As the Navy celebrates the first flight of its unmanned robot refueler, the service’s latest budget documents show the aircraft won’t be operational until at least 2029—another delay for the troubled ...

The U.S. Navy is exploring contractor-operated drone services for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions under a contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) model, according to a ...

The U.S. Navy and defense contractor Boeing announced the first complete test flight of the MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling drone.

The XRQ-73 is linked to Northrop’s earlier XRQ-72A project. Both aircraft feature a tailless, flying wing configuration akin ...

Developers Boeing and the U.S. Navy say they successfully completed the first two-hour test flight of an operational model.

Ukraine’s sinking of much of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is “case alpha” in finding new ways to use robots across land, sea, and air, the U.S. Navy's assessment chief said Monday. But the United States ...

From presenting a novel threat to aircraft carriers to warping the economics behind traditional defense systems, drone warfare has substantially changed the calculus of the world's battlefields.

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