Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, lauds the LUCAS drone. War Secretary Pete Hegseth examines a Shahed-clone kamikaze drone at the Pentagon. (US Army) “LUCAS, indispensable,” Cooper told us when we asked how effective they have been and how much they’ve helped preserve magazine depth,

As the U.S. and its allies face Iran’s response to President Donald Trump’s renewed bombardment of the Middle East, the allied air forces must find a solution to a growing problem: drones.

Unlike ballistic missiles, attack drones can be produced and launched with little infrastructure, making them difficult targets.

The new drones are called LUCAS, an acronym for Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones. They are based in the Middle East.

Ukraine has responded to a war it didn’t start by creating an industry it doesn’t want, but could the nation's drone expertise help it rebuild? To learn more, New Scientist gained exclusive access to the research labs,

The Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has tested using First Person View, or FPV, one-way attack drones to destroy enemy tanks, drawing heavily from tactics that have become commonplace in the Russia-Ukraine war. These experiments are one example of how the U ...

In-demand lasers and microwave weapons kill drones by using either burning hot beams or electromagnetic force fields.

By Nailia Bagirova BAKU, March 5 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan on Thursday was preparing unspecified retaliatory measures after it said four Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people in the Nakhchivan exclave,

At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone, 1,945 people were killed by mines and 4,325 were injured, 90% of whom were civilians. Nearly half of those were children.

The UK MoD has confirmed that its F-35B Lightning stealth fighters engaged and destroyed drones over Jordan, as it announces additional protective measures for RAF Akrotiri. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced via social media shortly after 1600 UTC on Mar.