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China’s Massive Drone Swarm Mothership “Jiutian” Takes Flight

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

China’s AVIC completes first flight of Jetank ‘swarm carrier’ drone

China's state-owned AVIC has completed the first flight of its Jetank drone swarm carrier, designed to deploy dozens of ...
Janes

China's Jiutian drone swarm-launching UAV conducts first flight

A heavyweight, multirole unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which China unveiled in 2024 as a potential ‘drone mother ship', has ...

Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones

Pilots being able to control many drones is "kind of a prerequisite" for "the total drone warfare that is coming to all of us ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s first 16-ton drone mothership that can launch swarms mid-air flies in China

China has flown its Jetank unmanned aircraft, a heavy-lift drone called "airborne UAV carrier" by state media, for the first ...

Pantsir SMD-E: Russia’s New Shield Against the Drone Swarm Era

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

Army Turns the Apache Into a Drone-Killing Gunship

The Army is giving the AH-64E Apache a new mission, transforming the iconic gunship into a fast-moving drone killer designed ...
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

China flies the first 16-ton drone mothership that launches swarms

China has just flown a 16-ton unmanned aircraft built not to drop bombs itself, but to carry and release swarms of smaller ...

Congress wants to screen drone operators for PTSD, depression

The new NDAA calls for a study on how working with drones impacts crews' mental health, including watching lethal strikes.
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Ukraine’s drone swarms are draining Russia’s air-defense missiles faster than factories can replace them

Russia is facing major difficulties in replenishing its stockpiles of anti-aircraft missiles due to Ukraine’s ongoing use of ...
Việt Báo

Switchblade vs. KUB Drone: A 'Suicide Squadron' Showdown Between Russia and the US – Who Will Dominate the Ukrainian Battlefield?

Ukraine conflict, two of the world's leading suicide attack drones, the KUB-BLA and the Switchblade, went head-to-head: the ...
StrategyPage

Air Weapons: Where The Drone Revolution Began

November 22, 2025: In Ukraine, swarms of FPV/First Person View drones have revolutionized how wars are fought. There are few methods to defeat drone attacks. The primary defensive measure is ...