The UK government’s plans will prioritise drones and Ukraine is providing expertise and the opportunity to test them on a real battlefield.
- PhD Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College London
The Defence Investment Plan provides £5 billion for drone warfare.
The programme got bogged down by disputes over leadership, workshare and intellectual property.
Arun Dawson talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of Iran’s Shahed drones and how the US cloned them.
The UK military is considering sending interceptor drones and mine hunters to the Middle East.
Struck by the success of large-scale, low-cost drone attacks, the US made covert efforts to capture Iranian Shahed-136s for technical analysis.
The F-35A is not compatible with the UK’s current fleet of tanker aircraft.
The US military is already using AI to control aircraft in tests.
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