The United States recently held Game of Drones, bringing together small drone manufacturers at Edwards Air Force Base for an event focused on the design, assembly, and flight testing of unmanned aircraft. The event was jointly organized by the Experimental Test Force at Edwards, part of the 412th Test Wing, and US-X, a recently established […]

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Operators from Group 13, a special unit of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR), have carried out a successful operation in temporarily occupied Crimea, striking a command vehicle belonging to the Russian Podlyot radar system, as well as a Parol-4 radar interrogator used for friend-or-foe (IFF) identification. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence released exclusive footage of the operation on its […]

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Ukrainian defense technology company SkyFall has unveiled a new middle strike attack drone during the Farnborough International Airshow. According to company representatives, the new platform features a piston-driven propeller engine and a fixed wing with a wingspan of approximately 3.5 meters. SkyFall also stated that the drone is already undergoing combat testing. According to Defender […]

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Ukrainian manufacturer F-Drones has delivered its first batch of F10 FPV drones to the U.S. military under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program. The initial shipment consists of 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, making the F10 the first Ukrainian drone authorized for export to the United States as part of the initiative. According to Militarnyi, the first […]

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Ukrainian forces have tracked down and destroyed a rare and high-value Russian Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike UAV capable of carrying guided munitions. The drone, which can deploy KAB-20 laser-guided aerial bombs, was detected and shot down on July 27, 2026, by operators of the 7th “Topota” Battalion of the 414th Separate Brigade “Madyar’s Birds” while […]

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Ukraine presented a new reusable version of the domestically developed An-196 “Liutyi” long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Farnborough International Airshow. The platform was displayed equipped with four air-to-surface cruise missiles. This new configuration may indicate the evolution of a platform that had previously been employed as a one-way attack (kamikaze) drone. This is […]

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has carried out another successful special operation, resulting in the destruction of a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber. At the time of the strike, the aircraft was stationed at Engels Air Base in Russia’s Saratov region. According to a statement published on the SBU’s official Facebook page, the bomber had […]

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Today, we’ll take a closer look at the combat trials of the YFQ-44A unmanned fighter, developed by Anduril Industries. Over the Mojave Desert, the aircraft accomplished something no operational U.S. Air Force drone had done before: it launched a live air-to-air missile at a target under the command of a remote operator who was not […]

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Strike drones destroyed a Russian Su-24M bomber while it was being prepared for a combat sortie at the Saky military air base in temporarily occupied Crimea. The operation was carried out by special forces from the Omega Special Purpose Center of the National Guard of Ukraine. The unit’s combat divers once again demonstrated their ability […]

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On the night of July 15, the Unmanned Systems Forces continued targeting vessels of the Russian fleet involved in military logistics and energy exports. Previous strikes had focused on ships operating in the Sea of Azov, while this operation targeted vessels in the Black Sea. As a result of the successful operation, 20 Russian vessels […]

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Germany is financing the procurement of 50,000 FPV attack drones for Ukraine, according to Reuters, citing its own sources. The order is reportedly one of the largest known drone procurements for Ukraine funded by a Western government. The full-scale war has now continued for more than four years, during which Ukraine has made extensive use […]

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On the night of June 23, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a series of strikes against enemy targets in temporarily occupied Crimea and other occupied territories. According to the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, medium-range drones struck more than 60 enemy targets. Among the […]

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Frozen Russian sovereign assets will be used to finance the supply of 150,000 drones to Ukraine under a new aid package from the United Kingdom. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, London will also provide missiles and air defense radar systems alongside the drones. The total value of the assistance package amounts to £752 […]

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The 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces continues to expand its capability to engage targets in the enemy’s operational rear using strike unmanned systems. Primary targets include military facilities, logistics infrastructure, and elements of the adversary’s command-and-control network located beyond the immediate front line. Recently, the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade of the […]

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Do you remember Pokémon Go? At its peak, the game prompted millions of people around the world to walk city streets in search of Pokémon using their smartphones. Its popularity was significant enough that, in 2025, Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group acquired the gaming division of Niantic for $3.5 billion. Although the game no longer […]

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