Tobyhanna Army Depot and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), proudly marked the successful launch of a ...

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we explore the evolution of U.S. military drones and high-tech unmanned systems like ...

Threats to medium-altitude drones like the MQ-9 Reaper are growing. These types of drones are suffering mounting losses in wars from Ukraine to Yemen. These persistent and armed eyes in the sky ...

The Reaper’s standard payload capacity is 3,800 pounds. For weaponry, the drone can handle up to four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and two 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs.

The services have long flown larger drones like the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator, both built as traditional large-scale ...

The U.S. military is low on weapons. Can it restock before a major conflict breaks out?

Unmanned vehicles are increasingly becoming essential weapons of war. But with a potential conflict with China looming large, Taiwan is scrambling to build a domestic drone industry from scratch.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday directing the Pentagon to take measures to “unleash” American drone production and ...

On a patch of dirt in the vast wilderness in Alaska, a long-range drone roared like a lawn mower as it shot into the sky. It scanned the ground for a target it had been programmed to recognize, and ...

The US military's usual drones are known to be a bit more heavy-duty than, say, an off-the-shelf quadcopter, but the memo suggests Hegseth wants to acquire just that type of low-cost and lightweight ...

Remote pilots and crews operating drones in warfare would become eligible for combat-related services through the Department of Veterans Affairs under a measure in the Senate version of the 2026 ...

Wen added that the CH-5 is a UAV “as good as the U.S.-made General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper: a hunter-killer drone often deemed by Western analysts as the best of its kind.” ...