Struck by the success of large-scale, low-cost drone attacks, the US made covert efforts to capture Iranian Shahed-136s for technical analysis.

Ukraine is taking down Russian Shahed drones with $1,200 interceptors—a fraction of the cost of traditional missiles. The world is taking notice.

"Each interception carries a financial and logistical cost," one analyst said.

In-demand lasers and microwave weapons kill drones by using either burning hot beams or electromagnetic force fields.

Drones are playing a prominent role in the war between the U.S. and Iran that erupted over the weekend, putting a spotlight on the need for deterrence systems.

The government’s ability to deal with drones that pose a threat on American soil has been questioned this week after airspace was closed over El Paso, Texas.

On November 21, 1916, pilot and inventor Lawrence Sperry was flying over Long Island’s Great South Bay with his student Dorothy Rice Pierce when his plane suddenly plunged into the water. Sperry later admitted that he’d accidentally bumped the autopilot,