, using 3D printers and modular components to produce lethal drones in the span of a single duty day. Instead of waiting on ...

The US Army is pitting ideas born in Washington against battlefield realities, with the outcomes shaping how future wars will be fought. Recent exercises at the National Training Center in California ...

Soldiers train on the Drone Buster to engage enemy drones at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. (Spc. Marques Martinez/U.S. Army) As drones have grown into a massive threat, so has ...

A new joint interagency task force in the military that is designed to lead the department’s counter-drone technology is hoping to change how the War Department thinks about autonomous systems. “One ...

TRUPPENÜBUNGSPLATZ PUTLOS TRAINING GROUND, Germany—In a grassy field near the Baltic Sea, U.S. soldiers used net-shooting hunter drones, specially outfitted 557 rifles, and .50-caliber machine guns to ...

When I began reporting on the Canadian military’s halting embrace of drone technology for The Walrus, one conversation impressed me. Lieutenant General Michael Wright spoke with a candour and urgency ...

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A Michigan defense contractor has developed a mobile refueling system that generates hydrogen fuel from solar power and atmospheric moisture, enabling military drones to operate continuously for up to ...

Ukraine burns through small drones like belts of ammunition — fed, fired, and reloaded. Piloted from behind the front lines, drones hunt on the battlefield. This summer, Ukraine’s drone production ...