Defense & Combat
Military drone news from UASFeed — UAS programs, battlefield lessons from Ukraine and beyond, loitering munitions, and how uncrewed systems are changing combat.
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Defense & Combat
How Military Drone Pilots Are Trained: Inside the UAS Pipeline
From Air Force officers flying MQ-9 Reapers to Army 15Ws at Fort Huachuca to squad-level FPV familiarization, a look at how the U.S. military actually trains drone operators, and how South Korea and Ukraine compare.
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Defense & Combat
MALE and HALE UAV Deliveries in 2026: Who's Shipping What
A reference guide to medium- and high-altitude long-endurance drone deliveries in 2026: MQ-9B handovers across Europe and Asia, NATO's Triton letter of intent, Baykar's Akinci production surge, China's Wing Loong assembly lines, Israel's Heron Mk II squadron, and the Eurodrone that still isn't shipping.
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Defense & Combat
NATO Allies Sign Letter of Intent for Up to Five MQ-4C Triton Drones to Watch the High North
Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Norway signed a letter of intent in Ankara to jointly buy up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones, extending NATO's high-altitude maritime surveillance net over the Atlantic, Baltic, and Arctic approaches.
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Defense & Combat
Pentagon's DIU Opens Hunt for Disposable Drone to Complement the MQ-9A Reaper
DIU's new Massed Modular Aircraft solicitation seeks a cheap, mass-producible drone that can fly 2,300 nm combat radius with a 2,800-lb payload to take over Reaper missions and absorb combat losses.
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Defense & Combat
Navy Teases Next Phase of MUSV 'Marketplace' as Aug. 1 RFP Looms
The Navy will open a new round of its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel marketplace on Aug. 1, seeking high-capacity logistics drone boats as it races to grow the fleet from 4 to 30 vessels by 2030.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine's Drone Fleet Hits 36 Shadow-Fleet Tankers in Four Days, Squeezing Crimea and Russian Fuel Supplies
Ukraine's 414th Brigade under Robert 'Magyar' Brovdi struck 36 vessels — mostly Russian shadow-fleet tankers — in four days using Fire Point FP-1/FP-2 drones, choking Crimea's fuel lines as Washington quietly updates its own Russia sanctions licenses.
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Defense & Combat
DIU Wants a Cheap, Mass-Producible Hunter-Killer Drone to Replace the Reaper
The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting a low-cost, modular strike/ISR drone to replace the MQ-9A Reaper after nearly 30 were lost in recent Iran operations, with bids due July 23, 2026.
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Defense & Combat
Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway to Buy Up to Five MQ-4C Tritons for NATO's ISR Fleet
Four NATO allies announced in Ankara that they will procure up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones, NATO's first Triton buy, to bolster alliance-owned maritime surveillance in the High North.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine's Long-Range Drone Campaign Escalates as Russia Retaliates on Kyiv
Ukraine hit Russian oil, naval and defense sites with two massive drone barrages in 48 hours; Russia answered with 351 drones and 68 missiles on Kyiv, killing at least 12 as Zelensky pressed NATO for more interceptors.
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Defense & Combat
Royal Navy Launches Nyan Strike Drone From a Ship at Sea for the First Time
The Royal Navy fired a Callen-Lenz Nyan One-Way Effector off a rail launcher aboard the trials ship XV Patrick Blackett on July 3, 2026 — the service's first-ever at-sea launch of a strike-capable drone.
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Defense & Combat
Hegseth Creates Pentagon 'Drone Czar' Office, Stripping Services of Unmanned Systems Authority
A memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth creates a new joint office with milestone authority over nearly all Pentagon drone programs, pulling buying power away from the individual armed services.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine Opens First-Ever Open Tender for 'Tens of Thousands' of Middle-Strike Drones
Ukraine's new Defence Procurement Agency has launched its first competitive, model-blind tender for middle-strike and reconnaissance-strike drones, aiming to buy tens of thousands of jam-resistant UAVs from multiple manufacturers at once.
