The appearance of FPV drones with fiber-optic control broke away from the radio-frequency logic of modern warfare and presented new challenges for Ukraine’s Defense Forces. What are these drones, and ...

A Ukrainian fiber-optic drone during a test flight in the Kyiv region in December.Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Russian forces are using explosive-packed drones ...

A high-capacity fiber-optic communication cable unspools as the drone flies; with no tension, there is no risk of tangling of breaking. German developers are demonstrating a new drone in Ukraine ...

The downed Russian drone — the spool of fiber optic cable is visible at right but was not at first identified. When Kalashnikov subsidiary ZALA boasted that their new ‘Product 55’ quadcopter was proof ...