The First Drone War: A Harbinger of Wars to Come
The key difference between the SVO and wars and armed conflicts of the past...
PLA learns to shoot down drone swarms
The PLA is conducting experiments to combat swarms of UAVs. Recent tests of this kind have shown that not all modern anti-aircraft systems can completely repel an attack by a large number of drones....
Use of the Inokhodets UAV in a Special Operation
From the very beginning, heavy reconnaissance and strike UAVs "Inohodets" have been participating in the Special Operation. They successfully solve a wide range of tasks, identifying and hitting various ground and surface targets....
The Hugin Endurance UUV sets a record for the longest voyage
Norwegian company Kongsberg has conducted unique tests of its unmanned underwater vehicle Hugin Endurance. This AUV remained at sea for several weeks and carried out tasks that were maximally...
Course for Simplification: Besomar 3310 UAV
Ukraine is trying to create simple and cheap UAVs suitable for mass production in the current conditions. The latest example of this class is the Besomar 3310 aircraft-type drone....
New Threat: Ukrainian UAVs with Thermite Charges
Ukrainian forces are looking for new options for combat loads for their UAVs. Recently, they began using incendiary mixtures based on thermite compounds for this purpose....
Project of reconnaissance and attack UAV "Prygun-1"
A new family of multi-purpose UAVs is being developed in Russia. The light helicopter-type aircraft "Prygun-1" will be used for reconnaissance and destruction of certain targets....
Heavy quadcopter "Moth", with a load capacity of 300 kg
Russian industry recently presented the Motylek UAV. At the moment, it is the largest and heaviest domestic copter with an electric propulsion system....
Compact and lethal X-FRONTER drone for infantry
Polish company Grupa WB has unveiled an upgraded version of the X-Fronter light UAV. It is intended for infantry units and is capable of reconnaissance or strike missions....
Anti-copter net: new means of combating UAVs
A very effective means against drones-copters are nets that can immobilize their propellers. Several such systems have been developed in our country, and they are already demonstrating their...
Pentagon to spend $1 billion on Switchblade drone
The Pentagon has awarded AeroVironment its largest contract ever for Switchblade loitering munitions. The nearly $1 billion contract is designed to enhance the firepower of...
Loitering munitions from North Korea
North Korea has developed new loitering munitions and recently demonstrated them. When creating this technology, we were guided by foreign models, which led to a noticeable external similarity....
“Drone missile” in Ukrainian: product “Palyanytsya”
Ukraine presented a new “miracle weapon”. It is going to attack Russian targets using a “drone missile” of its own design called “Palyanytsya”....
UAV "Albatross M5" in Special Operations
The Russian army actively uses unmanned aerial vehicles of the Albatross M5 type. They allow aerial reconnaissance at considerable depths and at any time of the day....
UAV on a wire: “Prince Vandal of Novgorod” and others
UAVs with fiber-optic cable control appeared at the front. This equipment has all the necessary capabilities and is at the same time protected from the effects of electromagnetic interference....
"Flying grenade" with artificial intelligence
The Chinese company Hunan Luobing Aviation Technology recently introduced an original loitering munition. It is positioned as a “flying grenade” with artificial intelligence....
Territorial defense: An FPV drone controlled by a student can be more effective than a machine gun in the hands of a veteran
By properly arming the territorial defense forces, it is possible to prevent tragedies like what happened in the Kursk region...
Different approaches and ideas: promising BEC at Army 2024
Russian enterprises are creating new unmanned boats for various purposes. At the Army-2024 forum, a number of developments of this kind were presented, based on different ideas....
Testing of a heavy cargo UAV has begun in China
Flight tests of a new heavy cargo UAV have begun in China. Its design is similar to existing transport aircraft and is capable of carrying up to 2 tons of cargo....
The simplest design: kamikaze drone "Molniya-1"
The Russian army began using Molniya-1 kamikaze drones. These products are characterized by extreme simplicity of design, but show high technical and combat characteristics....
Unaffected by electronic warfare: FPV drones controlled and powered via fiber optics and wires
Tip the scales on the offensive side...
Bigger and cheaper: Americans want their “Geranium”
The advantage in the war of the future will be with those who can produce a lot of weapons and inexpensively. Awareness of this simple thesis forced the Americans to take a fresh look at their arsenals. This is how I was born...
The drone revolution is canceled
The use of UAVs is not a new topic. But here is the massive appearance of multicopters over the battlefield - the opening of the SVO...
An FPV drone with the Rusak-S neural network went into production
Russian industry has mastered mass production of the Rusak-S FPV drone. This UAV received a homing system based on a neural network, which allows it to hit...