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The U.S. Marine Corps is rapidly deploying first-person view (FPV) attack drones, similar to those used in Ukraine, for training in Australia.

Marines seek 10,000 attack drones as forces exercise in Australia

U.S. Marines at an exercise in Australia demonstrated the use of small, first-person-view attack drones that can be carried into the field and employed immediately for reconnaissance or precision strikes, as the service seeks to integrate…

2026-08-05 · 3 MIN READ

Ukraine's National Guard pivots attack unit to hunting Russian drones

The Wall Street Journal gained exclusive access to film Lasar's Group of the National Guard of Ukraine, a unit pivoting from attacks on Russian heavy equipment to hunting drones out of the sky.
Russia is launching its largest aerial attacks of the war, overwhelming Ukrainian defenses with thousands of one-way attack drones and hundreds of advanced missiles.
Ukraine is leaning on cheap drones to defend cities from drone swarms while appealing to allies for Patriot interceptors to shoot down missiles.
Four years into the war, Ukraine has developed expertise against Shahed-type drones using machine guns, helicopters and electronic warfare.

2026-07-24 · 3 MIN READ

Anduril drone fires live missile in first Air Force combat-drone test

An Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone fired an AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile at a simulated target over the Mojave Desert on July 15, the first live-weapon launch from a U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone.
The missile struck a digital target in a beyond-line-of-sight engagement, the Air Force said.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said the test brought the service "one step closer to delivering capabilities to the warfighter."
The Air Force last month awarded contracts for the next generation of CCA drones to Anduril and General Atomics, with plans to acquire about 1,000 of the aircraft.

2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READ