Ukrainian defense company SkyFall said Wednesday that it has developed an interceptor drone capable of shooting down Russian Shaheds, a class of much faster attack drone that Moscow uses more regularly. The P1-SUN JetKiller is designed with a maximum flight speed of 370 kmph or 230 mph, at maximum altitudes of 9,000 meters or approximately
The average life expectancy of a Russian soldier going into battle in Ukraine is 20 to 30 minutes, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday. Ratcliffe spoke at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, where he blamed the deadly conditions on Ukraine’s combat drones equipped with artificial intelligence. “What I would say is that
Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces had carried out more than 16,000 ground drone missions in June alone, more than double the January figure. “From logistics to medical evacuation, UGV units are taking on the most dangerous tasks,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a social media post on X announcing the June
The Royal Navy said Wednesday it has been testing launching marine drones from a turboprop aircraft at 1,300 feet, in what it described as tests for a “first air launch of its kind.” The tests were carried out by Kraken Technology Group, which provided its K3 Scout unmanned surface ship, and by Capewell, which provided
NATO is preparing for the next drone war, but officials warn that building millions of drones now could leave the alliance with obsolete weapons stockpiles before the fight even begins. Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion is showing Western militaries that they must be prepared with drone and counter-drone technology. It also shows how quickly
An elite Ukrainian drone unit said Tuesday it had used a new anti-howitzer munition to destroy more than 170 Russian artillery pieces in two days. The Lasar Group, part of the Ukrainian National Guard, said in a statement that the special operation in early June involved more than 800 drones deployed along the eastern and
