Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) have successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time. Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman Gets $142M US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk Maintenance Contract
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $142,483,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable, indefinite-delivery requirements contract modification (P00017) to previously awarded (FA8539-21-D-0001) to award and to exercise Option Year 5 and to award Option 6 for test, teardown and evaluation, repairs, and management of national stock numbers of the RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Air-Vehicle System. Continue reading
$200m Worth of Russian Drones Taken out by $15m Merops UAVs
US and Polish soldiers have been demonstrating the Merops drone interceptor – an American-made counter-UAV system that’s been proving its worth in Ukraine. US officials said each drone costs roughly $14,500, about 10% of the cost of the Shahed drones Russia uses to attack Ukraine. Continue reading
Russian Patent for Active Protection Systems to FPV-Type Drone Threats
Russia has patented a new active protection system method designed to engage attack drones as well as missiles and projectiles. The filing underscores how FPV drone warfare is reshaping armored vehicle survivability and future tank design. Continue reading
Dassault Rafale – the Fighter that Quietly Smoked the F-22
The F-22 Raptor was engineered to be a spectre. A fifth-generation marvel with thrust-vectoring, supercruise, and radar-absorbing skin, an almost alien machine built to dominate the skies for the next four decades. Continue reading
US Air Force Plans to Start its Own Experimental One-Way Attack Drone Unit
The U.S. Air Force will stand up a new unit to shape how the service fights with low-cost, one-way attack drones. Continue reading
Ukraine’s New AIR Speed Interceptor Drone for Targeting Small-Sized Objects
A Ukrainian defence-tech company has unveiled the new AIR Speed interceptor drone, which expands its lineup of unmanned systems designed to counter aerial threats. The drone was developed by the General Cherry, a company known for its FPV drones and interceptor drone solutions. The AIR Speed is a new addition to the General Cherry AIR series. Continue reading
EagleNXT Sells eBee TAC Tactical Mapping Drones to US Army
– AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. has announced the sale of six eBee TAC tactical mapping drones to the U.S. Army, each equipped with premium S.O.D.A. 3D and Duet M sensors featuring full RTK/PPK activation. Continue reading