The FAA recently launched the DISCOVR API, a new capability that gives authorized public safety agencies access to additional information about drones operating in their area. When a drone broadcasts ...

A drone boat picked up two US Army pilots from waters near the Strait of Hormuz after their helicopter gunship went down, US military officials said. The incident apparently represents the first time ...

CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana—A countdown began as a gaggle of defense officials, soldiers, drone makers, and reporters watched screens in a windowless operations center. Suddenly, a LUCAS drone appeared, ...

In the flagship Beijing store of the world’s biggest drone maker, display racks designed to showcase DJI’s famous flying products sit awkwardly empty. The Chinese capital is now effectively drone-free ...

One of the first moves Elon Musk made when he took over X, formerly Twitter, was to slap a $42,000-per-month price tag on the enterprise Twitter API, while neutering the capabilities of the API's ...

Federal agents located and recovered 15 industrial drones capable of dispersing large amounts of liquid chemicals after they were stolen from a New Jersey company, according to officials. Fifteen ...

The Trump Administration’s lawless deportation campaign has revealed an administration that wants to empower government to watch and record ordinary people, but not allow people to record the ...

“Before I came to Extension as an agriculture and natural resources educator, I was a full-time farmer, and I was not into technology at all. I was a little bit reluctant to learn something that felt ...

For decades, air superiority was largely the preserve of wealthy nations able to afford advanced aircraft and the training needed to fly them. Cheap attack drones are beginning to erode that advantage ...

The Pentagon is testing portable 3D-printing labs in Hawaii that let soldiers design, print and assemble drones in hours. In December 2025, WSJ visited Oahu to learn more. Photo: William Paris for WSJ ...

Iran used low-cost Shahed-136 drones to overwhelm Gulf air defenses after U.S.-backed airstrikes. The drones are cheap and easy to produce, while interceptors can cost millions. Russia's wartime use ...

What to know about Iran’s cheap, noisy Shahed drones and the expensive defense systems trying to stop them. By Farah Stockman The United States is dominating the skies above Iran. But math is not ...