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The Albatross II attack and surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) and its American partner, is on display at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition 2025 (TADTE), in Taipei, Taiwan, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Taiwan moves to counter China’s drone dominance

Defense experts discussed Taiwan's plans to grow its domestic drone production pipelines and its military’s adoption of such systems.
18 hours ago By Brandi Vincent
An instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, engages targets from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Bravo Company, 1-140th Aviation Regiment, during Advanced Sniper Course 25-2 hosted by EOTG, I MEF, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 19, 2025. ASC is designed to train personnel in the marksmanship skills necessary to provide sniper support to expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

Marines’ Force Design plan urges modernization to tackle ‘the changing character of war’

The Marine Corps commandant's 24-page plan was released Thursday.
Oct 23, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
A C100 drone flies on Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 17, 2025. The 1st Cavalry Division is currently modernizing its formation with updated drone training as a part of its “Pegasus Charge” transforming in contact initiative. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob Nunnenkamp)

Army ‘on a path’ to meeting Hegseth’s ambitious drone goals

DefenseScoop interviewed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Brent Ingraham on the sidelines of the AUSA conference.
Oct 16, 2025 By Jon Harper
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to Hound Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, conduct a demonstration for the local media with the Skydio X2D Drone during exercise Combined Resolve (CbR) 25-1 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 3, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Dixon)

Army aims to manufacture 10,000 drones per month by 2026

Army Materiel Command's new SkyFoundry program is expected to allow the service to rapidly develop, test and produce small drones at massive scale.
Oct 14, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Derek France, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, listens to squadron commanders during a visit within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Moriarty)

AFCENT moving to compete in ‘the numbers game’ with low-cost drones

"There comes a degree that the thing that causes concern is the numbers game — as drones, specifically, are cheap to make in large numbers — that…
Sep 29, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. (Courtesy photo)

The new airpower advantage

The U.S. Air Force cannot solve its problems by expanding today’s force or chasing game-changing technologies. It needs to return to the core of military advantage —…
Sep 29, 2025 By Bryan Clark Dan Patt
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