Defense officials consistently tout the Replicator initiative — an ambitious effort to “swarm” thousands of attritable, inexpensive drones at a break-neck pace to counter China — as a great success.

Russia’s new Pantsir SMD-E air-defence system offers a cheap, flexible way to stop growing drone swarms, protecting vital ...

China’s Fujian carrier is reportedly developing a new “Alpha strike” swarm attack power, a tactic that could potentially overwhelm enemy forces, including U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. This development ...

The Pentagon has just awarded a contract for ‘multi-dimensional drone swarm’ from XTEND Reality Inc which includes multiple types of drone flown by AI pilots working together under the control of a ...

Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operating area, Nov. 23, 2025. U.S. Central Command Public Affairs ...

While reports have identified the Jiutian as a “general-purpose drone,” concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a ...

The new drone is based on reverse-engineering Iran's Shahed drone. The U.S. military has deployed its first squadron of one-way attack drones to the Middle East, employing a U.S.-built drone that was ...