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The War Department requested information earlier this week to gauge industry's willingness and ability to make some 300,000 drones
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French military open fire on drones flying over nuclear submarine base
French Navy personnel opened fire on drones on Thursday 4 December over the area where France's nuclear submarines are stationed. Source: Le Monde, as reported by European Pravda Details: Five drones were spotted on Thursday evening above the Île Longue submarine base in Brittany,
The vessel, LÉ William Butler Yeats, did not shoot down the drones but also lacked any capability to disable them, and a nearby Irish Air Corps aircraft also did not get involved. Deck lookouts spotted the drones because their lights were on as they flew.
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War Secretary Hegseth highlights US 'Drone Dominance' push for mass adoption in modern warfare
War Secretary Pete Hegseth highlights the United States' "Drone Dominance" push to equip the military with a massive quantity of drones.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to deliver 300,000 cheap, lightweight drones to U.S. service members over the next several years.
In a disused warehouse at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, a military drone instructor who goes by the call sign "DC" showed CBS News a makeshift practice course that students must learn to fly the increasingly indispensable devices through before they join the country's defense against Russia.
The U.S. military announced that it has launched a new task force to deploy various drone forces, and the first squadron of one-way-attack drones already has been formed in the Middle East.
Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.
Hundreds of civilians were killed throughout the Kordofan states in the last few weeks as intensified fighting shifted from Darfur.
An Irish navy ship spotted several military style drones in the sky before Ukraine's leader landed in Ireland. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Killer drones with laser weapons set to bolster US Army’s unmanned aircraft fleet
According to the Breaking Defense, the US Army wants its next large unmanned aerial system to carry modular payloads. This includes powerful laser weapons capable of knocking drones out of the sky at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.