Naval drones may seem like cutting-edge technology, but the concept has a long and surprising history that most people don’t know. This video explores how navies have experimented with unmanned ships ...

Author Mark Bowden writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Though unmanned, remote-controlled drones had been used in times of war since World War II, they were revolutionized in 1995. The Gnat, ...

In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into ...

Ukraine has responded to a war it didn’t start by creating an industry it doesn’t want, but could the nation's ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to embark on the largest unmanned systems buildup in U.S. history — an effort that could deliver more than 300,000 small drones over the next ...

It’s will be a weekend for high-flying — or low-flying — fun at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Fast, high-energy micro drones will take over the Korean War Gallery when micro drone racing ...

TRUPPENÜBUNGSPLATZ PUTLOS TRAINING GROUND, Germany—In a grassy field near the Baltic Sea, U.S. soldiers used net-shooting hunter drones, specially outfitted 557 rifles, and .50-caliber machine guns to ...

Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co. stepped up to defend its market-leading position, unveiling a new, compact drone targeted at consumers and professionals just over a week after GoPro Inc.