As both sides ramp up their use of drones, fibre-optic guidance has emerged as a critical response to the digital arms race.

Ukrainian companies are increasing the production of fiber-optic drones.The drones can't be jammed with traditional ...

In February 2025, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces unveiled the "Silkworm," a domestically-made modular fiber optic spool. It signals a serious push to ramp up domestic production and deployment.

Khajak REBOff is a Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drone with fiber optic cable for communication. Impossible to jam, it can also operate inside buildings and attack at low level.

Fiber optic drones capable of penetrating 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) into enemy lines and striking targets with high-resolution imagery have emerged as key tools in the Russia-Ukraine war.

A new fiber optic cable is now in place between Philadelphia and New York to improve air traffic control telecommunications at the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark Liberty ...

Skylar Core, right, a worker with the Mason County (Wash.) Public Utility District, installs a hanger onto fiber optic cable as it comes off of a spool, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, while working with a ...