Documents obtained by Drone Wars using the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) reveal how British military officials view the UK’s next generation armed drone, known as Protector, and the types of advanced capabilities the aircraft will have.

Protector, which is set to replace the UK’s current flee…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 2 December 2020, took delivery of a second Mi-171E Helicopter acquired by the Federal Government from Serbia.

The Ilyushin 76 strategic airlifter aircraft that brought the brand-new helicopter touched down at NAF Base Makurdi at exactly 3.15pm today.

The A…

U.S. Special Operations Command hopes to increasingly use artificial intelligence and machine learning in all aspects of warfare, its commander said.

Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke spoke virtually today with Hudson Institute scholars. Clarke noted that Project Maven jump-started the employment of AI…

The National Defense Space Architecture will include hundreds of satellites in orbit around earth dedicated to gathering targeting and tracking information and instantly transmit it to war fighters. Getting the defense industry on board with this, means gaining their trust. Part of that will require…

MOSCOW — The first Su-57 fifth-generation fighters with the advanced second-stage engine will be assembled in 2022, Head of Russia’s state tech corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov said on Monday.

“We continue work on the second-stage engine. And I hope that somewhere in 2022 the engines wi…

MOSCOW — Serial deliveries of the latest T-14 ‘Armata’ tank to the Russian troops will begin in 2021, Head of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov announced on Monday.

“Serial deliveries of the T-14 tank based on the Armata platform will begin in 2021. This is, undoubtedly, the …