“Pew, pew, pew!” a woman wearing sneakers and high-waisted pink trousers says cheerfully in a video uploaded to TikTok. She is standing on what appears to be an industrial rooftop while demonstrating ...

Security officials say easy access by guerrilla groups to commercial drones, cheaply modified into deadly weapons, has put the nation’s army on its heels. By Max Bearak and Simón Posada Reporting from ...

The Defense Department this week began testing for the initial phase of its Drone Dominance Program, an effort to expand the use of commercial drones across the military. Dubbed “the Gauntlet,” ...

Soldiers from across the Army raced quadcopters, tried out new inventions and tested out offensive drone tactics in the first Best Drone Warfighter Competition this past week. The three-day ...

Somewhere in the long tradition of Trump family grifting, there’s a line between “nakedly corrupt” and “genuinely mortifying.” Eric Trump’s latest investment in an Israeli drone company that ...

Soldiers operate a drone during the U.S. Army Best Drone Warfighter Competition in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 18, 2026. (Sgt. Aaron Troutman/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Drones are profoundly changing ...

President Donald Trump hosts lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center Board Members at the White House. by Chris Daniels,KOMONewsSeniorReporter SEATTLE — A joint state and federal defense team says it ...

You’ve probably heard of Best Ranger or Best Sapper: Army competitions that test the skills of teams of infantrymen and combat engineers. This year, the service added Best Drone Warfighter. The ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — The U.S. Army announced the winners of the inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition, a three‑day event held on Feb. 17-19 that brought together elite drone operators from across ...

The Pentagon has announced a four-stage competition to build $1.1 billion worth of military drones. Twenty-five companies began competing on Wednesday. Only five will ultimately win. By now you've ...

In 2017, Elon Musk signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to ban the development of autonomous weapons. “We do not have long to act,” the letter read. “Once this Pandora’s box is opened, ...

Drones that roll on wheels, fly on rotors, streak through the skies on jets, sail the seas with diesels, or lurk beneath the waves with electric motors are already demonstrating their advantages. Not ...