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As of June 15, 2025, Russia has more than 1,950 strategic missiles of various types, including ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic Kinzhals, as Ukraine's Defense Intelligence told RBC-Ukraine. Moscow also owns thousands of Shahed-136 attack drones and their imitators, according to the Ukrainian intelligence (HUR). Russia's
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* Parry Labs, a provider of edge software platforms, and Airbus U.S. Space & Defense have announced a multi-year partnership for the Airbus MQ-72C Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC), an unmanned variant of the UH-72 Lakota. This collaboration demonstrates the combined capability Parry Labs and Airbus provide in rapidly delivering autonomy,
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A police helicopter reported a near miss with a drone that was in fact a US jet fighter, a report said. The helicopter had been sent to the area around RAF Lakenheath, in Suffolk, last November following reports of unmanned aerial vehicles in the area. The UK Airprox Board, which
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The rapid growth of autonomous systems in defense and other sectors is creating new challenges in software deployment and management. Market analysis highlights this trend, with the global military drone and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market projected to expand at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 11.2 percent
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Imagine a sky filled with dozens of synchronized drones, moving as one cohesive unit – this is UAV swarm technology, and it’s revolutionizing everything from search and rescue operations to precision agriculture. By combining advanced algorithms, mesh networking, and distributed intelligence, drone swarms represent the next frontier in autonomous aerial
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The City of Pendleton, owner and operator of the Pendleton UAS Test Range (PUR), has officially broken ground on Flex Hangar III, a new 18,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of the Phase IV UAS Industrial Park. Now open for pre-leasing, this three-bay hangar is the latest infrastructure
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I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive. It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a major Russian
C-UAS
The Netherlands is donating 100 additional drone detection radars to Ukraine. Vehicles for transporting casualties are also being sent to the country. Furthermore, the Netherlands is investing extra money in drone support. This is a support package totaling approximately €175 million. This is in addition to contracts that have been
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A robotics laboratory at the National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) in central China’s Hunan province has developed a mosquito-sized drone for covert military operations. NUDT researchers showed their work on various types of robots – from humanoid machines to tiny drones barely visible to the eye – in a report
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At the Paris Air Show (16-22 June 2025), Thales presented a new electronic warfare solution to meet the need for more closely integrated electromagnetic dominance operations across all military units. Traditionally only conducted by highly specialised units, electromagnetic dominance operations are now needed by all tactical formations as a pre-requisite
Testing
After 12 years of technical hurdles and scepticism, China has successfully tested artillery-launched drones capable of surviving the crushing load in a 155mm (6 inches) cannon shell. Five live-fire trials at a western test base confirmed the drones endured launch forces exceeding 3,000 times their own weight – comparable to
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has just issued its Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) evaluating the ongoing use of small unmanned aircraft system activities nationwide to meet DHS mission requirements. When proposed actions are similar to each other or repetitive, federal agencies are encouraged to consider evaluating potential environmental