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24 April

Roke counter-drone system featuring a multi-sensor turret head and flanking electronics modules on a tripod mount against a dark background

UK’s Roke Ditches Specialist Dependency With New Counter-Drone System

Could military units soon manage counter-drone operations without heavy reliance on specialists? Roke suggests this may be possible.

23 April

Americas

Christine Casimiro

AV LOCUST Laser Zaps Drones in USS George H.W. Bush Live-Fire Test

AeroVironment has demonstrated the counter-drone capabilities of its LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in a live-fire test.

23 April

Technology

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Can Standard Rifles Take on Drones? Italian Firm Develops New Solution

Czechoslovak Group is entering the counter-drone space with new ammunition designed to disperse tungsten pellets to take down unmanned aerial vehicles.

21 April

Sea

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Leonardo Brings Full Counter-Drone Kill Chain to Maritime Platforms

An integrated system from Leonardo DRS could give naval vessels a full counter-drone capability, with its Maritime Mission Equipment Package now being embedded into maritime platforms.

20 April

Americas

Christine Casimiro

US Troops Test Bumblebee Counter-Drone System in Capital Defense Exercise

The US is continuing efforts to advance counter-drone capabilities through a recent exercise involving the Joint Interagency Task Force-401 and Joint Task Force National Capital Region.

17 April

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

US-Made ‘Ultimate Drone Listener’ Turns Sound Into 3D Situational Awareness

US firm Hall Lidar Inc. is pushing drone detection into 3D situational awareness with the UDL-64, an AI-powered sensing system that builds a spatial view of drone activity from sound.

17 April

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

Ondas, Heidelberg Launch Drone Defense Systems Joint Venture in Germany

Ondas and Heidelberger have launched ONBERG Autonomous Systems, a joint venture focused on autonomous drone defense technologies.

14 April

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

A New Kinetic C-UAS Kill Chain Emerges From DFT-Powerus Collab

In response to increasingly dynamic drone threats on the modern battlefield, Digital Force Technologies and Powerus have developed a fully integrated kinetic counter-unmanned aerial system kill chain designed for real-time response.

13 April

Americas