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Loyal Wingman Drone Appears On China’s Supersized Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (484+ words) Published Dec 26, 2025 3:53 PM EST An image has emerged that appears to show, for the first time, one of China's growing series of low-observable combat drones aboard the country's super-sized Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan. The development is in line…...
YFQ-48A ‘Fighter Drone’ Designation Given To Northrop Grumman’s Talon By USAF
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (426+ words) Published Dec 22, 2025 11:50 AM EST YFQ-48A is the third "fighter drone" designation the U.S. military has now applied to a CCA-type design. The service announced in March that the drones General Atomics and Anduril have been developing under Increment 1 of the CCA…...
Marines Seeking 10,000 First-Person View Drones At $4K A Pop
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (647+ words) Published Dec 20, 2025 3:31 PM EST The USMC, as we have previously noted, wants strike weapons at the squad level with far greater reach than rifles and mortars. The Corps has created "attack drone teams" to integrate the lessons in Ukraine about…...
China’s Stealthy CH-7 Flying Wing Drone Has Flown
1+ week, 4+ day ago (935+ words) Published Dec 15, 2025 12:55 PM EST We have got what could be our first look at China's CH-7 stealthy flying-wing drone in flight. While it's no longer the biggest Chinese drone of this configuration, it's still of impressive size and, as we…...
This Is What The B-52's New Radar Looks Like
2+ week, 1+ day ago (465+ words) Published Dec 11, 2025 4:21 PM EST Just getting the new radar to fit physically in the B-52s nose is known to be one of the challenges the program has had to overcome. From the pictures that have been released now, the external shaping…...
Pentagon Launches $1B Program To Rapidly Buy Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kamikaze Drones
3+ week, 2+ day ago (806+ words) Published Dec 2, 2025 8:11 PM EST As we have frequently reported, despite the lessons learned from Ukraine and many other battlegrounds, the U.S. military has continued to move extremely slowly to field lower-end drones on a widespread basis. This is the latest Pentagon…...
FBI Wants To Add Fiber Optic Drones To Its Arsenal
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (739+ words) Published Nov 21, 2025 5:38 PM EST Over the past several years, drones controlled by long and thin fiber optic wires have become ubiquitous in the Ukraine war because they are unjammable and the link to its controller isn't degraded by terrain or…...
Chinese 'Mini Drone Carrier' Seen Being Used As Test Ship
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (209+ words) Published Nov 5, 2025 2:43 PM EST We appear to have gotten our first look at a curious Chinese ship, which some have dubbed a "drone carrier," actually in use, supporting at-sea testing of the AR-500CJ uncrewed helicopter. The vessel is one of…...
U.S. Army's Vision For Loyal Wingman Drones To Fly With Its Helicopters Is Taking Shape
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (371+ words) Published Oct 17, 2025 1:01 PM EDT At present, a key aspect of the ongoing discussions within the Army seems to be focused on where the service's existing work on launch effects ends and where a CCA-like effort might begin. When asked then…...
Leonardo DRS Spells Out Its Latest Approach To Counter-UAS For The U.S. Army
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (104+ words) By The War Zone staff Published Oct 15, 2025 3:20 PM EDT Leonardo DRS" Joseph Rolwes talked us through the company"s approach to the latest U.S. Army C-UAS needs, and how he sees this in-demand role evolving in the coming years. From fielding…...