Russia, drones and Ukraine
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Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has achieved a record average supply of interceptor drones in December and January, delivering over 1,500 per day to counter Russian Shahed loitering munitions.
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The Army’s laser locust just shrank into a drone hunter on wheels
The U.S. Army’s latest laser weapon is no longer a bulky science project strapped to a shipping pallet. It has been squeezed onto small tactical trucks and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, turning the LOCUST system into a mobile drone hunter that can roll with frontline units instead of guarding a fixed base.
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Lebanese Army captures Hezbollah's Tu-143 Reys jet drones
Three Tu-143 high-speed reconnaissance drones have been photographed during ongoing Lebanese Army operations against Hezbollah. On Sep. 23, 2024, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported the existence of converted Soviet-era jet-powered reconnaissance drones in the arsenal of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group,
Indian defence firms such as Solar Defence and Aerospace, Adani Defence, and RapheM are likely to be key contenders for the project, which is estimated to be worth around Rs 2,000 crore,
The Army’s new acquisition strategy—buy fast, in small quantities, then maybe buy a lot more—is causing headaches for at least one of the vendors working on the service’s new medium-range reconnaissance drone.
Small drones are "the defining threat of our time," Brig. Gen. Ross said, requiring a layered defense network to stop them.
The US Army is pitting ideas born in Washington against battlefield realities, with the outcomes shaping how future wars will be fought. Recent exercises at the National Training Center in California and the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center in ...
The U.S. Army wants to speed up drone procurement while also developing laser weapons to shoot down enemy unmanned vehicles. A “Request for Information” from the Army seeks ideas for using High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapons to bring down swarms of drones ...
For decades, the AH-64 Apache was built to destroy tanks and provide close support to troops on the ground. Now the Army is giving it a mission few expected: hunting drones. The rise of drone swarms in Ukraine, the Red Sea, and across the Middle East has ...
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The US Army’s famed 10th Mountain Division just got a new drone unit
The 10th Mountain Division was established during World War II as the US Army’s leading mountain warfare unit. It maintains that responsibility today.