<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></title><atom:link href="https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/category/military-drones/?view=feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/category/military-drones/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Latest news on military drones, UAV technology, defense strategies, and drone warfare developments worldwide.]]></description><lastBuildDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:10:04 -0400]]></lastBuildDate><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Army Tests Drone-Dropping High-Altitude Balloons in Morocco]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_army_micro_balloons_drone_test_morocco]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_army_micro_balloons_drone_test_morocco#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:10:04 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[During African Lion 26, the U.S. Army Vessel Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross launched six micro high-altitude balloons carrying one-way attack drones and comms relays off Morocco's coast.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_army_micro_balloons_drone_test_morocco]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Push MQ-9 Production Restart After Fleet Losses]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/senators_push_mq9_production_restart]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/senators_push_mq9_production_restart#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:07:45 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[The Senate Armed Services Committee directs the Air Force to rebuild its MQ-9 Reaper inventory by 2028 after combat losses reduced the fleet from 165 to 135 aircraft in Operation Epic Fury.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/senators_push_mq9_production_restart]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Forces Down Iranian Drones Targeting Hormuz Shipping]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_forces_down_iranian_drones_hormuz]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_forces_down_iranian_drones_hormuz#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:05:01 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[U.S. Central Command confirms interception of multiple one-way attack drones launched at commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on June 12, with maritime traffic remaining unaffected.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/15/us_forces_down_iranian_drones_hormuz]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukrainian AI Drones Automate 95% Shahed Interceptions]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/ukrainian_ai_shahed_interception_drones]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/ukrainian_ai_shahed_interception_drones#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:06:41 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[MaXon Systems technology under Brave1 automates 95 percent of the interception process from launch to destruction after successful combat trials in Kharkiv Oblast.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/ukrainian_ai_shahed_interception_drones]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Strikes Iran Sites After Shahed Drone Downs Apache]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/us_strikes_iran_apache_helicopter_shahed_drone]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/us_strikes_iran_apache_helicopter_shahed_drone#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:04:23 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[US airstrikes hit Iranian radar sites in the Strait of Hormuz after an Iranian Shahed drone downed an Apache helicopter, with the crew rescued by an unmanned drone boat.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/10/us_strikes_iran_apache_helicopter_shahed_drone]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CENTCOM Destroys Iranian Drones Near Strait of Hormuz]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/centcom_downs_iranian_drones_hormuz]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/centcom_downs_iranian_drones_hormuz#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:14:43 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[U.S. forces shot down four one-way attack drones and intercepted six of seven ballistic missiles while striking radar sites on June 5, 2026, to protect maritime traffic.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/centcom_downs_iranian_drones_hormuz]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Drones Strike Kronstadt Naval Base and Oil Depots]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/ukraine_drones_kronstadt_strikes_oil_depots]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/ukraine_drones_kronstadt_strikes_oil_depots#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:12:50 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian forces used drones traveling 1,000 kilometers to target Kronstadt Naval Base, oil terminals, and a naval arsenal near St. Petersburg on June 6, 2026.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/07/ukraine_drones_kronstadt_strikes_oil_depots]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sky Spy Tests Airborne SIGINT System with French Forces]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/02/sky_spy_french_military_drone_sigint_test]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/02/sky_spy_french_military_drone_sigint_test#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:10:17 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Partnership with Evolve Dynamics integrates SkyAgent 001 payload on Sky Mantis 2 UAS following GALENE exercise demonstration that located drone operators and RF emitters.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/06/02/sky_spy_french_military_drone_sigint_test]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Geran-2 Drone Strikes Romanian Apartment in NATO Territory]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/russian_geran2_drone_strikes_galati]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/russian_geran2_drone_strikes_galati#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 May 2026 00:06:14 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[The May 29 incident in Galati wounded two civilians during a 43-drone swarm attack on Ukraine and prompted Romania to request accelerated NATO anti-drone systems while expelling a Russian consul.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/russian_geran2_drone_strikes_galati]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Drones Mine Russian Supply Routes to Crimea]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_drones_mine_russian_supply_routes]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_drones_mine_russian_supply_routes#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 May 2026 00:04:39 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Remote mining on the M-14 and R-280 highways disrupts logistics and forces 20-liter daily fuel rationing in occupied Crimea starting May 30.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_drones_mine_russian_supply_routes]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Fields Long-Range Drones Reaching 3,500 km to Siberia]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_3500km_drones_siberia_strikes]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_3500km_drones_siberia_strikes#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 May 2026 00:03:05 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate announced on May 30, 2026, that its drones now possess a range of 3,500 kilometers, allowing strikes as far as Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/31/ukraine_3500km_drones_siberia_strikes]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Drone Stocks Rally on Pentagon Funding Signals]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/us_drone_stocks_rally_on_pentagon_funding]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/us_drone_stocks_rally_on_pentagon_funding#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 May 2026 00:06:18 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Red Cat, Ondas, and Unusual Machines shares surge following reports of Trump administration talks with the Pentagon for equity stakes and production support.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/us_drone_stocks_rally_on_pentagon_funding]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Opens Glasgow Facility for UAS Production]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/kraus_hamdani_aerospace_glasgow_facility]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/kraus_hamdani_aerospace_glasgow_facility#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 May 2026 00:04:20 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[New offices at Kelvin Campus enable UK manufacturing of the K1000ULE Group-2 UAS and strengthen support for NATO and European operations.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/30/kraus_hamdani_aerospace_glasgow_facility]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cat Holdings Acquires Quaze for Drone Wireless Power]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/red_cat_holdings_acquires_quaze_technologies]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/red_cat_holdings_acquires_quaze_technologies#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 May 2026 12:28:37 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[The May 20, 2026 closing adds wireless power transfer technology valued at $21-25 million in stock plus $5 million earnout to extend autonomous operations across air, land and maritime domains.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/red_cat_holdings_acquires_quaze_technologies]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mauritania Military Drone Crashes Near Mali Border]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/mauritania_military_drone_crash_mali_border]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/mauritania_military_drone_crash_mali_border#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 May 2026 12:23:59 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[A Mauritanian military drone lost contact and crashed during a surveillance mission near the Mali border on May 22, 2026, prompting an immediate investigation into possible airspace issues.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/mauritania_military_drone_crash_mali_border]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Unveils Behemoth Medium-Range Strike Drone]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/ukraine_behemoth_strike_drone]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/ukraine_behemoth_strike_drone#comments]]></comments><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 May 2026 12:13:17 -0400]]></pubDate><category><![CDATA[Military Drones]]></category><description><![CDATA[Culver Aerospace and GLEFA introduced the Behemoth on May 21, 2026, with a 300 km range, 75 kg tandem thermobaric warhead, and low-altitude flight profile for air defense penetration.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://shield-technologies-news.newspro.io/article/2026/05/23/ukraine_behemoth_strike_drone]]></guid></item></channel></rss>