Who makes the best combat drone pilots? Ukrainian drone schools say it's young, tech-loving gamers and people used to staring at screens

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A mean wearing googles holds a controller in a field with a small drone flying behind him
Ukraine's drone operators have been key to its fightback against Russia.

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Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones

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A man in khaki gear and black goggles holds a controller with a small black drone in the blue sky behind him
Moving past an operator controlling one drone would be gamechanging.

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What a drone maker on NATO's front line says the West needs for future wars

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A small black object with small wings stands upright on a sandy groud with grass and trees in the background
Latvia's Origin Robotics is working with Ukraine and NATO militaries.

Janis Laizans/REUTERS

The US military wants Shahed-style drones for a Pacific fight. A Virginia company says it has the answer.

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A long-range strike drone takes off from an undisclosed location.
A long-range strike drone developed by Auterion, an American drone software company.

Screengrab/Courtesy of Auterion

Ukraine's drone operators say they have to negotiate safe passage past friendly jammers, sometimes over group chat

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A man in camoflage gear and a helmet stands holding a large grey drone with blue tape on it, with another man assisting, in tall grass and under a blue sky
Ukraine needs drones for its defense, but it needs to make sure its own electronic warfare doesn't get in its way.

Serhii Korovainyi/REUTERS

Backpack drones with lasers are taking a critical job from multimillion-dollar aircraft and protecting pilots in the process

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A man in camoflage gear squats and takes a pale-colored drone out of a camoflage backpack, with a vehicle and another person behind him, all outdoors
PDW says its C100 drone is "packbackable," giving soldiers portable power.

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Former Air Force drone operator says the job isn't like a video game. 'There's not a single game in the world that can prep you.'

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A man in military uniform standing in front of large drone.
Tanner Yackley standing in front of a military drone.

Courtesy of Tanner Yackley

Drone delivery is finally having its moment

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A Zipline drone delivers a Chipotle bag on a residential doorstep.
Major grocery and retail players are rolling out drone delivery programs, so getting dinner ingredients delivered by air may soon be as common as ordering through an app.

Chipotle/Zipline

Fishermen in the Philippines keep finding China's underwater stealth drones

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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard lifting up a 12-foot-long underwater drone made with Chinese labeling.
The Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday that Filipino fishermen had turned over a 12-foot-long underwater drone they found near the waters of Palawan.

Philippine Coast Guard

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

Ihor Tkachov / AFP

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