The Pentagon has established a new office to oversee tens of billions of dollars in drone programs across the entire military, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by USNI News. The new office, ...

Can an innovative business model ensure the best chance of success for the US Department of Defence’s ambitious plans for armed autonomous aircraft? X-plane programmes are intended to explore the ...

Over the past two decades, the concept of the Loyal Wingman has been perceived almost exclusively as part of the aerial domain. Manned combat aircraft, accompanied by unmanned aerial vehicles, have ...

The CobraJet is an AI-enabled unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that emulates features of fifth-generation warplanes, such as the F-35B Lightning II or the F-22 Raptor. Built with a stealthy ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Nov. 17 announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Turkey’s unmanned fighter, Bayraktar Kizilelma, became the first drone ...

This graphic shows the PLA Air Force's Hongdu GJ-11 unmanned combat aerial aircraft (UCAV). The GJ-21 developed for the PLA Navy has slightly differing features, including the addition of a tail hook.

A prototype of the Teng Yun 2, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle under development by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) of Taiwan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ ...

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard are turning to drones to boost maritime power when manufacturing and acquiring new ships. Both services over the past year have sought to integrate a wide variety of ...

Initially envisioned as a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drone focused on intelligence, surveillance and ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as versatile platforms for in situ characterisation of atmospheric composition, bridging the gap between surface stations, manned aircraft and satellite ...

The Hongdu GJ-21 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) has been developed for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and includes folding wings and a tail hook. However, development of the platform ...