The United States is accelerating domestic drone production in response to lessons drawn from the war in Ukraine. A competitive federal program is now selecting manufacturers to supply hundreds of thousands of strike drones.

Unmanned systems will be one of the biggest security threats and structural growth opportunities in defense over the next decade: David Petraeus

Ukraine’s early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Russia.

Next-generation drones and sophisticated air defence system have handed Kyiv the advantage as Russia continues massive air strikes

U.S. forces are using maneuver warfare, fragmenting ammunition and teamwork with NATO allies to develop formidable responses to drone attacks in battle.

In a statement, the National Armed Forces said: "NATO fighter jets participating in the Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Latvian airspace in the Latgale region as a result of Russian electronic warfare activity."

The Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) is actively recruiting residents of temporarily occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia region into Russian military formations, with a particular focus on expanding drone warfare units.

Drones are rapidly transforming the battlefield because they can process information, react and fight faster than humans.

From Ukraine to Tehran, asymmetric warfare is redefining the modern battlefield. Superiority is no longer measured solely by jets and naval fleets, but by inexpensive unmanned drones.

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NATO has scrambled French fighter jets in Latvia to shoot down a drone that entered its airspace from Russia. Latvia issued an air threat alert and urged locals to take shelter after the UAV from