101st soldiers use drones to drop grappling hooks, breach razor wireIn a recent critical training rotation, soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division expanded the scope of what’s possible with warfighting drones, developing new uses and making key determinations about how — and in what quantities — to build them into …
German Counter-drone startup Tytan eyes 3,000 interceptors per month in new factoryWARSAW, Poland — Munich-based counter-drone systems maker Tytan Technologies is readying to launch a new factory in Germany amid increasing demand for interceptor drones.Production activities at the facility, which will be capable of manufacturing 3,000 autonomous interceptors per month, are …
Ukraine’s top strike-drone maker moves into ballistic missile defenseKYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian firm behind many of the long-range drone strikes that now regularly hit Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles inside its borders is moving into missile defense, signing a major deal this month to build a …
Poland buys V-BAT drones to boost Baltic Sea naval operationsWARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Defence has awarded a contract to U.S. California-based defense technology firm Shield AI to buy its V-BAT drone for Poland’s Navy.The development comes shortly after Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the company …
US Army tests fire control software that helps moving vehicles kill dronesThe U.S. Army has successfully tested software designed to help vehicle-mounted weapons shoot down drones while both the target and the vehicle are moving, Picatinny Arsenal announced Tuesday. The capability was demonstrated in April at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, using …
Frustrating Israel, fiber-optic killer drone technology has arrived in southern LebanonBEIRUT — Fiber-optic First Person View (FPV) drones operated by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah have changed the battlefield in southern Lebanon, inflicting losses and causing damage to Israeli forces occupying parts of the area.The technology, a hallmark of the …
US Army tests autonomous boats during Philippine exerciseAutonomous boats helped escort a U.S. Army vessel during a recent military exercise, the Army said, in a demonstration of how uncrewed assets are changing maritime operations. Soldiers from the 125th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, deployed …
Japan joins the global craze to field interceptor dronesMANILA, Philippines — Japan plans to rapidly deploy autonomous interceptor drones to complement emerging standoff-strike capabilities, as reports surfaced that Tomahawk missile orders could face delays after U.S. stockpiles come under strain following the Iran war.State procurement agency Acquisition, Technology …
US Air Force awards first CCA production contracts to General Atomics, AndurilThe U.S. Air Force has cleared its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter production, awarding contracts to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Anduril Industries. Six companies will compete on the autonomous software that will fly them.The Air Force made the …
Poland weighs joining X-BAT autonomous vertical-takeoff fighter programWARSAW, Poland — California-based defense technology firm Shield AI has offered Poland a role in its X-BAT autonomous vertical-takeoff fighter jet program, with the country potentially hosting some of the manufacturing activities for the aircraft, according to Polish Prime Minister …
Renault teams up with Thales to boost France’s drone productionFrance’s Renault Group will produce military drones with defense technology firm Thales, the companies said on Tuesday, marking a further push by the automaker into defense manufacturing.Renault will build Thales’ Toutatis remotely operated loitering munitions at one of its factories, …
As Europe rearms, ‘wingman’ aircraft take center stage Center stage at last week’s Berlin airshow was the “wingman” drone, Europe’s latest-generation defense weapon designed to accompany fighter jets.As the war in Ukraine in particular has underscored the growing importance of drones and electronic warfare, European and U.S. defense …
Rheinmetall pitches shipping container that can spit out swarms of attack dronesPARIS — German defense giant Rheinmetall unveiled a new concept for inundating battlefields with scores of loitering munitions: having them streak by the dozens out of 20-foot shipping containers.Company officials presented the idea at the Eurosatory defense exhibition outside of …
Ukraine’s demand for tiny drone laser-targeting systems spurs new product launchesWARSAW, Poland — Several European companies are promoting their laser solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles at this year’s Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, seeking to a fill critical technology gap for Ukraine’s defense.Lithuania’s Aktyvus Photonics has announced it is tripling the …
US Army commissions second cohort of tech executives into innovation unitAs the U.S. Army races to modernize for warfare that is increasingly defined by autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, it is recruiting some of the country’s most influential technology leaders into uniform. The Army this week added three more technology …
‘They got very lucky,’ Trump says of downed Apache helicopter’s crewPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday said two U.S. Army aviators “got very lucky” after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that American retaliation for the incident is not over. Speaking to …
The US usually sells weapons to Taiwan – with drones, expect the reverseNEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — The United States has been selling advanced weapons to Taiwan for years, with large American contractors churning out more of the higher-end equipment than the island could ever produce alone for its defense against its …
Pentagon reveals preferred munitions for one-way attack dronesThe Pentagon recently named the winners of the Lethality Prize Challenge in the Drone Dominance program, a $1.1 billion effort to expand domestic drone production and reduce the cost of commercial drones for military use.The Defense Innovation Unit announced in …
US approves Kuwait request to buy nearly $2 billion of counter-drone platformsThe U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of nearly $2 billion worth of counter-unmanned aerial systems to Kuwait.Kuwait requested the c-UAS platforms, built by Anduril, in an effort to improve the country’s ability to counter current and future …
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