NOWA DĘBA, Poland — Western soldiers are using off-the-shelf Xbox controllers to pilot $15,000 interceptor drones that are combat-proven in Ukraine and now part of NATO's toolbox for battling a ...
One of the most distinctive features of the U.S. military’s high-energy laser weapon of choice isn’t the system itself—it’s how operators control it. The logic of embracing the handset simple: If the ...
The drones, part of the Merops system, have been used in Ukraine and are now being deployed by NATO. A US soldier training on Merops said the Xbox controller makes it easy to work the system. NOWA ...