The operation involved more than 150 military aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and bomber planes.

While military forces around the world scramble to develop and deploy new drone tech, the U.S. Navy performed an important first-time test in mid-December.

Washington has imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan aerospace company and its chairman for allegedly facilitating the acquisition, assembly and operation of Iranian-designed Mohajer-series unmanned aerial vehicles with surveillance and strike capabilities.

Recent US weapons packages to Taiwan have largely been asymmetric capabilities, but Taiwan needs more advanced systems as well, an official said.

The U.S. is sanctioning 10 entities and people based in the two countries, including the Venezuela-based Empresa Aeronáutica Nacional SA.

The US military has activated its first-ever one-way attack squadron, operating a derivative of Iran’s prolific Shahed-136 kamikaze drone. US Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed the creation of the new unit on 3 December, giving it the name Task Force ...

The newly formed company will also work alongside the division’s innovation unit to develop and produce in-house drone components.

The change does not affect existing drones, but prevents all foreign-made drones announced after December 22 2025, from entering the US. That means that previously released products will continue to be available for sale in the US, but future launches will be unble to obtain the FCC approval required to sell the new models in the US.

The Trinidad and Tobago government on Wednesday criticised the use of drones to acquire photos of United States “military installations and equipment” noting “with great concern” drone activity in close proximity to both the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and the ANR Robinson Airport in Tobago.

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology is maturing.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it is barring imports of all new models of foreign-made drones and critical components including from China's DJI and Autel, saying they pose unacceptable risks to U.