In March 2026, an Iran-backed militia used FPV drones to strike a parked U.S. Army medevac Black Hawk helicopter and destroy an air defense radar at the Victory Base Complex near Baghdad. The attackers then released footage from the drone’s perspective as propaganda, blurring out the red crosses identifying the Black Hawk as a medevac aircraft.

The capabilities of Ukraine’s defense industry amount to millions of FPV drones per year; these are our deep-strike weapons, our interceptors, and millions of shells. Ukraine has its own long-range missile weapons.

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have propelled drones into the headlines. The word “drone” now stretches to cover everything from hobbyist camera rigs available on Amazon to the Predator and Reaper systems the United States has relied on to fight terrorist organizations over the past 20 years.

March 15, 2026: Ukraine has revolutionized combat by developing Hornet, a fixed-wing attack drone with a two-meter wingspan, A.I./Artificial Intelligence -powered target recognition and terminal-attack guidance, along with jam-resistant communication and ...

Lethal airborne threat is becoming a daily reality on the front lines – and the new way of warfare Antonia Langford is a reporter based in Kyiv who covers Ukraine and Russia. She has also written for The Times,

Larger drones are being converted into motherships for FPVs, but small guided munitions may be a more effective payload.

With few options available, businesses and the wealthy in the West are buying drone detectors, a technology used often in Ukraine, to spot threats.

HOMICIDAL Russian troops were duped into blowing up their own wounded soldiers – not realising they were prisoners of war sent by Ukraine to test the Easter truce. Chilling footage shows

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 13 Russian drones were shot down overnight, but Kyiv and Kherson were struck in attacks. And an American fighting for Ukraine was reported freed in a swap with Russia.