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Drone attack on Sudan market kills 28: rights group
Feb 16, 2026 (AFP)
The attack occurred in a paramilitary-controlled area in the far north of Sudan's Kordofan region, currently the fiercest frontline in the three-year-old war be...
Raytheon demonstrates recoverable Coyote system against drone swarms
Feb 13, 2026 (SPX)
Coyote Block 3NK is a counter-unmanned aircraft system designed to loiter in the battlespace and engage drone swarms using a non-kinetic payload. This approach ...
EU eyes tighter registration, no-fly zones to tackle drone threats
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
The spate of mysterious flights that shut airports, buzzed military bases and passed near nuclear sites laid bare gaps in Europe's security in the face of worri...
Drone attacks on Ethiopia's restive Tigray kill one
Jan 31, 2026 (AFP)
Hostilities broke out in recent days in Tsemlet, western Tigray, an area claimed by forces from the neighbouring Amhara region. Flights to Tigray have been susp...
Poland signs deals for 'Europe's most modern' anti-drone system
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
Poland, which lies on both NATO and the EU's eastern flank, has in recent years invested heavily to modernise its military following fears of a Russian threat. ...
Energy learning algorithm boosts complex UAV swarm tasking
Jan 19, 2026 (SPX)
A team led by Professor Mou Chen at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has developed an energy learning hyper-heuristic, or EL-HH, framework to ...
India accuses Pakistan of cross-border drone incursions in Kashmir
Jan 13, 2026 (AFP)
"They have been told that this is unacceptable to us, and please put a stop to it," General Upendra Dwivedi told reporters in New Delhi in an annual briefing to...
Sweden invests over $400 mn in military drones
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
Defence Minister Pal Jonson said the investment included reconnaissance and electronic warfare drones and "long-range loitering munitions" -- also known as kami...
Drones take thermal readings to track dolphin health
Jan 07, 2026 (SPX)
In a study published in the Journal of Thermal Biology, marine mammal specialists analysed more than 40,000 thermal images collected by drones to evaluate how a...
Tethered UAV system demonstrates autonomous knotting for heavy load aerial transport
Jan 07, 2026 (SPX)
The approach uses a cable-driven transport configuration in which a UAV carries a winch and tether and performs an enclosing and binding maneuver around a targe...
DLR completes ground roll tests of HAP alpha uncrewed high altitude solar aircraft
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
Ground roll tests verified the aircraft's steering, braking, propulsion response, and ground handling behavior under realistic operating conditions. These tests...
RTX radar selected to support autonomous X 62A fighter testing
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
The X-62A VISTA functions as a dedicated platform for flight testing autonomy and artificial intelligence, allowing Air Force and industry engineers to evaluate...
Spatiotemporal resilience model targets IoT unmanned fleets
Dec 31, 2025 (SPX)
Conventional resilience assessments tend to track performance over time only, but the team argues that spatial factors, such as how platforms are positioned and...
Drones dive into aviation's deepest enigma as MH370 hunt restarts
Dec 30, 2025 (AFP)
Armed with cutting-edge deep-sea robots and smarter data, US investigators are scouring the seabed for clues that have eluded governments, experts and grieving ...
UAV swarm algorithm boosts spectrum resilience in contested airspace
Dec 30, 2025 (SPX)
A research team led by Professor Lin at Harbin Engineering University has proposed an intelligent decision framework to manage UAV swarm spectrum resources unde...
Thai army accuses Cambodia of violating truce with over 250 drones
Dec 29, 2025 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian neighbours agreed to the "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, pledging to end renewed border clashes that killed dozens of people and displace...
China rolls out 2 ton unmanned cargo aircraft to expand domestic aerial logistics
Dec 22, 2025 (SPX)
The SUNNY T2000 features a rectangular cargo bay with a volume of about 15 cubic meters and is designed to transport a wide range of payloads, including emergen...
Drone lab system tracks nitrate runoff in farm waterways
Dec 18, 2025 (SPX)
Nitrogen fertilizers underpin much of modern crop production, yet a large fraction of applied nitrogen does not remain in the root zone and instead moves into f...
Germany opens new national drone defence centre
Dec 17, 2025 (AFP)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Russia is behind many of the sightings at sensitive locations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe such as airports, military b...
Globalstar Skydio trial validates Band n53 for public safety drone links
Dec 17, 2025 (SPX)
The companies structured the trial to assess Band n53 and XCOM RAN as an alternative to Wi-Fi and public cellular networks for command, control, and video links...
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