The War Department requested information earlier this week to gauge industry's willingness and ability to make some 300,000 drones

French Navy personnel opened fire on drones on Thursday 4 December over the area where France's nuclear submarines are stationed. Source: Le Monde, as reported by European Pravda Details: Five drones were spotted on Thursday evening above the Île Longue submarine base in Brittany,

The vessel, LÉ William Butler Yeats, did not shoot down the drones but also lacked any capability to disable them, and a nearby Irish Air Corps aircraft also did not get involved. Deck lookouts spotted the drones because their lights were on as they flew.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth highlights the United States' "Drone Dominance" push to equip the military with a massive quantity of drones.

The U.S. military announced that it has launched a new task force to deploy various drone forces, and the first squadron of one-way-attack drones already has been formed in the Middle East.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to deliver 300,000 cheap, lightweight drones to U.S. service members over the next several years.

In a disused warehouse at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, a military drone instructor who goes by the call sign "DC" showed CBS News a makeshift practice course that students must learn to fly the increasingly indispensable devices through before they join the country's defense against Russia.

Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.

French media reported that several drones were detected Thursday night over the Île Longue base in Brittany, western France, but military authorities wouldn't detail their number or type. The base is the home port of France's four nuclear ballistic missile submarines -- Le Triomphant, Le Téméraire, Le Vigilant and Le Terrible.

U.S. Special Operations Command will use 500 confiscated Chinese drones for target practice in a Military Drone Crucible training exercise in Florida.

An Irish navy ship spotted several military style drones in the sky before Ukraine's leader landed in Ireland. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.