Science and Innovations
Serbia Considers Robotic Warfare and Drone Battalions. Serbia is quietly reshaping its military future by embracing drone battalions and robotic warfare, signaling a broader shift from traditional Soviet‑style hardware to a data‑driven, AI‑assisted force. This move reflects a global trend in which smaller armies are turning to unmanned systems to punch above their weight on … Read more
The US Army Takes Action to Improve Gray Eagle Survivability. The U.S. Army is at a crossroads with its MQ‑1C Gray Eagle armed‑drone fleet: The US Army Takes Action to Improve Gray Eagle it still depends heavily on the platform for frontline reconnaissance, strike, and electronic‑warfare missions, but it is also actively planning to replace … Read more
USAF Takes Hands Control of Anduril YFQ44A. The U.S. Air Force has just wrapped up a pivotal experiment with Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone, handing full operational control to regular airmen for the first time. USAF Takes Hands Control of Anduril YFQ44A This marks a leap forward in autonomous drone tech, proving … Read more
The US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS. A previously unseen weapon launcher has appeared on the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke–class destroyer USS Carl M. Levin (DDG‑120), raising questions about what the system is intended to fire and what role it will play in the fleet’s evolving air‑defense and counter‑drone strategy. The US Navy Arleigh … Read more
B 52 Pilots Revisit the Daring Whifferdill Turn Aerial Refueling. Air‑to‑air refueling is one of the most demanding tasks in military aviation, and for decades U.S. Air Force B‑52 Stratofortress crews took it to an almost theatrical extreme with a maneuver known as the “Whifferdill.” Photos from the 1980s show these massive eight‑engine bombers flying … Read more
