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U.S. Support for Ukraine Would be Cheap at Twice the Price

OPINION – On a recent visit to Kyiv, we stood near midnight in an operations center surrounded by young Ukrainian drone pilots remotely flying [...] More

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Drone Sightings are a Reminder: US Needs Better Drone Defenses

EXPERT INTERVIEW — What’s going on with all the drone sightings? That’s a question on the minds of residents in several northeastern states and - in [...] More

Ukraine's Heaviest Drone Strike Seeks to Bring War to Russia

DEEP DIVE — Ukraine fired a wave of drones and missiles at Moscow and several other Russian regions late Monday, in one of its heaviest attacks [...] More
U.S. Navy’s Ukraine Lesson: We Need More Sea Drones

U.S. Navy’s Ukraine Lesson: We Need More Sea Drones

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — Ukraine continues to strike Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, an area that has seen the most dynamic [...] More
The Global Race to Produce AI-Driven War Machines

The Global Race to Produce AI-Driven War Machines

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The marvels of artificial intelligence caught the imagination again this month when Frank Kendall, the secretary of [...] More
Former Top NATO Commander Warns of "Drone Swarm" Threat

Former Top NATO Commander Warns of "Drone Swarm" Threat

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — While the use of lethal drones is escalating in Ukraine, Russia, the Middle East and elsewhere, the global [...] More

AI-Fueled Drones are Changing the Battlespace

OPINION — I recently had the opportunity to speak at a communications conference and during the Q&A period, I was asked which tech trend concerned me [...] More
The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Preventing Drone Nightmares

The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Preventing Drone Nightmares

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - As drones of all types – aerial, land, and maritime – grow in number and sophistication, so do nightmarish [...] More
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Made in Iran: The Drones That are Killing Americans, Israelis and Ukrainians 

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - The January 28 strike that killed three U.S. service members at a base in Jordan sparked an escalation that has [...] More
DoD's Replicator Drone Concept Builds on Lessons Learned in Ukraine

DoD's Replicator Drone Concept Builds on Lessons Learned in Ukraine

“Small, smart, cheap, and many” is the way Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks describes the characteristics of the drones that the Pentagon [...] More
Ukraine Enlists Local Drone Makers in War Effort

Ukraine Enlists Local Drone Makers in War Effort

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING (KYIV) – After a near constant barrage of Russian missile attacks targeting Kyiv over the past several weeks, a wave of drones [...] More
The Drone Series: What's Over the Horizon?

The Drone Series: What's Over the Horizon?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE - Russian authorities say they shot down a Ukrainian drone over the area that serves as headquarters for the Russian Black Sea [...] More