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• As US Watches, China and Saudi Arabia Shy Away from Defense Deals during Xi’s Visit

  Recent claims in Chinese media following the Zhuhai Air Show last month that Riyadh had agreed to purchase some $4 billion worth of TB001 armed drones, YJ-21 hypersonic anti-s...

• Ukraine Suicide Drone Closer to Induction by Year’s-End

  Citing drone expert Samuel Bendett, Forbes wrote that Ukraine has only a handful of Swifts left, limiting their further use. However, he added that the introduction of the new...

• Russia’s Story on the Mysterious Explosions That Rocked Bases Housing Strategic Bombers Acknowledges a Glaring Weakness

  Russia's story in the wake of mysterious explosions at two air bases acknowledges an embarrassing weakness in its ability to defend its military installations. It argued that ...

• Russia's Deadliest Drones Not Designed for Winter Cold, Ukraine Claims

  Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that the Tachyon is adve...

• A Drone Made Out of Sticks? In the UAV Space, Anything Flies.

  The drone is a reminder that such devices can actually be pretty simple. “I think the biggest benefit of this design is that once key materials are available – a battery, a re...

• Russian Videos Reveal New Details Of Its Loitering Munitions

  Back in July we reported that Russia urgently needed more loitering munitions for battlefield use. While the larger Shahed-136 kamikaze drones supplied by Iran are mainly targ...

• Ukrainian Suicide Drone Boats Packed with Bombs Are Threatening Russia’s Once Feared Black Sea Fleet, and It May Not Be Able to Stop Them

  Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, said Ukraine has already shown with its Sevastopol attack that...

• What the US Navy Must Learn from Ukraine’s Bold Drone Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

  A Navy spokesperson declined to comment when asked on Monday what steps the service was taking to protect its vessels from attacks by unmanned boats and aircraft, from Iran, C...

• Russian Forces Unprepared to Protect against Drones, Lack Adequate Command and Control, Panel Says

  Samuel Bendett said recent sea drone and unmanned aerial system swarm attacks have the potential to seize “the show going forward.” He added that buying commercial drones – pa...

• Five Things to Know about Putin’s Increasing Reliance on Iran

  Russia’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine — first documented earlier this month — is an example of “the greatest degree of military cooperation that the two countries have had...

• Iranian Kamikaze Drones: An Economical Solution for Russia Instead of Cruise Missiles

  But analysts speculate that the main reason for Russia using them now to attack cities like Kyiv is that the fighting has gone on for much longer than Russia or Putin ever ant...

• Why Iran Is Helping Russia against Ukraine

  The third out-of-the-box reason is that the effectiveness of Iranian drones in a major war is the best advertisement possible for those weapons. Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drone p...

• U.S. Has Viewed Wreckage of Kamikaze Drones Russia Used in Ukraine

  The drones pose a significant problem, analysts say. Many defensive systems capable of defeating them are costly, designed mostly for bigger threats like jets and helicopters,...

• How to Fight Drones in Ukraine

  Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the Defense program here at the Center for a New American Security, joined The Globe and Mail to tell us how recently deploye...

• Explainer: Killer Drones Vie for Supremacy over Ukraine

  According to the Ukrainian online publication Defense Express, which cites Iranian data, the delta-wing Shahed is 3.5 meters (11½ feet) long, 2.5 meters (8 feet, 3 inches) wid...

• Here’s What We Know about Why Russia Is Reportedly Using ‘Kamikaze’ Drones, and Where They Are Using Them

  The incessant buzzing of the propeller-driven Geran-2 drones — dubbed "mopeds" and "lawnmowers" by combatants — can induce terror for anyone under its flight path because no o...

• What to Know about the Iranian Kamikaze Drones Russia Is Using to Attack Ukraine

  Iran’s government has denied it is supplying drones to Russia to use in Ukraine but their deployment has already been widely documented since September. Ukrainian troops regul...

• What Are Kamikaze Drones? Here’s How Russia and Ukraine Are Using Them

  Unlike many other attack drones, they do not use weapons to destroy their targets. They are the weapon. The kamikaze drones used by Russia are believed to be imported from Ira...

• China Has a Drone Army to Fight Off Wildfires. So Why Doesn’t America?

  China’s leading drone makers, including DJI, have been funded by the country’s government and military, including the makers of the drones used to fight back Chongqing's wildf...

• As he arms Ukraine, Biden readies new weapon pipelines for Eastern Europe

  The administration did not provide details of what specific capabilities the money will go toward, but it’s likely officials are looking to bolster air defenses in NATO’s east...