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Army, NATO allies test stealth in new FPV drone warfighter competition
A team of six from Spain’s Legion Brigade took first place overall, while a team from 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment finished in second and will go on to compete in the Army’s Best Drone Warfighter Competition to be held in Alabama in February 2026.
A new unit in the 10th Mountain Division dedicated to “drone dominance” marks the latest push by the Army to prepare for future battlefields.
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China’s Type 076 assault ship spotted staging combat drones for catapult launch
High-resolution images emerging from Shanghai have revealed China’s most tangible step yet toward ship-based unmanned combat aviation. Photos taken at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard show multiple low-observable drone airframes positioned dockside near the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s new Type 076 amphibious assault ship, Sichuan.
Turkey's indigenous Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), the Bayraktar Akinci, demonstrated new precision-strike capabilities during live-fire tests, successfully deploying the BOZOK and KAYI‑30 smart munitions, according to the country's top drone manufacturer, Baykar.
The San Diego-based littoral combat ship was in the Arabian Gulf when a new Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, was tested.
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World’s first ‘combat-ready’ 100kW Iron Beam laser that zaps drone for cents deployed
Israel has delivered its first operational high-power laser air-defense system to the military to counter drones at a fraction of the cost.
While military forces around the world scramble to develop and deploy new drone tech, the U.S. Navy performed an important first-time test in mid-December.
A new type of battlefield training arrived in Oklahoma this weekend. The Oklahoma National Guard is preparing for modern threats in the sky through its “Exercise Thunderstruck” - a training operation that puts troops right in the middle of a simulated ...
After identification, a combat helicopter from the Air Force, in cooperation with Division 80, was launched toward the drones and successfully intercepted them as they entered Israeli airspace. This is an unprecedented event - it is the first time that a combat helicopter has intercepted infiltrating drones entering Israel.
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U.S. Navy Conducts First Shipborne Launch of LUCAS One-Way Attack Drone
A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the
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