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Drones

  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
    Military briefing: Russia has the upper hand in electronic warfare with Ukraine

    Both Kyiv and Moscow seek to bolster drone jamming capabilities as attacks mount

  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    The Russian bakery making killer drones to support Putin’s war

    Bread factory hit with US sanctions for assembling UAVs used in Ukraine invasion

    Montage of bread loves on a shelf and drones in the sky
  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Russia blames Ukraine for deadly attack on border city

    Moscow says it shot down dozens of drones and missiles a day after launching strike that killed 39

  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    NHS to pioneer drone deliveries in bid to improve service

    Silicon Valley group Zipline allies with trust in northern England to drop essential medical supplies

    A Zipline drone dropping a package
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Ministry of Defence UK
    MoD blames ‘administrative error’ for failure to list thousands of UK drones

    Official equipment statistics omit almost 30 different types of UAVs used by armed forces

    An RAF Reaper aircraft drone
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    FT SeriesTech Champions
    Windracers’ long-distance drones ready to deliver aid to conflict zones

    The UK company’s unmanned aerial vehicles can overcome the challenges posed by poor infrastructure

    A flying vehicle with propellers, wings and tail fins in a field
  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    US-China relations
    House panel seeks ban on US government purchases of Chinese drones

    Bill aims to prevent Chinese tech from being used in ways that critics argue undermine US national security

    A DJI Inspire drone
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    US-Iran tensions
    US warship shoots down missiles fired by Iranian-backed rebels

    Pentagon says three missiles and several drones launched from Yemen may have been headed for Israel

    Brigadier General Patrick Ryder
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    UK defence spending
    Cost of UK’s new fleet of armed drones jumps 40%

    First of 16 US-made Protector aircraft will enter service late next year as price rises to £1.8bn

    A Protector aircraft taking off from RAF Waddington
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    US grants first commercial licences for long-distance drone flights

    Federal Aviation Authority’s move seen as catalyst for mainstream commercial drone use in America

    An M2 drone in flight: until now, for longer distances, drone companies had to have staff on the ground every few miles
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine launches biggest drone attack yet inside Russian territory

    Several military cargo planes destroyed in Pskov region as part of sweeping aerial assault

    An image from social media showing a large blaze in Pskov, Russia
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Blast rocks Russian military optics plant near Moscow

    Incident follows a string of similar explosions at industrial sites across Russia in recent months

    Emergency workers put out a fire next to a destroyed building in Sergiev Posad, Russia
  • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Ukrainian naval drone hits Russian oil tanker near Crimea

    Second ship attack in 24 hours as Kyiv warns all Russian Black Sea ports are ‘war risk’ areas

  • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Military briefing: the Ukrainian drone strikes designed to wear Russia down

    Kyiv steps up attacks in bid to bring Moscow’s war closer to home

    Montage of drones and buildings
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine attacks Russian naval vessel in first threat to oil infrastructure

    Moscow plays down scale of damage caused by drone strike on infrastructure and army base in Novorossiysk

    The Russian naval vessel, the Olenegorsky Gornyak
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Drone hits Moscow tower block housing Russian government offices

    Strike is second in three days and signals Ukraine’s intent to step up attacks on targets inside Russia

    Firefighters and a police officer stand next to a damaged building in the Moscow City business district on Tuesday
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    China widens controls on drone exports

    Restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicles and components could hit both sides in Ukraine war

    A Ukrainian serviceman holding a DJI drone
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    How Silicon Valley is helping the Pentagon in the AI arms race

    The US military is opening up to defence and weapons start-ups as evolving technology begins to transform modern warfare

    From left: Saildrone Surveyor, drone launch in Ukraine, the Pentagon, an F-16 being flown by AI and the Epirus Leonidas on a test run
  • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Drones strike towers in Moscow’s business district  

    Area is home to many leading Russian companies, such as VTB and Norilsk Nickel

    Damaged facade of an office building in Moscow
  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Drones hit Moscow buildings and weapons store in Crimea

    Russia says all drones were ‘neutralised’ but attack is fourth time capital has been targeted since May

    The damaged top floors of a glass office building on Likhacheva Avenue, Moscow, after a drone crashed into it on Monday
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    FT live news
    News updates from July 13: SEC sues bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, Decline in UK GDP less steep than expected
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Russia deploys ‘Albatross’ made in Iran-backed drone factory

    Facility at centre of Russo-Iranian UAV partnership has recruited specialist engineers and Farsi speakers

    A still showing a soldier launching reconnaissance drones
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Drone start-up to test investor appetite for defence tech with €50mn fundraising

    Tekever among clutch of manufacturers that have gained prominence because of Ukraine war

    Tekever’s AR3 drone
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US publishes new details of Russia-Iran military drone co-operation

    Tehran sending material for assembly of unmanned aircraft in Russian factory, says Washington

    Man clears debris from a building damaged by a drone attack
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Taiwan
    US to link up with Taiwan and Japan drone fleets to share real-time data

    Military co-ordination with Taipei is ‘taboo’ issue for China, analysts said

    An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned drone flies over the USS Coronado in April
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