#drone warfare

乌克兰官员表示，基础训练正在回归本土，而盟友则日益寻求乌克兰在无人机作战、电子战和前线适应方面的经验。

美国和英国宣布了一项联合防御倡议，旨在开发能够检测和摧毁威胁港口、海军基地和关键海事基础设施的自主水下车辆的技术。

瑞典海军拦截了据称为俄罗斯侦察无人机，该机正在靠近波罗的海上活动的法国航空母舰。这一紧张事件反映了北约-俄罗斯空中监视竞争的加剧。

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.