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05/15/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Enemy drones or extraterrestrial aircraft? U.S. Navy releases reports of several Navy aircraft encounters with UFOs during the 2010s

Several pilots of the United States Navy have sighted unidentified flying objects (UFOs), according to reports released by the Navy under several Freedom of Information Act requests. The reports, obtained by The Drive and published on Tuesday, share eight instances when Navy pilots encountered unidentified aircraft in the 2010s. Several of the reports provide details about how the […]

12/19/2019 / By Michael Alexander

Navy pilots recall encounters with “fleet of UFOs” from 2014 to 2015

Several pilots experienced a number of close encounters with Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) during training missions in the US between 2014 and 2015, the US Navy has confirmed. In a report published by The New York Times, six pilots stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt detected in mid-flight several objects flying at hypersonic […]

09/18/2019 / By JD Heyes

Iran drone attack on Saudi oil facilities should concern Americans: What happens when “opposing forces” in the U.S. attack American facilities the same way?

As of this writing, the Trump administration has blamed Iran for the drone and cruise missile attack against a major Saudi Arabian oil refinery, though not “officially.” What’s more, the administration has yet to decide how it will handle the attack if, in fact, Iran is the guilty party, as many believe it is. As […]

10/02/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Security threat? China is developing large unmanned submarines that can roam the world’s oceans

The military superpowers of the world are in a race to develop the most powerful unmanned, AI submarine fleet. After the Second World War, Western naval forces gained the advantageous position in the South China Sea. China seeks to reclaim positions in the South China Sea by being the first country to develop large, fearless […]

09/13/2018 / By News Editors

Trump administration steps up testing to integrate drones into US airspace

The number of registered drones in the U.S. has climbed to 1.2 million as of Aug. 17, making drone testing and regulation a top priority for the Trump administration, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Wednesday. (Article by Vandana Rambaran republished from DailyCaller.com) “Drone technology is the most significant development in aviation since the introduction […]

08/09/2018 / By JD Heyes

Attempted drone bomb assassination of Venezuelan leader shows that America isn’t ready to meet that threat, either

Earlier this week, on live television, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro droned on about economic renewal in a country financially devastated by years of socialist policies begun by his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, something horrific occurred. In a video that has gone viral, suddenly the expression on the face of Maduro’s wife, standing next to […]

05/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Robots used in first joint U.S.-British training exercise

Military robots pulled off the very first robotic breaching operation during a joint training exercise in Germany. While their American and British minders supported them from a safe distance, the robots successfully removed various dangerous obstacles from the simulated battlefield, according to an article on ZDNet. During the Robotic Complex Breach Concept exercise, manned tanks […]

04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

ROBO-WARS: DARPA wants to deploy automated drones as coordinated swarms to “isolate an urban objective”

DARPA is no longer satisfied with merely deploying drones to the battlefield. It wants swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground-borne robots that can work together to isolate an urban objective, according to an article on TechCrunch. The military research agency has announced the second “sprint” of its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. Sprints are periods […]

04/22/2018 / By David Williams

Infantry units under increased risk from drone attacks

There is a looming threat to military service members that could result in plenty of casualties. This threat comes in the form of small drones, particularly small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) which can be operated quite easily without the need for human pilots. Colloquially, they are referred to as drones, and can be purchased quickly […]

01/09/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Israeli company unveils AI-controlled turret machine gun that rides on top of military vehicles, can kill all targets in 360-degree radius

As more and more countries around the world start to introduce UAVs, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, onto the battlefield, the development of technology that can effectively counter those UAVs is becoming increasingly important. Due to the fact that drones do not require an onboard pilot and can often be equipped with guns or even missiles, […]

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