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The U.S. Air Force has handed a Georgia drone maker a contract worth up to $90 million to build small, expendable aircraft designed to deny enemies the ability to fly. Tandem Defense, based in Richmond Hill, Georgia, won a new contract, meaning the U.S. Air Force can order any quantity of equipment up to the [β¦]
Lockheed Martin unveiled MORFIUS X-Rotor at the Farnborough International Airshow, an airborne counter-drone system built around a high-power microwave weapon that the company says can neutralize an entire swarm of hostile drones in a single mission, then land, get recovered, and fly again. A high-power microwave weapon, commonly shortened to HPM, works by blasting a [β¦]
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X-Bow Systems unveiled Buckler, a flight-tested interceptor built to shoot down Group 3 drones at supersonic speeds, with the company pricing the weapon below $100,000 per unit, a fraction of what traditional air defense missiles cost to defeat the exact same kind of threat. Group 3 drones sit in the middle of the militaryβs five-tier [β¦]
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Centerβs Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio published a market research notice this week seeking industry information on a new ground-based launcher built to shoot down both cruise missiles and drones ranging from small commercial-style quadcopters up to large, fixed-wing [β¦]
Russian forces have grown increasingly willing to sacrifice a fake air defense system rather than a real one, a pattern that keeps surfacing in drone strike footage even as Ukrainian units continue to celebrate each new video as a confirmed kill. A recent example centers on footage released by Ukrainian military showing a Hornet kamikaze [β¦]
Israelβs largest defense contractor is bringing a laser cannon that shoots down rockets with light, a missile precise enough to hit hardened underground bunkers, and a record-breaking $2.3 billion European air defense deal to one of the worldβs biggest aviation trade shows this week. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced it will showcase a wide portfolio [β¦]
Japanβs military procurement agency has handed a German drone company a foothold in one of the most urgent defense priorities in the Indo-Pacific: figuring out how to shoot down enemy drones before they hit anything. Quantum Systems, a German unmanned aircraft maker, announced Wednesday that Japanβs Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, the defense ministryβs procurement [β¦]
Thirty-eight companies have told Japanβs government they can build a drone that shoots down other drones, and the countryβs defense chief wants one flying within weeks rather than years. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi disclosed the figure at a press conference following a cabinet meeting on July 3, 2026, confirming that the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics [β¦]
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