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Air defense and electronic warfare systems deployed at Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Syria have shot down or disabled over 100 drones during terrorists’ attempted attacks on the military facility over the past two years, Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $281 million contract by the United States Army to develop the Sentinel A4 radar system. Continue reading
Raytheon Company will deliver a prototype high-power microwave system to be deployed to troops overseas under a U.S. Air Force contract. Troops will use the HPM system to destroy hostile drones. Continue reading
On September 14, Yemen’s Houthi militants claimed responsibility for an attack on crucial Saudi Arabian oil facilities in Buqayq and Khurais, which was carried out using a number of suicide drones (allegedly 18) and 7 cruise missiles. The exact area(s) from which the strikes were delivered still remains unknown (Interfax, September 18). And some strong evidence actually points more directly to Iran Continue reading
The deliberate and calculated drone attack on Saudi Aramco oil facilities is of strategic and global significance Access to inexpensive unmanned aircraft has changed the landscape for malicious activities, heightening the threat to critical infrastructures; airports, energy, agriculture, commercial, government and public venues. Continue reading
Epirus, the only U.S. company developing software-defined electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technology designed to take down dangerous drones, was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the U.S. Air Force at its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Pitch Day on July 24. Continue reading
DroneShield Ltd has announced a partnership with BT Group plc , a telecommunications solutions provider with operations in 180 countries, and the largest telecommunications company in the United Kingdom. Going forward, BT will provide counterdrone solutions to a range of its customers across a number of industries and sectors, utilising DroneShield’s industry-leading drone detection and mitigation technology. Continue reading
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have acquired from a Ukrainian firm, the Proximus Bukovel AD system. This new system will allow the FAR to annihilate any threat of drones, noted the Website FAR-Maroc, which disclosed the news. Continue reading