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Oct- 2023 -19 October
US Shoots Down Drones in Iraq, Allied Forces Wounded
US forces shot down two drones and damaged a third in Iraq over the past 24 hours, with allied troops suffering "minor injuries" in one incident, CENTCOM said.
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17 October
BAE Unveils Counter-Drone Variant of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
BAE Systems has unveiled a prototype of the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System variant of the US Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.
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17 October
US Army Opens Drone Fighting School
The US Army has opened a new academy to train soldiers on how to effectively defend against the rapidly-evolving threat of drones.
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17 October
UK Pushes for Mine-Detecting Drone Technologies
Scientists and engineers from the UK are conducting research to equip the armed forces with innovative drones for explosive threat detection.
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16 October
US Army Orders Switchblade Loitering Munition for Tank-Killing Role
The US Army has ordered an initial batch of over 100 Switchblade 600 loitering munitions for testing and fielding.
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13 October
New Radar to Help Gray Eagle Hunt Small Drones
General Atomics has begun producing Gray Eagle drone’s latest version with a new synthetic aperture radar capable of spotting targets 50 miles away.
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13 October
Turkey Sinks Ship With Swarm of Unmanned Surface Vessels
Turkey has successfully sunk a ship using a swarm of eight unmanned surface vessels and a Bayraktar TB2 drone.
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13 October
Ukraine Invented the Drone War. The US Can’t Fight One Without Chinese Equipment
Establishing US leadership in drone manufacturing will be challenging, but now is the time to ensure America can fight a drone war if it ever has to.
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13 October
US Navy Orders Nine Small Underwater Drones
HII Mission Technologies has secured a US Navy contract worth over $347 million for nine small underwater drones, with the option for 200 more.
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12 October
Australian Scholars Develop Cyberattack Protection for Military Robots
Australian academics have developed an algorithm to protect unmanned military robots from “man-in-the-middle” cyberattacks.
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