On 11 May 2025, the South Korean news agency Yonhap announced a significant shift in South Korea's naval strategy: the Seoul government has decided to abandon the F-35B light aircraft carrier project in favour of a multi-role command ship designed for unmanned aircraft operations. This choice represents a clear [...]
The use of drones in warfare is well established, but a recent innovation is changing the rules of the game. These are fibre-optic drones, which, thanks to a fibre-optic cable attached to the pilot, are able to evade electronic interference, a common problem for traditional drones. Drones piloted via [...]
Airbus has unveiled its new European drone, based on a small unmanned aircraft used for training over 20 years ago. LOAD (Low-Cost Air Defence) is the new 'anti-drone drone' designed to address one of the key challenges of modern air defence: reducing the cost of intercepting low-cost drones with traditional high-cost systems [...]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Despite a recent incident with an Israeli-built drone, South Korea's military is moving forward with unmanned technology, including a faithful stealth wing designed to accompany the air force's new KF-21 Boramae fighters. The incident occurred on 17 March, when a Korean military's IAI Heron-1 drone went off [...]
In an operation that shakes up the balance of the aerospace and defence industry, Leonardo has chosen the Turkish giant Baykar Technologies as its strategic partner for the development of latest-generation war drones. An industrial alliance that promises to redefine the sector's technological assets and open up new scenarios for the European market. Baykar, an iconic company [...]
