US Army captain says top drone pilots are the ones who play video games when they get off on Fridays

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US Army soldiers looking at a handheld device.
US Army soldiers looking at a handheld device.

Screenshot/Business Insider/Graham Flanagan

Behind the US Army's drone push is broken gear, bad signals, and a lot of lessons that still need to be learned

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US Army soldier wearing a headset prepares to launch an FPV drone.
A US Army soldier wearing a headset prepares to launch an FPV drone.

Screenshot/Business Insider/Graham Flanagan

How the US military is training a drone army 400 miles from Ukraine

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The US Army announced it will invest $36 billion over the next five years to modernize its force, with a heavy emphasis on drone technology.

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained for bomb-dropping drones — with water balloons

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A man in camouflage clothing and a hat and with a green balaclava covering his face holds a grey drone in the air with grass and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are learning drone warfare techniques from Western allies in a UK-led program.

JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

Ukraine says its long-range drones attacked a Russian factory making warheads for its deadly Shaheds

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A Ukrainian officer examines a downed Shahed drone with a thermobaric charge launched by Russia in a research laboratory in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 14, 2024.
The Shahed is an Iranian-designed drone that Russia now produces in large quantities at home.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Europe's drone push exposes gaps in defense readiness

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A Tekever uncrewed aerial vehicle on the ground.
European defense companies like Portugal's Tekever are developing drones used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

TEKEVER

What the US Army is flying is around 90% crewed, 10% drone. Leadership wants to flip that.

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ah64 apache attack helicopter
The US Army's aviation portfolio is set for a massive overhaul in the coming years.

Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/US Air Force

Wild videos capture fiery scenes from a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers shielded by tires

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A screengrab shows a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian bomber aircraft.
Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack targeting Russian aircraft on Sunday.

Screenshot/Video obtained by BI

A 17-year-old designed a cheaper, more efficient drone. The Department of Defense just awarded him $23,000 for it.

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teenage boy sitting at a desk covered in electronics and wiring in a white room
Cooper Taylor poses with his drone circuit board.

Normin Taylor

How are drones changing war? Companies are now pitching new shotguns, rifle kits, and ammo as last-resort drone killers.

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A man wearing camouflage carries a riffle with an attachment for counter drones. The background is a leafy green forest.
The counter-drone fight involves a layered system of electronic warfare systems, signal jamming, and kinetic weapons.

Kinard Technologies

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