The drones served in a "loyal wingman" role to the pilots, marking “a major leap in human-machine teaming," the Air Force ...

Remote pilots and crews operating drones in warfare would become eligible for combat-related services through the Department ...

The combat drone was once the preserve of military superpowers but no longer. Its use by insurgents and smaller nations is already changing the nature of battle, writes Jonathan Marcus. Often in ...

During a high-fidelity training event over Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, pilots flying an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15E ...

One drone failed repeatedly to find its target when jammed and ultimately crashed into a hill. Another flew past its target and went up in flames.

As the Pentagon develops sixth-generation fighters like the F-47, experts disagree whether humans should remain in cockpits ...

Government documents suggest purchasing a fleet of aerial combat drones that could fly alongside fighter jets could cost as much as $16 billion and would require hundreds of staff.

The new drones come in different sizes and are equipped with either combat or surveillance capabilities, said Eric Chi, director of the institute’s Aeronautical Systems Research Division, who ...

How Combat Drones Ended a Decades-Long War in 44 Days The U.S. and NATO have a lot to learn from this peer-to-peer conflict. By Thomas Mutch Published: Oct 29, 2021 10:49 AM EDT ...

COMBAT drones have now become the dominant killer on the battlefields of Ukraine, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Up to 80 per cent of casualties on both sides of the conflict have been caused by wha… ...

Ground drones were first used in combat by the U.S.S.R. during its invasion of Finland in 1939. The Soviet "teletanks" were conventional tanks equipped with a radio control system. The vehicles ...

U.S. Air Force fighter pilots integrated two Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drones into an aerial combat training exercise at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base in what the Air Force has described as “a ...