China may be skipping the sixth-gen fighter leap-for now-and doubling down on drone swarms, loyal wingmen and stealth ...

A drone carries a mortar shell as soldiers take part in the U.S.-led Immediate Response 25 military exercise in Petrochori, Greece, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Thanassis Stavrakis ...

FILE - A drone carries a mortar shell as soldiers take part in the U.S.-led Immediate Response 25 military exercise in Petrochori, Greece, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) ...

“This executive order marks a long-overdue investment in drone deterrence,” said Craig Singleton, a senior China fellow at the Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies.