Unmanned aerial vehicles

National drones have done much to promote Turkey's rise as a regional power in 2020, according to an American political scientist.

Turkey's first and only indigenous armed unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar TB2 has completed 4,000 hours of flight.

Still flying high at 84 years old, a Turkish pilot living in the U.S. says he has flown all around America, chasing his aviation hobby.       

Ukraine has received the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) purchased from Turkey, Ukrainian president announced on March 7.

Threats growing from the use of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for spying and eavesdropping purposes have rapidly increased the demand for anti-drone jammer systems, with Turkish defense firm ASELSAN commencing research to develop such technology.

State-owned Bulgarian arms producer VMZ Sopot has signed a technology transfer contract with Israel's Aeronautics, allowing VMZ Sopot to start producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the economy ministry said on Thursday, reports Reuters. 

Turkey's Anka unmanned aerial vehicle will be exhibited in a defense fair in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Click through for the story in photos...

Chinese drone-maker DJI is betting on flying machines that shoot pesticide instead of photos to fend off growing competition in the global remote-controlled aircraft market.

The retirement of the antiquated Predator drone MQ-1, which is to be withdrawn from service in July and replaced by the more capable MQ-9 Reaper, is giving military analysts an opportunity to review the mixed history of a weapon that has long been associated with low-cost war, a sense of disembodiment from conflict, and for inflicting a high number of civilian casualties.

An undisclosed buyer has placed the largest overseas order for China's home-developed military drones, the Xinhua news agency has reported, in a boost for the Chinese arms industry's efforts to increase export volumes.