Four defense-tech companies integrated an AI-enabled sensor, an unmanned helicopter, Ukrainian-made interceptor drones and tactical radios into a single counter-drone system, then tested it at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, during a Pentagon exercise called Falcon Peak 26.2. DataShapes AI, Evolved Aerospace, General Cherry and Persistent Systems built the combined system in about three […]

U.S. soldiers trained on a counter-drone defense system during a course at the Combined Arms Training Center in Grafenwoehr, Germany, the U.S. Mission to NATO said in a social media post. The training center, known as CATC, is run by the 7th Army Training Command and offers close to 60 courses for U.S. troops, ranging […]

Chinese company Shengying Technology says it has introduced a new interceptor drone called the H-07, a high-speed platform designed to shoot down other drones in the final seconds before impact. Interceptor drones have become one of the fastest-growing categories in air defense over the past two years, driven largely by the need to counter cheap, […]

Ukrainian forces have begun fitting their own armored vehicles with the same “hedgehog” anti-drone armor that Russian units pioneered last year, according to photos and video circulating from Ukrainian military channels. The images show a Ukrainian M1 Abrams from the 225th Separate Assault Regiment and a BMP-1TS operated by the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade, both […]

Munich-based counter-drone company TYTAN Technologies said it demonstrated a new rocket-boosted interceptor drone to the German Federal Cabinet last month, presenting what the company described as a new category of system built for greater range and speed against aerial threats. TYTAN said the demonstration took place during the Cabinet’s annual retreat at Schloss Neuhardenberg in […]

Leonardo DRS has adapted its ground-based counter-drone technology for use at sea, packaging it into a system called the Maritime-Mission Equipment Package, or M-MEP, the company said in a social media announcement. The M-MEP is built to detect, identify, track and defeat drones threatening ships, using a modular design intended to work across a range […]

A Ukrainian fighter pilot who runs the social media channel “Sonyashnyk” told the outlet Waypoint that jet-powered Shahed drones remain difficult to stop even as Ukraine’s air defense system continues to evolve, arguing that focus on the small number of drones that get through overlooks the far larger number destroyed before they reach populated areas. […]