C-UAS
Project Flytrap 4.5 brings soldiers, industry and technology together in Germany to push the limits of counter-drone solutions to defend NATO’s eastern flank. Over the past months, it has become clear how the threat posed by drones is evolving and increasingly impacting our everyday life. We have seen
Business
Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital. This follows its €160 million Series C in May this year, bringing the total amount secured in 2025 to €340 million, which marks the largest private capital raise in Europe’s
Accidents
A U.S. military plane soared over Florida's Eglin Air Force Base earlier this month and released a drone made by the defence tech giant Anduril Industries to test whether it could take flight and conduct surveillance. The drone – a winged model known as Altius – nosedived 8,000
C-UAS
Iran has put into service new booby-traps capable of destroying helicopters and drones. The Jaljaleh anti-drone mine is capable of shooting down airborne targets at an altitude of up to 350 meters. When detonated, an explosive radius of approximately 5 meters is formed, and fragments fly up to 15 meters.
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* Thales is giving forces a new edge in electromagnetic warfare (EW) with two new systems built to accelerate radar detection and AI analysis, helping operators act faster across air, land, and sea. The innovations aim to simplify complex intelligence workflows while enabling more precise responses to threats in multi-domain operations.
Business
A Chinese drone parts supplier has taken an ownership stake in one of Russia’s most important military drone manufacturers, according to a bombshell Financial Times investigation just published. The revelation marks the first documented case of direct Chinese equity investment in a sanctioned Russian defence company. Wang Dinghua, owner
Business
* TEKEVER has signed with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) a new €30 million (USD 35M) framework contract for a two year period with possible extensions up to 4 years. TEKEVER will provide two complete systems, each comprising two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAS), to support simultaneous, multi-region deployments across European
Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully captured a whole Russian-Iranian Shahed-3 suicide drone, including its camera, during recent operations. The drone was equipped with a modem for a Mesh network, used for transmitting control signals in real time. This network enables signals to be passed through a chain of drones, allowing
C-UAS
Leaders and Soldiers from the 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command brought together air defenders, Army procurement staff and commercial vendors specializing in counter-unmanned aerial systems technology for a unique military and civilian event at Truppenübungsplatz Putlos, Nov. 10-21, 2025. Called Project
Russia's Neiry has tested the first flock of biodrone pigeons with neural interfaces implanted in their brains. They differ from conventional drones in their long operating time and range. The company also assured that the birds "while in use" live a normal lifespan, no different in
Law Enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have launched a new $500 million Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program aimed at boosting state and local capabilities to detect, track, and monitor drones that could threaten public safety or critical infrastructure. The program, created under the One
Video
On June 20, 1965, two MiG-17s circled the smoking wreckage of an F-4 Phantom deep in North Vietnam, the first of its kind shot down in the war. The MiG pilots expected what usually came next: more Phantoms screaming in at twice the speed of sound. Then they heard a