Defense & Combat
Military drone news from UASFeed — UAS programs, battlefield lessons from Ukraine and beyond, loitering munitions, and how uncrewed systems are changing combat.
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Defense & Combat
NATO Allies Sign Letter of Intent for Up to Five MQ-4C Triton Drones to Watch the High North
Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Norway signed a letter of intent in Ankara to jointly buy up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones, extending NATO's high-altitude maritime surveillance net over the Atlantic, Baltic, and Arctic approaches.
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Defense & Combat
Pentagon's DIU Opens Hunt for Disposable Drone to Complement the MQ-9A Reaper
DIU's new Massed Modular Aircraft solicitation seeks a cheap, mass-producible drone that can fly 2,300 nm combat radius with a 2,800-lb payload to take over Reaper missions and absorb combat losses.
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Defense & Combat
Navy Teases Next Phase of MUSV 'Marketplace' as Aug. 1 RFP Looms
The Navy will open a new round of its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel marketplace on Aug. 1, seeking high-capacity logistics drone boats as it races to grow the fleet from 4 to 30 vessels by 2030.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine's Drone Fleet Hits 36 Shadow-Fleet Tankers in Four Days, Squeezing Crimea and Russian Fuel Supplies
Ukraine's 414th Brigade under Robert 'Magyar' Brovdi struck 36 vessels — mostly Russian shadow-fleet tankers — in four days using Fire Point FP-1/FP-2 drones, choking Crimea's fuel lines as Washington quietly updates its own Russia sanctions licenses.
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Defense & Combat
DIU Wants a Cheap, Mass-Producible Hunter-Killer Drone to Replace the Reaper
The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting a low-cost, modular strike/ISR drone to replace the MQ-9A Reaper after nearly 30 were lost in recent Iran operations, with bids due July 23, 2026.
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Defense & Combat
Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway to Buy Up to Five MQ-4C Tritons for NATO's ISR Fleet
Four NATO allies announced in Ankara that they will procure up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones, NATO's first Triton buy, to bolster alliance-owned maritime surveillance in the High North.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine's Long-Range Drone Campaign Escalates as Russia Retaliates on Kyiv
Ukraine hit Russian oil, naval and defense sites with two massive drone barrages in 48 hours; Russia answered with 351 drones and 68 missiles on Kyiv, killing at least 12 as Zelensky pressed NATO for more interceptors.
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Defense & Combat
Royal Navy Launches Nyan Strike Drone From a Ship at Sea for the First Time
The Royal Navy fired a Callen-Lenz Nyan One-Way Effector off a rail launcher aboard the trials ship XV Patrick Blackett on July 3, 2026 — the service's first-ever at-sea launch of a strike-capable drone.
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Defense & Combat
Hegseth Creates Pentagon 'Drone Czar' Office, Stripping Services of Unmanned Systems Authority
A memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth creates a new joint office with milestone authority over nearly all Pentagon drone programs, pulling buying power away from the individual armed services.
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Defense & Combat
Ukraine Opens First-Ever Open Tender for 'Tens of Thousands' of Middle-Strike Drones
Ukraine's new Defence Procurement Agency has launched its first competitive, model-blind tender for middle-strike and reconnaissance-strike drones, aiming to buy tens of thousands of jam-resistant UAVs from multiple manufacturers at once.
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Defense & Combat
Russia's Record Ballistic Barrage Kills at Least 30 in Deadliest Kyiv Strike Since May
A 570-weapon overnight barrage — including a record 28 ballistic missiles and new jet-powered "Geran" drones outrunning interceptors — killed at least 30 in Kyiv's worst strike since May.
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Defense & Combat
DoD UAS Group Classifications Explained: Group 1 Through Group 5
A reference guide to the Pentagon's five-group UAS classification system: weight, altitude, and speed thresholds from JP 3-30, its 2008 origins, real-world edge cases, and why the group a drone falls into shapes approval authority and training rules.
