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• Combat Drones Made in China Are Coming to a Conflict Near You

  A dozen years into its fight with the Islamic insurgent group Boko Haram, Nigeria is getting some new weapons: a pair of Wing Loong II drones from China. The deal is one of a ...

• CNAS Responds: U.S. Ends Support to Saudi War in Yemen

  President Biden has announced the end of U.S. support to Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen....

• Russia Enters Military Drone Export Market With Sale To Myanmar

  Russian news media are reporting a deal to supply Orlan-10E drones to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The transaction with a military widely condemned for its actions agains...

• Russia is winning the Arctic long game

  Time for a T-12 club of tech-friendly democracies? Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, thinks so. He told Global Translations that we are “probabl...

• CNAS Defense Program Announces Six New Adjunct Fellows

  Washington, December 17, 2020—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce six new adjunct fellows to its Defense Program. Joining as Adjunct Senior Fe...

• Dr. Erik Lin-Greenberg

  Dr. Erik Lin-Greenberg is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT, where he is an affiliate of the Security Studies Program. His research examines how emerging mili...

• The ‘Magic Bullet’ Drones Behind Azerbaijan’s Victory Over Armenia

  Azerbaijan’s drone-led assault seems to have scored a decisive victory over Armenian forces in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, with a peace deal coming into effect a...

• Azerbaijan’s Growing Drone Arsenal May Have Led It To Believe It Has Edge Over Armenia

  Azerbaijan’s growing inventory of armed drones may have convinced Baku that it has a substantial enough military and technological edge over Armenia that it could prevail in t...

• Are Chinese Drones a National Security Threat or Required for the National Interest?

  Before DJI, a Chinese drone company, was named a national security threat, it was the darling of the U.S. government, used by federal agencies, the military and more than 900 ...

• Russia’s Weird Fixar Drone Offers Military Capabilities At Commercial Rates

  Russia’s Fixar drone is designed for the sweet spot between quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft. With rotors set at an angle and wings for efficiency, it can take off and land...

• Russia Uses ‘Swarm Of Drones’ In Military Exercise For The First Time

  Russian state news agency TASS reports that a swarm of drones was used for the first time in a military exercise.The drone operation was part of the giant Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasu...

• Russia’s Got Dogfighting Drones, Too—Just How Smart Are They?

  Russian industry is developing a new, low-cost drone that could function as an autonomous wingman for human pilots. But it’s unclear how much the developers at drone-maker K...

• Russia is talking about giving its stealthy 'Hunter' drone an air-to-air combat mission as a long-range interceptor

  Russia is considering giving the stealthy Okhotnik (Hunter) combat drone an air-to-air combat mission as a long-range interceptor, Russian state media reported this week. The...

• Critical shortage: Overburdened drone pilots driven out of Air Force, GAO warns

  The pilots and sensor operators who fly America’s military drones have taken on a lion’s share of the Air Force aerial combat missions for more than 20 years. Since the attac...

• Russian Robot Helicopter Could Do More Than Search And Rescue

  For people who get lost at sea off Russian coasts, rescue may come in the form of a robot helicopter. Set for display at the upcoming Army 2020 Military Technology Exposition...

• Inside the Wild Finale of DARPA’s Simulated Drone Dogfights

  U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Tremel was in the cockpit of his Super Hornet fighter soaring 20,000 feet over war-torn Syria on June 18, 2017, when he detected a warplane heading...

• Trump admin officially makes it easier to export military drones

  The U.S. State Department has officially loosened restrictions on exporting military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles to foreign nations, a move long sought by the defense indus...

• Trump Eases Restrictions On Armed Drone Sales Abroad

  The Trump administration is relaxing arms export restrictions, a move long sought by drone makers but one that critics say will provide little competitive edge to U.S. compani...

• Russia Prepares Robot Tank For Fighting Drones

  What if the answer to swarms of drones is just a really big gun? Russia’s Derivatsiya-PVO is formally a kind of self-propelled artillery tasked with an anti-air mission. In ef...

• The Weird And Worrying Drone War In The Caucasus

  A forgotten war is gaining new momentum in the Caucasus, as opponents arm themselves with increasingly advanced drone technology for spying and strikes. The alarming implicati...