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China's massive drone swarm mothership Jiutian takes flight
While reports have identified the Jiutian as a "general-purpose drone," concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a ...
Modern air defenses are increasingly challenged by the growing use of unmanned aircraft, but the rapid evolution of drone ...
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World’s first 16-ton drone mothership that can launch swarms mid-air flies in China
China has flown its Jetank unmanned aircraft, a heavy-lift drone called "airborne UAV carrier" by state media, for the first ...
China’s New ‘Jiutian’ Drone Mothership Makes First Flight, Signaling Leap in Swarm-Warfare Ambitions
China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has conducted the maiden flight of its massive drone-carrying mothership, the Jiutian, marking a major step in Beijing’s ambitions to field ...
A heavyweight, multirole unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which China unveiled in 2024 as a potential ‘drone mother ship', has conducted its maiden flight, according ...
The Army is giving the AH-64E Apache a new mission, transforming the iconic gunship into a fast-moving drone killer designed ...
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Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones
Pilots being able to control many drones is "kind of a prerequisite" for "the total drone warfare that is coming to all of us ...
The Jiutian — whose name translates to “nine heavens,” indicating extreme altitude — is compared to an aircraft carrier ...
Lithuania’s recent experimentation comes shortly after the country adopted a law granting its military the authority to shoot down hostile drones in its airspace. A recent essay by Elisabeth ...
November 22, 2025: In Ukraine, swarms of FPV/First Person View drones have revolutionized how wars are fought. There are few methods to defeat drone attacks. The primary defensive measure is ...
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