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Reflecting on lessons learned from the cancellation of the Mosquito programme, the Royal Air Force has redefined the role of uncrewed systems within its ranks through a tiered system.

Despite Israels military campaign in Gaza, its defense exports to India remain unaffected. Over the past decade, India has imported military equipment worth $2.9 billion from Israel, including radars, drones, and missiles. The ongoing conflict in Gaza, which began after militants killed 1,200 people in Israel, has not disrupted Israels defense supplies to India. Israel has ensured a steady supply of weapons to India, including drone components, amid its operations in Gaza, focusing on maintainin...

Within a few months, it will be feasible to establish production capacity for approximately 100 of these drones per month, the minister said.

Drones have conquered the battlefield in the Ukraine conflict, becoming an almost indispensable modern warfare technology. Why has Russia managed to adapt to this revolutionary shift so quickly?

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with six combat drones and an Iskander M-type ballistic missile on the night of 26-27 October. Ukrainian defenders downed five Shahed-136/131 UAVs. Source: Ukraine's Air Force Quote: "The enemy attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region, using six Shahed-type attack UAVs, in the direction of Ukraine's southern oblasts and launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile from Voronezh Oblast in the direction of Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 26-27 October ...

The Heron TP UAVs Germany is leasing from Israel's IAI are likely equipped with precision-guided missiles designed for rapid and spatially limited effect against vehicles or positions.

25 out of 33 Russian Shahed-131/136 combat drones launched from Cape Chauda in the southeastern part of occupied Crimea were shot down overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a Telegram statement released on Oct. 6.

The spokesman of the Iranian Army’s joint exercise says homegrown kamikaze and combat drones have successfully hit all their targets during the maneuver.

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Shahed combat drones from the north on 10 September. An air-raid warning was sounded in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts. Source: Ukrainian Air Force Quote: "A group of Shaheds in Sumy Oblast, moving towards the west! An air-raid warning may be spreading according to the vector of the attack UAVs' movement".

Russia launched 16 combat drones and 28 cruise missiles at Ukraine last night, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Aug. 30.