#drone warfare

Autoridades ucranianas dizem que o treinamento básico está voltando para o território nacional, enquanto aliados buscam cada vez mais a expertise ucraniana em guerra de drones, guerra eletrônica e adaptação na linha de frente.

Os Estados Unidos e Reino Unido anunciaram uma iniciativa de defesa conjunta para desenvolver tecnologias capazes de detectar e destruir veículos submarinos autônomos que ameaçam portos, bases navais e infraestrutura marítima crítica.

A Marinha Sueca interceptou um possível drone de reconhecimento russo que se aproximava de um porta-aviões francês no Mar Báltico, em um incidente tenso que reflete a crescente competição de vigilância aérea entre NATO e Rússia.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll says the service aims to purchase one million drones within 18 to 24 months and will launch a soldier-led marketplace next month where private companies can sell drone innovations directly to military units. The push follows the Army's inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition.

Facing severe personnel shortages after three years of conflict, Ukraine is transforming its military doctrine around autonomous and semi-autonomous drones. What began as improvised drone warfare has matured into a systematic shift where machines increasingly fill roles once held by infantry soldiers.

Defense analysts are sounding the alarm that NATO lacks the doctrine, technology, and infrastructure to counter drone threats in the Arctic region. As Russia and China expand their military presence in the High North, the alliance faces a critical capability gap in one of the world's most strategically important theaters.

At Fort Stewart, Georgia, US soldiers who enlisted to drive tanks are now piloting drones on laptops. The Army's Transformation in Contact initiative is absorbing lessons from Ukraine's battlefield, where cheap drones are destroying armor at an unprecedented rate.

KestrelX KX-2 manned aircraft simulate Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in US military exercises, enabling realistic counter-UAS training.

KestrelX KX-2 planes with bird-sized radar signatures simulate Iranian kamikaze drones for US fighter pilots training off the Georgia coast.