Swedish defence startup Nordic Air Defence (NAD) has announced that its interceptor drones will be hunting for Shaheds in Ukraine this winter. The company claims to be able to produce “tens of thousands” of drones per month. Continue reading
US Exempts Some Foreign-Made Drones from Import Ban
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it is exempting imports of some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from a sweeping import ban adopted in December. Continue reading
US Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
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
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