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Video captures rare drone-on-drone combat as exploding Ukrainian quadcopters blow up Russian grenade-launching robots
Ukraine's 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade said its forces used FPV drones carrying explosives to d…
Jake Epstein
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Ukrainian soldier says drone pilots are already running out of supplies, and cuts to US aid will make things worse
The soldier said his drone unit is already running out of supplies, which he and his comrades are u…
Thibault Spirlet
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A Ukrainian unit is flying drones at night to drop mines inside Russia: report
A Ukrainian unit uses drones to drop mines deeper inside Russian territory at night, per CNN. It cl…
Thibault Spirlet
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A Ukrainian drone pilot described an attack on the Russian navy being ruined when Elon Musk cut his Starlink access
The unnamed Ukrainian soldier said Elon Musk "switched off" access to Starlink, ruining a drone att…
Thibault Spirlet
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Ukrainian grandma says she's too old to fight Russians in the infantry so learned to pilot drones instead
A 54-year-old Ukrainian grandmother of six grandchildren says she is too old to fight in infantry. …
Thibault Spirlet
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Super Hornet pilot who battled the Houthis became 1st US female aviator to score an air-to-air kill, Navy says
The pilot was part of the "Fighting Swordsmen" squadron deployed to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in…
Rebecca Rommen
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Russian soldiers are most vulnerable when moving about during the long winter nights, but Ukraine's drone pilots often don't have the gear to hit them
Russian soldiers make themselves vulnerable when they move at night, but Ukraine doesn't always hav…
Sinéad Baker
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Video shows a Ukrainian drone finding an easy way around a Russian tank's 'turtle' defenses
Ukraine's defense ministry shared the footage, saying Russian forces forgot to close the tank's hat…
Thibault Spirlet
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Armies need their own drone air force flown by specialist soldiers, study says
The air war over Ukraine has become a cat-and-mouse game where drones must constantly evolve to sur…
Michael Peck
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Ukrainian forces strike Russian airbase with at least 70 drones, targeting Su-34 jets used to drop glide bombs
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, confirmed the attack to The War Zo…
Nathan Rennolds
How Air Force drone pilots train to fly the $32 million MQ-9 Reaper
The US Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. It is used p…
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Ukraine may have just scored its longest-range drone strike yet in Russian territory a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber around 1,100 miles away
The Tu-22M3 is a long-range supersonic bomber designed to take out sea- and ground-based targets us…
Cameron Manley
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Drones have ushered in a brutal new phase of Syria's civil war
The Syrian regime and rebel groups are increasingly turning to drones for devastating attacks in th…
Paul Iddon
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Russians are hunting the Ukrainian drone pilots destroying their tanks and firing everything they've got, if they pick up their electronic trail, operator says
Ukrainian and Russian reliance on cheap but powerful first-person-view drones has made their pilots…
Erin Snodgrass
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Russian drone pilots tried to figure out who was on their side by dropping grenades and seeing which way soldiers ran, Ukrainian commander says
Whether the soldiers ran toward Russian or Ukraine's lines revealed which side they were on, a Ukra…
Sinéad Baker
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China's latest supersonic spy drone looks a lot like the Lockheed D-21 that crashed there in 1971
China's new WZ-8 supersonic drone resembles the Lockheed D-21, a supersonic reconnaissance drone th…
Benjamin Brimelow
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NATO helicopters are shooting down and eliminating enemy drones in a rarer kind of Red Sea battle
A former US naval aviator told Business Insider that allied helicopter wins against drones in the R…
Jake Epstein
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AI-powered fighter jet kept up with a human pilot during the Air Force's historic experimental dogfight
The Air Force is testing AI-powered F-16 jets that are so powerful they outperform human pilots in …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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DoorDash is testing drone delivery at a single Wendy's location in a small Virginia town
The Wing drones can fly as high as 150 feet and travel at speeds up to 65mph.
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Here’s all you need to know about drone pilot training courses in India
To become a professional drone pilot in India, candidates must get a certificate from an institute …