Drones

NASA hit a snag last year when the Ingenuity Mars helicopter crashed  on the Red Planet. The space agency concluded that the crash was caused by the vehicle's inability to discern flat ground from featureless sand dunes. To avoid such a hiccup in the future, a team of NASA scientists…

Key takeaways • Donald Trump’s broader aerial campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean (almost certainly) violates international law. • Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have repeatedly called on the US military to commit more war crimes throughout their careers in public life. • Violating the laws of war…

A vessel said to be Greek-operated, Liberia-flagged Eternity C sinks in a footage released by Yemen's Houthis, in the Red Sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 9, 2025. HOUTHI MEDIA CENTER/Handout via REUTERS — HOUTHI MEDIA CENTER ATHENS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The…

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Image credit: datagoblin / Rock Paper Shotgun It is written that when the Sumerian king Gilgamesh first beheld the gleaming ramparts of Uruk‐Haven, many centuries ago, he said unto his architects: "be sure to save up gaps for those long straight ones, and try your best to start a multiplier".…

Globally, the domain of defence drone technology is witnessing a substantial increase in product development efforts. For instance, in June 2025, several news outlets reported that Chinese defence scientists had unveiled a prototype of a mosquito-sized drone. This is a significant development and, as the technology is developed further, it will…

FT. HUACHUCA, Ariz. — When MQ-9 Predator drones flew over anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles this summer, it was the first time they had been dispatched to monitor demonstrations on U.S. soil since 2020, and their use reflects a change in how the government is choosing to deploy the aircraft once reserved…

A new approach to manufacturing multicolor lenses could inspire a new generation of tiny, cheap, and powerful optics for portable devices such as phones and drones. The design uses layers of metamaterials to simultaneously focus a range of wavelengths from an unpolarized source and over a large diameter, overcoming a…

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LONDON - British fighter jets have flown their first Nato air defence sortie over Poland as part of Nato’s Eastern Sentry mission, the government said, aimed at strengthening the Western alliance’s defences following a Russian drone incursion in September. The mission, announced on Sept 15 by the British government in…