Taiwan To Deploy Drone Versus Drone Defense Systems On Its Islands
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has revealed that it will be deploying a domestically developed drone defense system to its islands in hopes of better countering and deterring hostile...
View ArticleU.S. To Turn Middle East Into Huge Testing Ground For Counter-Drone Tech
The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, wants to ramp up the military’s experimentation with unmanned and artificial intelligence-powered systems in the field, as well as ways to better counter...
View ArticleTask Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard
U.S. Air Forces Central, or AFCENT, has established a small but highly agile unit focused on rapidly innovating new capabilities that the service badly needs to confront emerging tactical problems in...
View ArticleTHOR Microwave Anti-Drone System Downs Swarms In Test
The U.S. Air Force recently conducted a first-of-its-kind test of the Tactical High-power Operational Responder, also known as THOR. A high-power microwave counter-drone system, the containerized THOR...
View ArticleLittle Radar-Toting Robotic Gun Vehicle Aims To Protect Squads From Drones
A trio of international defense contractors have teamed up to offer a new lower-tier counter-drone system that consists of a turreted infantry rifle with a computerized “smart sight,” a small radar...
View ArticleArmy Counter Drone System Pops Out Of A Shipping Container
The U.S. Army showed off a containerized counter-drone weapon system armed with a four-round launcher loaded with laser-guided 70mm rockets at an exercise in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. This...
View ArticleElectronic Warfare System Hunting Drones Wanted By SOCOM
Small loitering munitions, also known as kamikaze drones, with new specialized seekers would be a valuable additional tool for finding and taking out enemy land-based electronic warfare systems,...
View ArticleRoadrunner Reusable Anti-Air Interceptor Breaks Cover
A novel missile-like air vehicle called Roadrunner, with high degrees of modularity and autonomy, and that can be readily reused, has been unveiled by defense contractor Anduril. There is already a...
View ArticleOur Best Look At A VAMPIRE Counter Drone System For Ukraine
What appears to be the first definitive picture of a U.S.-supplied VAMPIRE counter-drone system for Ukraine has emerged. The last of a batch of 14 of these systems, which use laser-guided 70mm rockets...
View ArticleDrastic Increase In Army Coyote Drone Interceptor Purchase Plans
The U.S. Army plans to substantially increase its arsenal of Coyote counter-drone interceptors, as well as associated launchers and radars, in the next five years or so. The service says it wants to...
View ArticleFirst Look At Laser-Guided Rocket Counter Drone System Blasting A Russian Drone
We have what appears to be the first look at a U.S.-supplied VAMPIRE counter-drone system in action, doing what it was intended — shooting down one of Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed-type kamikaze...
View ArticleHuge Boost To Army’s Air Defenses Planned In New Force Structure
The U.S. Army has laid out plans to significantly expand its air and missile defense units, with a particular focus on counter-drone and counter-cruise missile capabilities, as part of a larger...
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