The U.S. and several Gulf nations are talking with Ukraine about buying interceptor drones designed to destroy Iranian-made attack drones.

Ukraine’s military has contracted 1.8 million drones worth nearly UAH 147 billion for 2024-2025, a procurement surge that captures a broader global reality: cheap, mass-produced unmanned systems and the AI software guiding them are advancing faster than global negotiations and many existing policy frameworks can keep up with.

After years on the front lines of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Iranian Shahed-136 drone is at the center of Tehran's retaliation against recent U.S. strikes.

The U.S. military just deployed a new class of low-cost drones in combat for the first time. By “low-cost” drones, it means these aren’t your standard fighter jets or precision missiles. They are

Iran's Shahed drones reshaped conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, Russia uses them heavily, and the US is now fielding its own version.

As the U.S. and its allies face Iran’s response to President Donald Trump’s renewed bombardment of the Middle East, the allied air forces must find a solution to a growing problem: drones.

The US and Gulf states are using up more missile interceptors than Iran is firing missiles. It’s an expensive mismatch in the Middle East conflict.

For years, the U.S. has been drawing down its inventory of missiles and interceptors. While battling Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Navy relied heavily on Tomahawk cruise missiles, which were also used against Iran this weekend.

Qatar thwarted a drone attack on the US’s largest base in the Middle East. Donald Trump said Tehran was keen to make a deal to end the war, though Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said earlier on Thursday that the country is not asking for a ceasefire.