Weapons Systems / Lasers
The system employs a laser dazzler architecture that produces optical interference to disrupt drone sensors and visual navigation systems. By impairing onboard cameras and targeting optics, the platform offers a non-kinetic method of mitigating UAV threats without physically destroying the aircraft.
C-UAS
SMASH 2000LE (also known as SMASH 3000SA) is an enhanced configuration of Smart Shooter’s lightweight, handheld-operated fire control system, adding connectivity capabilities that enable integration with external sensors and battle management systems.
C-UAS
LOCUST X3 builds on lessons learned from widely deployed systems to set a new standard in modular, AI-enabled drone defense—delivering unprecedented precision, scalability, and operational flexibility to defeat current and emerging aerial threats.
Weapons Systems / Lasers
The Lyocon counter-drone system is designed to generate optical interference capable of disrupting UAV sensors and visual systems, enabling a non-kinetic mitigation approach against drone threats.
Weapons Systems / Lasers
The defining metric of effectiveness is no longer whether a system can intercept a drone, but whether it can do so affordably, repeatedly, and at the scale the threat demands. In essence, C-UAS is no longer defined by whether you can stop a drone, but whether you can afford to stop them all.
Military
The two semi-automatic .50 BMG (12.7 mm) rifles are both fed by a 10-round magazine, giving the drone a total ammunition capacity of 20 rounds. The system fires at a rate of approximately 25 rounds per minute. This low rate is due to the significant recoil generated by such a large caliber weapon.
Military
MQ-9Bs could launch from a number of friendly bases in the Western or Southern Pacific, fly to a hold point and loiter there outside a hostile power’s weapons engagement zone. The aircraft could launch its weapons in coordination with other U.S. or allied operations
Testing
The missile prototype exceeded Mach 6 and demonstrated a range of more than 300 kilometers. All systems operated normally during ascent and descent, with performance validated down to the subcomponent level at hypersonic speeds.
C-UAS
The primary objective was to assess the XM1225 cartridge’s accuracy and directly compare its performance with the legacy HEDP round under identical conditions. A secondary objective involved collecting performance data from mixed ammunition loads against both ground targets and UAS threats.
C-UAS
Drone Killer Cartridge provides broader terminal coverage on and around the intended target, which increases effectiveness against stationary and moving drones by helping offset imperfect aim. There's a good reason why bird hunters use shotguns...
C-UAS
A non-kinetic effect, provides two key advantages: It minimizes collateral damage, and it provides a cost-effective option to clear the airspace of the cheap, commercially available drones that adversaries are using to threaten, spy on and attack U.S. and allied forces.
Business
The two companies plan to strengthen their competitiveness in the rapidly diversifying global market through the establishment of a strategic partnership in unmanned aircraft and onboard weapon systems