Both sides are claiming they stepped back from the edge over the past 24 hours, unwilling to see the loss of life. Tensions in the Gulf haven’t diminished however.

The Global Hawk was downed after two earlier shots at US drones in the region, and attacks on commercial shipping.

The Raytheon counter drone laser system can be programmed with a specific set of rules of engagements to help ensure flight safety.

Israeli sources expressed alarm that neither Israel, the US, nor allied Arab nations picked up any advance warning of what appear to have been well-planned, well-executed, and increasingly destructive attacks by Iranian and proxy forces.

Ground robots still lag drones, but the Army thinks both technologies are ready to field to frontline units, just at different levels.

A day after two commercial tankers are hit in the Gulf of Oman, reports emerge the Houthis are firing — and hitting — US aircraft.

A division-scale exercise next year in Europe, Defender 2020, will be the largest in a quarter-century.

“You want to kill a swarm of things — whatever that thing is — lasers are not really a swarm-killing tool. They can kill things fast, but they can’t kill a swarm of things fast enough.”

Amid chatter about what aircraft will make their way to Paris, the Air Force going all in.

The Army will hold five demonstrations this year for the electronic backbone of its future manned aircraft and drones. A forerunner is already entering service.