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The U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has successfully executed additional contract awards as part of Domestic Shield to procure counter-unmanned aerial systems capability in support of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Strategic Command. Continue reading
NUBURU, Inc., a dual-use defence and security platform company focused on non-kinetic effects, directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and software-orchestrated defence systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lyocon S.r.l. has completed the proof-of-concept of a portable directed-energy laser dazzler platform designed for counter-drone applications. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is advancing the integration of long-range weapons on its MQ-9B unmanned aircraft, expanding the platform’s role beyond intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. Continue reading
The Apache AH-64 attack helicopter has reached a major milestone with the successful live-fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) round at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Continue reading
The U.S. Navy has developed a new ‘Drone Killer Cartridge’ (DKC) designed to significantly improve small arms-based defence against unmanned aerial threats. Developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, the DKC is a family of specialised ammunition that enhances the ability to destroy hostile or nuisance drones using standard rifles and machine guns already in service. Continue reading
IG Nex1 held a contract commemoration event with Shield AI at UMEX 2026 (Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) said recently that Russia has begun arming drones with Soviet-era air-to-air missiles to target Ukrainian interceptors. Continue reading
Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said it carried out the first-ever uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) attack on a Russian vessel. The strike was on a Project 636 Varshavyanka class, or Improved Kilo class diesel-electric submarine, in the Black Sea naval stronghold of Novorossiysk. Continue reading