In 2011, an Iranian electronic warfare unit took over control of a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and landed it with minimal damage. Since, then the View More ›
Carrier landings are recognized throughout the aviation community as among the most difficult and complex ordeals a pilot can regularly encounter. Contending with sea winds, the high speeds required to View More ›
To say drones represent the future of warfare would be disingenuous because human beings will likely always have a role in combat operations and because drones are already an ever-present View More ›
Amid heightening tensions between Russia and Norway, a formation of 11 Russian flagged Su-24 “Fencer” fighters staged a mock attack against a Norwegian radar installation that plays a vital role View More ›
U.S. Army units will soon be getting a nano drone that promises to revolutionize operations. The Black Hornet is a vehicle reconnaissance system (VRS) and falls under the unmanned aerial View More ›
On April 12th, 1961, a Russian man named Yuri Gagarin made history aboard a Soviet Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft. For years, the United States and Soviet Union had been using the View More ›
Could small, loitering munitions be the future of close air support (CAS)? The U.S. military has been experimenting with the notion for some time. The first-ever loitering munition to enter View More ›
The early 1960s were a period of traumatic political upheaval for the Republic of the Congo. As a civil war raged that ultimately claimed the lives of an estimated 100,000 View More ›
Here in the United States, the phrase “military drone” conjures images of advanced air frames like Predators, MQ-9 Reapers, and Global Hawks — but in battlefields all around the world, View More ›
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has a powerful new weapon in the fight against the spread of viruses: drones. NPR reported that a UNICEF-charted drone delivered doses View More ›