Drones turned battlefields into networks of cheap flying sensors and precision weapons, forcing armies to rethink everything from armor to air defense. Now two emerging systems, high-energy lasers and ...

With the proliferation of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine, European militaries are racing to better arm their forces.

The Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drone, now under development by the US Marine Corps, is a carbon copy of ...

A Latvian drone maker told Business Insider that the war in Ukraine should change how the West approaches weapons. "At times we overemphasize the sophistication of technology," the company's CEO said.

UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) is set to invest more than £142m ($189m) into drone and counter-drone technology in its first ...

Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.

November 15, 2025: Ukrainian drone proliferation began when many individual Ukrainians, or small teams of civilians, designed and built drones. The drones served as potential candidates for widespread ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818. “War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it ...

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