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

Ukraine is mass-producing cheap interceptor drones to destroy Russian Shahed attack drones, and the results are already reshaping the cost calculus of air defense. The Defence Procurement Agency has contracted over UAH 3 billion in interceptor drones,

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.

This reveals a new economy of war. Cheap beats expensive. Mass beats perfection. Speed beats tradition. Iran relies on large quantities of drones, missiles, and small boats. This is not because they have been perfected over decades,

The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But why is a slow, cheap and relatively primitive drone seeing use in 2026 alongside hypersonic missiles and stealth jets?

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country will work with the Pentagon and Gulf allies to share what it has learned during four years of drone warfare.

Russia has dramatically escalated its use of low-cost, expendable drones against Ukraine, launching large numbers of one-way attack drones in repeated waves that are straining Kyiv’s air defenses and reshaping how both sides fight,

As Iran scales its drone campaign against U.S. and Gulf targets, Ukraine is offering a proven, low-cost defense model.

Iran’s low-cost Shahed drones are forcing the US and its allies to spend far more on missiles and defence systems to intercept them, exposing a costly imbalance in modern air warfare.