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drone

[drohn] / droʊn /




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Saronic joined Task Force 59, the Navy’s first operational artificial intelligence and drone unit, in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The drone’s seeker head burned inside the aircraft, according to a U.S. official, but the drone didn’t explode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He volunteered to fight, then set up his own drone unit -- "Madyar's Birds" -- well before many had realised the full importance of the technology, quickly earning plaudits inside the military.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Fox News quoted Trump on Wednesday as saying that an Iranian drone had hit the helicopter without exploding as it flew "very low" .

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

We lowered ourselves carefully inside, Mr. Dovlo irritably rolling up his wet pant legs, and moved out onto the lake yet again, my head throbbing to the drone of the outboard motor.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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