Reaper drones could be used as a counter-drone platform in the future, given their low operating costs and long loiter times.

An Air Force MQ-9 drone has downed aerial targets with a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, part of the Pentagon’s ...

For years, the U.S. military has faced an expensive and embarrassing math problem: adversaries can field swarms of drones ...

American defense contractor General Atomics has been at it making drones for almost 20 years already, but it is only now stepping into the brave new world of autonomy, hoping to impress the military ...

The Air Force designated the first two uncrewed aircraft as fighter jets, the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A. The prototypes were designed as part of the USAF's next-generation air dominance program. Dubbed ...

The General Atomics YFQ-42 is already one of two drones under consideration for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. “This selection builds upon the GA-ASI autonomous systems ...

General Atomics has rolled out the latest iteration of its modular Gambit series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), adapting the common-core airframe for air-to-ground missions while retaining ...

The YFQ-48A’s major advantage over its YFQ-42A and YFQ-44 competitors is its simpler manufacturing process—lowering costs and allowing Northrop Grumman to put more drones in the air. The Air Force’s ...

A growing problem in modern warfare is air defense. While this has been a concern for over a century, technology is progressing faster and faster, resulting in speedier, more lethal missiles. Add to ...