UAV / UCAV

Unmanned aerial vehicles and combat drones used in modern warfare.

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M23 Deploys Fourth New Drone Type in DR Congo, Janes Finds

M23 Deploys Fourth New Drone Type in DR Congo, Janes Finds

M23 Fields a Fourth New Drone Type in Eastern DRC as UAV Attacks Double M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have...

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F-22 Pilot Commands YFQ-44A Fury Drone in Flight for the First Time

F-22 Pilot Commands YFQ-44A Fury Drone in Flight for the First Time

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor pilot has, for the first time, commanded an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) while both jets were...

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Sudan’s Drone War Spills Across the Ethiopian Border as Blue Nile Toll Mounts

Sudan’s Drone War Spills Across the Ethiopian Border as Blue Nile Toll Mounts

A drone strike that killed at least 30 people at a displacement camp in Sudan's Blue Nile state on October 9 has been followed by...

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Shield AI Delivers First V-BAT Drone to Taiwan Coast Guard

Shield AI Delivers First V-BAT Drone to Taiwan Coast Guard

Shield AI has delivered the first V-BAT unmanned aircraft to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration, the company announced from Taipei on October 13, in a...

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Kratos Flies Its U740 Valkyrie Drone in Europe and Lines Up Turbojet Production

Kratos Flies Its U740 Valkyrie Drone in Europe and Lines Up Turbojet Production

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Airbus said on October 12, 2026 that the U740 Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft has completed its first flight in...

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Fiber-Optic FPV Drones Explained, How Jam-Proof Drones Work

Fiber-Optic FPV Drones Explained, How Jam-Proof Drones Work

Fiber-optic FPV drones fly on a hair-thin glass tether that can spool out 10 to 20 kilometers, making them immune to every radio jammer on...

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Drone Swarms Explained, When a Hundred Drones Think as One

Drone Swarms Explained, When a Hundred Drones Think as One

Drone swarms, groups of unmanned systems that coordinate with each other autonomously, are moving from laboratory demonstrations toward fielded weapons, and the US Replicator initiative...

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Turkey’s DASAL to Arm Nigeria With 100,000 Loitering Munitions

Turkey’s DASAL to Arm Nigeria With 100,000 Loitering Munitions

Turkish unmanned-systems manufacturer DASAL Aviation Technologies and Nigerian investment firm NIGUS International Investment Limited have signed a framework agreement to supply and, eventually, locally assemble...