The U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair autonomous drones with manned fighter jets reached a concrete milestone when the YFQ-42A prototype completed flight testing designed to validate airworthiness, ...

NATO is testing drone warfare tactics drawn from Ukraine’s battlefield experience during Cold Response 2026, the alliance’s ...

In the waning days of Florida’s September heat, teams with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force met for the military’s first organized “drone crucible,” a five-day event that pitted the ...

As combat drones continue to move from the laboratory to the battlefield, the US Navy is exploring how to use a digitally simulated F-35 Lightning II aircraft to develop new tactics to go with the new ...

Air National Guard units have quietly emerged as experts in modern warfare capabilities and coming up with innovative approaches to counter-drone defense.

The war betwen Russia and Ukraine has been raging since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, and both nations have reached deep into their respective bags of tactical tricks. Some of Ukraine's choices might ...

A Ukrainian serviceman operates a drone during the 'Wild Drones' drone racing competition, which simulates combat conditions. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/Getty Images) Last month, three drones rigged with ...

October 7, 2025: Back on June 1st, Ukraine once again demonstrated its ability to strike targets deep inside Russia and suffer no casualties while doing it. This was done using over a hundred drones ...

In the latest instance of rapidly evolving drone tactics being used in the Russia-Ukraine War, Moscow’s forces appear to have outfitted a disposable one-way attack drone with anti-air capability.