In San Diego a Torrey Pines paraglider was forced to make an emergency landing when a drone became entwined in his parachute. The paraglider, who shared a Go-Pro video of the run in on YouTube, says the collision caused two tears to the parachute and cut two lines, among other damages. Thankfully, he was uninjured […]

In San Diego a Torrey Pines paraglider was forced to make an emergency landing when a drone became entwined in his parachute. The paraglider, who shared a Go-Pro video of the run in on YouTube, says the collision caused two tears to the parachute and cut two lines, among other damages. Thankfully, he was uninjured […]

The Drishti 10 Starliner drone, manufactured at Adani Defence and Aerospace facility Hyderabad, on Tuesday crashed off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat during its pre-acceptance trials. It would have been inducted upon completing trials. Sources confirmed the drone, also known as Hermes 900, that crashed was operated by the supplier while it crashed into the […]

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was mistakenly shot down in northern Syria on Dec. 9 by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The Kurdish-led SDF is the United States’ principal partner in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria, and the downing of the American […]

A rare Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik—the Russian air force’s first stealthy armed drone—got shot down apparently by an accompanying Russian fighter after the drone seemingly malfunctioned near the Ukrainian-held fortress town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. The wreckage rained down on nearby Kostyantynivka. Imagery from the crash site offers a tantalizing hint at what […]

A previously undisclosed crash of an Air Force MQ-9 crash in Africa in February stemmed from the pilot’s failure to follow the takeoff guidelines and to properly recover the descending aircraft, according to a newly released report. The Feb. 11 incident, which occurred at an undisclosed location, caused no injuries or damage to civilian property, […]

A high-altitude-long-endurance MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone that was taken on lease by the Indian Navy from the U.S. ditched into the Bay of Bengal off Chennai after encountering a technical failure on Wednesday (September 18, 2024). The drone was operating from naval air station INS Rajali in Arakkonam near Chennai, the Indian Navy said. In […]

A Ukrainian first-person-view (FPV) drone hit a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter over Russia’s Kursk Oblast on Aug. 6, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Aug. 7. The drone, operated by the Special Operations Center “A” of the SBU, managed to hit the helicopter’s tail rotor, the source […]