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Drones

  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    FT GuidesRobotics, cobots and automation
    Ukraine’s ‘drone war’ hastens development of autonomous weapons

    Artificial intelligence means machines can operate even when communications are blocked, but there are ethical concerns

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  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
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    Influx of weapons believed to have come from China, Turkey and the UAE has escalated the ruinous conflict

    General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a Serbian Chinese made CH-95 drone; satellite image shows smoke rising from burning oil tanks in Port Sudan, Sudan May 6, 2025
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Europe needs smart rearmament

    Nato must develop a nimbler technological edge than during the cold war

    Ukrainian Army carry a Vampire hexacopter drone
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
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    Trump’s reset of US alliances and Russian threats cement Nato power’s role as ‘country condemned to strategic significance’

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says ‘European security cannot be thought of without Turkey’
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
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  • Sunday, 11 May, 2025
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    Oleksandr Yakovenko, one of Ukraine’s top drone manufacturers, on the challenges of the high-tech war and of keeping one step ahead of the Russians

    A Ukrainian serviceman operates a reconnaissance drone
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
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    New Delhi also claims its forces knocked out air defence system in Lahore

    Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard as investigators collect pieces of a suspected Indian drone in Karachi
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
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    Tekever’s AR3 drone
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
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    UK military prevented from flying drones over soldiers’ heads

    Overly cautious regulations and data protection guidelines are curtailing exercises, MPs warn

    A Welsh soldier at a training camp in Germany
  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
    Fully autonomous strike drones within technological reach, says German start-up

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    A Stark drone
  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
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    UK tests microwave weapon to disable drone swarms

    ‘RapidDestroyer’ uses a high-power radio frequency to fry systems at a distance

    RFDEW Image of the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
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    Ukraine is winning the drone start-up war

    Experimentation on the battlefield and fast development of cheap, smart solutions help the country resist Russia

    Ukrainian servicemen of the 25th Airborne Brigade attach small air bombs to a Vampire drone
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
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  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    BAE Systems PLC
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    Smaller pilotless planes could be used to suppress defences before combat aircraft enter danger zones

    A fighter jet displayed prominently at a defence show, with the model positioned in front of a booth featuring logos of participating companies and organisations, including the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the Ministry of Defence. National flags of Italy, Japan, and the UK are visible above the display.
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
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    From hover points to trampoline packaging: how Amazon is aiming to deliver by drone

    US tech group awaiting approval to start flying packages to customers’ doorsteps in northern English town of Darlington

    A stylized white envelope with drone propellers on a blue background, representing drone-based mail delivery
  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    Italian defence group set to boost European drone firepower in tie-up with Baykar

    Leonardo’s planned joint venture would give Turkish company longed-for access to Europe’s market

    The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle flies above the clouds at sunset
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    German politics
    Germany moves towards armed forces shooting down spy drones

    Government proposal comes amid sharp rise in suspicious activity around military facilities and industrial sites

    F-35 fighter jet taking off from US airbase in Ramstein, Germany
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    China’s ‘loyal wingman’ drones open new front in competition with US

    Aircraft designed to accompany crewed stealth jets could help Beijing challenge American air superiority

    China’s Feihong FH-97A, a ‘loyal wingman’ drone designed to accompany crewed aircraft, on display at Zhuhai air show in China
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Concern grows over mysterious drone sightings along US east coast

    Federal authorities move to quell disquiet over aerial phenomena

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Rheinmetall joins forces with US software specialist on drone development

    German defence group plans to integrate its unmanned aerial vehicles with operating system developed by Auterion

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks at a Rheinmetall drone at the 2024 ILA Berlin Air Show on June 5 2024 in Schönefeld, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
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    Savvy newcomers can overcome challenges with the right tech and credibility with government stakeholders

    Helsing’s HX-2 drone
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Visual investigation
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    Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents

    A collage of photos showing Russian drone targets and a man in a hospital bed who has lost part of his leg
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Military technology
    European AI specialist Helsing unveils attack drone

    Company says it can produce tens of thousands of weapons a year at lower cost than current autonomous systems

    Helsing drones
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