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At the Interpolitex 2025 exhibition in Moscow, the Shvabe optoelectronics group, part of the Rostec defense industry corporation, presented for the first time a mobile truck-mounted anti-drone laser system. This event marked a new step in the race to develop directed energy weapons between Russia and Western powers. The new
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Ukraine and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement to co-produce thousands of Octopus-100 interceptor drones under the “Build with Ukraine” initiative. The move marks the first serial production of a Ukrainian combat drone in a NATO country, deepening defense-industrial ties and accelerating delivery to the front lines. On 25
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* General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is reviving the railgun program with a new generation of electromagnetic weapons capable of firing hypersonic tungsten-pellet payloads, positioning it as a potential modern air defense solution for saturation attacks and high-speed threats. The effort centers on an electromagnetic weapon designed to fire projectiles at
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* Leonardo DRS has revealed a new capability in its range of what it calls Maneuver Air Defense payloads. The new Air Defense Light Variant (ADLV) is based on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) as a lighter-weight member of its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) and short-range air defence family. It
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The US arm of Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is working with the US Army to integrate a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability into the thousands of remote weapon stations (RWSs) it has supplied under the army’s Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) programme. Over the last 20
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Russia has converted light civilian aircraft into improvised drone interceptors, equipping Cessna planes with machine guns to counter Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to footage aired by Russian state TV Rossiya 1. The report showed modified Cessna aircraft outfitted with dual machine guns mounted beneath the fuselage. Inside the
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* Safran Electronics & Defense has announced the launch of Skydel NAVWAR, a breakthrough software solution designed to strengthen national defense capabilities against hostile drones. As the core of Safran’s counter-UAV (C-UAV) systems, Skydel NAVWAR disrupts unmanned aerial vehicle navigation by simulating authentic GNSS signals, providing nations and organizations with
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* AeroVironment, Inc. has been selected to deliver the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM). Along with this selection, AV was awarded a $95.9 million contract for the U.S. Army's Long-Range Kinetic Interceptor (LRKI) program through the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation
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The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, in coordination with Defense Innovation Unit, successfully completed the C-UAS fire control solution competition, selecting Anduril as the winner. This result represents a critical step in identifying and integrating the most effective fire control solutions to counter the rapidly
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- AeroVironment, Inc. has announced an expanded collaboration with GrandSKY, the nation's first commercial unmanned aerial system (UAS) business and aviation park, to establish the foundation of its Golden Dome for America limited area defense architecture at Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) in North Dakota. Working with
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The German company Quantum Systems is testing a new interceptor drone, the Jäger (in English – Hunter), designed to destroy enemy drones at a distance of up to 25 km. The device uses a combined electric and missile drive, according to the Hartpunkt defence and security analytical magazine. First, the drone
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The Ukrainian military has begun deploying special engineering barriers to prevent fiber-optic drones from flying behind the front line. The idea behind the simple engineering design, which consists of a stretched barbed wire, is to break the fiber-optic cable that gets on it by rotating the barb around its axis.