The Pentagon's Gauntlet will put 25 attack drone makers to the test, including some from Ukraine

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A soldier holds a quadcopter drone in a green field with walls of grey smoke behind him.
The first phase of the program invites 25 companies to test their drones with US military operators.

US Army photo by Capt. Shenicquia Fulton

Keeping top combat aircraft flying is expected to only get more expensive

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An F-35 takes off from the deck of a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a darker blue sky in the background.
The US and other top militaries will be spending more on aircraft sustainment than in previous years.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicole Stuart

Ukraine showed a British unit that it needs to 3D-print drone parts and be able to do it close to the fight

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Multiple arms hold the grey shape of a drone body, with one person wearing camouflage clothing visible
Ukrainian soldiers are 3D printing drone bodies, parts, and bombs, and the UK is paying attention.

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Ukraine's interceptor drones are being upgraded all the time to keep pace with Russia's changing tactics

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The view of a Russian attack drone as seen from a camera on a Ukrainian interceptor drone.
A Ukrainian interceptor drone hunts down a Russian attack drone.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Screengrab via X

An F-35 stealth fighter shot down an Iranian drone flying toward a US Navy aircraft carrier

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An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on January 15, 2026.
A US Navy F-35 lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in January.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Cesar Zavala

Ukrainian soldiers battling a brutal winter are wrapping drone batteries in heated shoe insoles to keep them warm in flight

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Soldiers from a UAS crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region assemble a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on January 23, 2026.
Ukrainian forces are wrapping drone batteries in heated shoe insoles to keep them warm.

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NATO soldiers say they can't let their guns get too warm if they want them to work on frozen battlefields

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A NATO soldier moves during a training course in northern Finland in January 2026.
NATO military personnel training in Finland say they can't let their guns get too warm if they want them to work in the Arctic.

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Ukraine may get more than Gripen jets — Europe's top air-to-air missile is also on the table

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The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) is displayed outside the MBDA exhibition hall during the Farnborough International Airshow 2022 on July 19, 2022, in Farnborough, England.
The Meteor is a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile.

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This US Army drone school is training students on what it's like to be hunted

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US Army soldiers during drone operator training.
US Army personnel fly the commercial UAS First Person View simulators during the inaugural Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course (UALC) at Fort Rucker.

US Army/Leslie Herlick

The rush for Europe's $920 billion warchest

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Photo collage featuring drones, money, and a business deal

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Kelluu began, as startups often do, in an old shed.

The small Finnish company makes airships — think van-sized blimps — originally designed to watch over power lines with cameras.

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