Small UAS / Drones and related general thread - NOT Swarming ones.

[Forest Green]

Them damn things never worked at the fair.

 

[Sineva]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804036992524603569

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804124835766759920

View: https://x.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1804124835766759920

 

[Forest Green]

Army to buy more than 1,000 Switchblade drones through Replicator

The Army’s vice chief of staff, revealed the quantity for the first time during a June 21 House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing.

www.defensenews.com

The V-1 is back.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804336280626745660

View: https://x.com/UKikaski/status/1804336280626745660

 

[TomcatViP]

Atash drones are obviously not jet powered if the pictures above and elsewhere are representative of the type.

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804860377970217046

View: https://x.com/sambendett/status/1804860377970217046

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806326140753338831

View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1806326140753338831

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805843310486950164

View: https://x.com/clashreport/status/1805843310486950164?t=tN7X9GGO2Lah-oBYbaBB4A&s=19

 

[Forest Green]

Pentagon to identify next Replicator capability set this summer

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said the Pentagon plans to propose Replicator 2.0 funding in its fiscal 2026 budget.

www.defensenews.com

Skynode S: Auterion autonomy kit lets attack drones fly through jamming - Breaking Defense

Just announced on Thursday but already quietly combat-tested in Ukraine, the palm-sized Skynode S card makes small drones much less dependent on an uninterrupted wireless link to a human remote controller.

breakingdefense.com

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806996772373320004

View: https://x.com/RALee85/status/1806996772373320004

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1807088027229184486

View: https://x.com/UKikaski/status/1807088027229184486

 

[shin_getter]

Ukraine Fields FPV Interceptor Drones At Speed

Ukraine has adapted its FPV kamikazes to knock down Russian reconnaissance drones, just weeks after launching a program for interceptors.

www.forbes.com

Electric propulsion lowering minimal cost of aircraft + cheap electronics lowering the control costs means its air power at a lower price and range bracket.