US. Air Force Futures has approved a requirements document for an aircraft that will replace the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9A Reaper, Major General Christopher Niemi told lawmakers on May 12. Continue reading
US Army Selects Teledyne FLIR Defense Rogue 1 Loitering Munition System
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced that its Rogue 1 loitering munition system has been selected by the U.S. Army for its Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. Continue reading
Killer Drone Downs Intruder Drones with Metal Chains
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new concept for drone defence: Thin chains are fired at incoming drones, entangled in their rotors, and bring them down in a controlled manner. Simulations and initial field tests demonstrate the basic functionality of this approach. Continue reading
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco – the Weird Slow Little Plane America Used When Wars Got Nasty
It looked outdated almost the moment it was created. In the early 1960s, as the Pentagon obsessed over supersonic jets and nuclear warfare, two frustrated Marine Corps officers believed the military was building the wrong aircraft for the wars soldiers were actually fighting. They wanted something slower, simpler, and capable of staying close to troops on the ground for hours at a time. Continue reading
Russian Drone CEO who Promised Putin 300,000 UAVs Arrested for Fraud
Yury Kozarenko, the former CEO of Transport of the Future, who reported to Vladimir Putin in January 2025 about plans to produce up to 300,000 drones per year, has been arrested on charges of large-scale fraud. Continue reading
Ukraine and US Near Landmark Drone Defence Deal
The governments of the U.S. and Ukraine have drafted a memorandum outlining the terms of a potential new defense deal between the countries, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Otto Aerospace Laminar-Flow Aircraft Flight Test Advances DARPA Research
Otto Aerospace has announced the successful completion of a flight-test campaign for its unmanned drone aircraft designed around its proven laminar-flow technology, which dramatically reduces aerodynamic drag by maintaining smooth, uninterrupted airflow over an aircraft’s surfaces. Continue reading
Record-Breaking Drone Show – Guinness World Records
The record for the most multirotors/drones airborne simultaneously from a single computer (outdoors) is 22,580, achieved by Guangdong EHang Egret Media Technology Co., Ltd. in Hefei, Anhui, China. Continue reading