FPV drones are defining the battlefield
At the end of January 2024 a Russian company from 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment set off to attack in the area of Novomikhailovka, South-West of...
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Navy of Drones
On the night of 16-17 September 2022, a small team of Ukrainian naval personnel and scientists released twelve marine drones into the water at a...
Creating a British ‘Army of Drones’
In his seminal The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848 -1918, A.J.P. Taylor wrote of the First World War, ‘The machine-gun and the spade changed...
The MQ-9B Sea Guardian and the revolution in anti-submarine warfare
Introduction Amidst the advancements in artificial intelligence, hypersonic missiles, quantum computing, cyberattacks, and lethal autonomous weapons, there is one aspect that has been overlooked in...
Loitering munitions – a revolution in Russian warfare?
The war in Ukraine is shaping the way the Russian Army fights and it is changing the country’s industrial priorities with significant effort being spent...
Countering tactical kamikaze drones – ideas urgently needed.
At the time of writing, the ZALA AERO-Kalashnikov Lancet loitering munition (‘kamikaze drone’) has damaged or destroyed 640 odd Ukrainian vehicles and systems on the...
Drones and the Close Battle
This year the Ukrainian MOD intends to procure 200,000 drones. That statement should make defence ministries pause and reflect. It is not evident this is...
Uncrewed Drones in Naval Warfare: A Force Multiplier?
Uncrewed drones: better kit, cheaper costs and more useful than ever In recent years the idea of leveraging on uncrewed drone technologies for use in...
The raid on Sevastopol Bay
On Saturday 29 October, at 4.30 am Moscow time, air defences at the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol Bay were alerted to what appeared...
Leveraging Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions are changing the character of warfare, but militaries are failing to leverage this emerging technology across echelons. Modern militaries like the United States...