A firefighting plane that drops 1.600 gallons of water at a time is grounded after it collided with a drone flying illegally above the Palisades fire Thursday, Jan. 9, according to L.A. County Fire Department. A drone was flying above the nearly 20,000-acre fire around 10 a.m. Thursday, when the Canadair CL-14 Super Scooper Quebec […]
Ukrainian military news portal Militarnyi reports that Ukrainian defense forces have received and successfully deployed Shield AI MQ-35A V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicles supplied by the United States. Shield AI, the manufacturer, has released a photo showing the drone alongside Ukrainian military personnel, marking one of the first documented instances of the V-BAT system in Ukrainian service. According to the […]
A recent exercise saw Air Force Special Operations Command land an MQ-9 on a dirt strip in New Mexico on Dec. 16, where it was rearmed, refueled, and launched again by a small group of Airmen. The tactic is part of Agile Combat Employment, the Air Force’s strategy to send small groups of Airmen to […]
Belgium’s SkeyDrone has just published insights and trends captured by its drone detection data from 2024. SkeyDrone’s Drone Detection system is powered by a network of distributed sensors, strategically placed across Belgium. These sensors detect drones by capturing the radio frequency (RF) signals they emit; including C2 link signals (communication between ground control station and the […]