A Defense Department policy memo quietly released last month has left Marine Corps infantry units unable to use the hundreds of new quadcopters fielded to units at the direction of the commandant. The ...

U.S. Army Pvt. Brandon Ruehl prepares to release a quadcopter for reconnaissance purposes during Allied Spirit VIII, a U.S. Army Europe-directed multinational exercise series designed to develop and ...

It may look like R2-D2 from Star Wars slapped on top of a dune buggy, but Raytheon says its new laser weapon holds the promise of providing maneuver formations with portable air defenses against ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On December 1, the Army announced that the 3rd Battalion, 75th Army ...

The use of small unmanned aerial systems is on the rise, within both the civilian and government sectors. The military is jumping on the small UAS train to fill critical intelligence, surveillance and ...

The Israel defence forces’ land command and the nation’s defence ministry are developing an unmanned quadcopter to support ground units. Currently being defined by the land command’s technical branch, ...

U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa deputy director of communication Master Sgt. Chad E. McMeen uses a commercial-grade quadcopter to capture aerial video footage in 2015. (Visual Information ...

The U.S. Army is testing two quadcopters at Fort Benning, Georgia, with the aim of selecting one later this year as its Short-Range Reconnaissance (SSR) drone. Following the award of prototype ...

With the current ease of access to social media, war has never been more visible worldwide than it is today. Videos of small drones carrying out devastating attacks targeting Russian personnel on ...

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – As part of its genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, Israel has been ramping up its use of small drones, or quadcopters, to drop ...

Gunmaker Sig Sauer is experimenting with pistol-armed quadcopters that a single person can carry and employ because, as one spokesman has put it, "why wouldn't we?" While small arms-toting aerial ...

A Soviet-style poster from Russian drone makers Sudoplatov. Text reads "MORE: VT-40 FPV Drones, Munitions , Repeaters, Electronic Warfare," There were few small drones in service when Russia launched ...