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Russian air defence liquidated the Raefly VT260 on Russian territory itself. As it turned out, there was a friendly fire.
Anduril Industries has demonstrated the ALITUS-600M kamikaze drone in action for the first time. It is based on the ALTIUS-600 unmanned aerial vehicle.
The US Air Force wants a fleet of 1,000 joint-use combat drones. The Chinese army is also working in this direction.
Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation, a subsidiary of AVIC, has unveiled the WZ-7 Soaring Dragon drone. It is the Chinese counterpart to the US RQ-4 Global Hawk drone.
Turkey's Baykar has conducted its second test of the Bayraktar Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with the TRG-230-IHA missile. The first test took place at the end of 2022.
Shield AI and Northrop Grumman will develop a new drone to replace the RQ-7 Shadow drones that have been in service for two decades. The drone is called the V-BAT.
The US Marine Corps has steadily received funding for MQ-9 Reaper drones. However, the service is buying more drones than it can train operators to operate them.
Turkish company Baykar has set a timeline for the launch of the Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned aerial vehicle. The new fighter jet will arrive fairly soon.
DeVIRo, KORT and Ukrainian Armoured Equipment may ramp up production of the RAM II kamikaze drones. These drones have already proven themselves in destroying Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces may be armed with long-range unmanned aerial vehicles. We are talking about thousands of drones.
AeroVironment has unveiled an updated version of the Switchblade 300 kamikaze drone.
Japan continues a series of tests of unmanned parcel delivery with a high level of sophistication. Japan Post has successfully tested drone delivery outside the operator's line of sight.
South Korea's KDX-II destroyers (Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class) will receive vertical take-off and landing drones early next decade. More than $400 million will be allocated for their development.
The Russian company Rostec said it wanted to study the wreckage of the MQ-9 Reaper drone. The drone fell into the Black Sea after making contact with an Su-24 fighter jet.
The US Navy has completely abandoned the MQ-8B unmanned helicopter and reduced the MQ-8C drone fleet to eight units. Despite this, Northrop Grumman sees a bright future for UAVs.
