Tag: DroneWarfare
Farnborough 2026: Drones Enter the Aviation Mainstream
Farnborough International Airshow 2026 may be remembered less for any single aircraft order than for the moment uncrewed systems stopped looking like a specialist annex to aviation. Across the exhibition halls, drones appeared as interceptors, bombers, logistics aircraft, weapons carriers and autonomous partners for crewed fighters.This was not the disappearance…
Russian Missile Destroys U.S.-Owned Kyiv Drone Factory
A Russian ballistic missile destroyed a Kyiv drone factory owned by U.S.-registered defense manufacturer Terminal Autonomy on July 24, The Guardian reported, in what the paper described as apparently the first known Russian strike to destroy a facility owned by a U.S. corporation during the war.The Delaware-registered company produces AQ-400…
Militants Kill 11 Police in Pakistan Drone Ambush
Eleven police officers were killed in northwest Pakistan late Wednesday after militants struck the Khazina Banda police post in Hangu district, near the Afghan border, then ambushed reinforcements sent to the area.Militants first hit the post with improvised explosives attached to quadcopters, according to a police statement cited by Al…
Private Industry Storms the Missile Age
The missile is again becoming an organizing weapon of conventional war. Ukraine and the Middle East have shown that states with modest air forces can impose military and economic costs at long range. Precision strike has turned into an industrial competition built around mixed salvos, production speed and the ability…
Anduril Rolls Out First Ohio-Built Fury
Defense technology company Anduril has completed the first YFQ-44A Fury built at its Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio, moving the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program from prototype testing toward repeatable factory production.The Air Force awarded production contracts to Anduril's FQ-44 and General Atomics' FQ-42 on June 17, declaring both…
Russia Opens New Mali Supply Route
The reported journey of the sanctioned Russian cargo ship Mikhail Britnev from Arkhangelsk via Baltiysk to Lomé, followed by an overland military-equipment convoy through Togo and Burkina Faso to Bamako in July 2026. The previous Conakry–Bamako corridor is shown for comparison; routes are schematic where exact tracking was unavailable. Illustration:…
Drone Strikes Reported at Egypt’s Damietta LNG Terminal
Drone strikes reportedly set fire to two liquefied-natural-gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta Port on Wednesday, raising the possibility that the 2026 Iran war has reached Egyptian territory for the first time.British maritime-security firm Ambrey told the Associated Press that drones ignited fires aboard a U.S.-owned floating storage and regasification unit…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Hub in Massive Ryazan Drone Attack
A massive Ukrainian drone attack struck Russia's Ryazan region early Wednesday, setting a Wildberries logistics center ablaze and reportedly hitting the Rosneft-operated Ryazan Oil Refinery.Governor Pavel Malkov confirmed a large attack and fires at industrial sites, saying six people were hospitalized. He attributed the fires to falling drone debris without…
U.S. and Saudi Arabia Strike Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq
The United States and Saudi Arabia carried out coordinated airstrikes against Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq on July 28, widening the regional war after repeated drone attacks targeted Saudi energy infrastructure and U.S. forces.U.S. Central Command said the operation hit logistics and weapons sites belonging to groups it accused Iran's…
Iran Warns Ukraine After Caspian Strike
Iran's Foreign Ministry warned Ukraine of unspecified consequences after accusing Kyiv of attacking an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea on July 25, killing one sailor and injuring another, according to Reuters and the ministry's statement, carried in full by Tasnim.The ministry called the attack a violation of Article…
