Mystery drones fly near DC-area military base
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often called drones, are aircraft that fly without a human pilot onboard. Instead, they are controlled remotely by operators on the ground or programmed to fly automatically using onboard systems.
Stacie Pettyjohn at the Center for a New American Security says Iran's Shahed-136 drones are mainly composed of off-the-shelf consumer tech, which makes them affordable to make at scale.
The U.S. military and its allies across the Middle East are struggling to combat Iran’s swarms of cheap attack drones as the war enters its second week. Pentagon officials this past week reportedly conceded in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that waves of Iranian-launched drones are punching through air defenses,
The Iran war is testing America's ability to combat swarms of cheap drones that have become a staple of the modern battlefield after Ukraine and Russia demonstrated how effective they can be.
Greece signed new contracts to develop military drones, loitering munitions, and the Centaurus system as it expands defense technology.
The U.S. military has lost two more MQ-9 Reaper drones during "Operation Epic Fury" in Iran, according to two U.S. officials. This brings the total to 11 drones lost so far.
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Military Drone Company Tied To Trump’s Sons Announces Bizarre Merger With a ‘Golf Course Operator’
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U.S. Army investigators are offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people who stole military drones from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Four Skydio X10D drone systems were last seen in November 2025 at the 326th Division Engineer Battalion on A Shau Valley Road,
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Drones hit Krasnodar as damage reported near key military site
Naumov reported that a drone struck an apartment in a high-rise residential building, sparking a fire. A resident of the apartment was killed. Fires also broke out on the roof of a medical center and along a power line,