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Northrop Lost the U.S. Air Force Competition — And Built an Unmanned Fighter Anyway
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On October 3, 2026, something happened at Mojave Air and Space Port in California that, by the standards of the modern aerospace industry, might have looked ...

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400 Mines Without a Single Combat Engineer: Why Poland and Finland Are Turning a Tracked Robot Into a Mobile Minefield Factory
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In September 2026, the MSPO defense exhibition brought together two rather interesting European projects. Finland’s Patria and Poland’s BELMA signed a ...

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The MQ-9 Became Too Expensive to Lose: Why the U.S. Is Building the Wildfire, Which Looks Like a Reaper All Over Again
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General Atomics has unveiled the Wildfire, a new medium-altitude, long-endurance drone with which the company hopes to compete for the role of successor to the ...

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A Wingspan Almost as Large as the B-2, but Only About 14 Meters Long: Why China Built the Giant WZ-X Stealth Drone
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For a long time, China's WZ-X looked almost like an error in a satellite image. In May 2025, an unusual unmanned aircraft was spotted at the People's ...

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Why Does the Bradley Need Its Own Swarm of Ground Drones? The U.S. Army Is Changing the Role of the IFV
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At first glance, the photograph looks almost comical. An American M2A4 Bradley is driving around with five small four-wheeled robots attached to the outside of ...

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The Sea Drone Is No Longer a Torpedo: Why the New Magura MV11 Carries 18 Interceptors
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The first generation of modern naval drones was conceptually very simple. Take a small high-speed boat, add satellite communications, cameras, navigation ...

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Germany’s Cobra 600 Takes Flight: Why an IRIS-T Missile Needs Its Own Jet-Powered Drone
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In August 2026, a rather unusual first flight took place over the Baltic Sea. A small jet-powered uncrewed aircraft took off, flew just over 20 kilometers, and ...

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Saab Unveils the A3 Uncrewed Fighter: Why Gripen’s New “Wingman” Is Nothing Like the Ghost Bat
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Just a few years ago, the term “loyal wingman” painted a fairly straightforward picture of the future of combat aviation. A crewed fighter would fly at the ...

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From Drone Swarms to Stealth Fighters: Why the U.S. Air Force Wants a New Generation of Aerial Targets
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A modern surface-to-air missile has to do much more than simply hit a fast-moving object. Before entering service, it must be tested against targets that ...

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From Individual Gerans to a Drone Air Force: Russia Is Building a New Long-Range Strike Infrastructure
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When Shahed-136 drones first began appearing in large numbers in the Russian arsenal, the concept seemed remarkably simple. Take a relatively inexpensive ...

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Americans Put a 50mm Cannon on a Combat Robot. But Has the Gun Become Too Big for the Vehicle?
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The idea behind unmanned ground combat vehicles has long seemed fairly straightforward: remove the crew, reduce the size of the vehicle, eliminate the need for ...

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Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg: Why Russia Needs a Reconnaissance Drone Reportedly Worth Around $100,000
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Against the backdrop of strike drones, reconnaissance UAVs usually remain in the shadows. They carry no warhead, do not attack targets themselves, and rarely ...

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