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Munitions equipped with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kit were fired at both land and air ...

The new training method doesn't use sensors or onboard control tweaks, but a single camera that watches the robot's movements ...

Drones, drones, drones. Only drones. A lot of drones.” The weary testimony of a Ukrainian platoon commander, spoken as he was ...

A recent executive order from President Donald Trump may allow other utilities to follow suit in using unmanned aircraft for ...

The appearance of FPV drones with fiber-optic control broke away from the radio-frequency logic of modern warfare and ...

A sustainment formation moves cautiously through contested terrain. It is carrying fuel, ammunition, and essential supplies ...

Radar, which stands for radio detection and ranging, operates by transmitting radio waves and analyzing their reflection off ...

As a child, Kurt Mirtsching took a piece of paper, made some folds in it and then tossed it out of his bedroom window. The ...

How are drones used in the conflict? Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the main weapon of the war in Ukraine—a ...

A four-day test in the Alaska wilderness shows how far the U.S. military and American drone companies lag behind China in the ...

For better or worse, one company stands pretty far apart from the others regarding consumer-level drones: DJI. Rivals like ...