Tag: Anti drone

Microwaves, Sensors, and Swarms: Army Tests Counter-UAS Swiss Army Knife

Steve Schneider - October 16, 2025

US Army officials say rapidly evolving drone threats require equally fast upgrades to defenses, so the service will run capability competitions at least every...

Tank Killer Turned Drone Hunter: The A‑10’s Evolution

Steve Schneider - October 15, 2025

A US Air Force A-10C Warthog has returned from a Middle East deployment displaying drone kill markings, confirming the combat use of laser-guided APKWS...

Ukraine’s New Tank Fires 1,000 Rounds a Minute

Steve Schneider - October 15, 2025

Germany’s Rheinmetall will provide Ukraine with additional Skyranger 35 air defense systems mounted on Leopard 1 tank hulls, under a contract valued in the...

Pulsar Brings AI-Powered Drone Warfare Defense

Steve Schneider - October 14, 2025

Anduril’s Pulsar is a versatile family of modular, AI-powered, software-defined Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) systems built to rapidly respond to evolving threats across air, land,...

The Next War Won’t Wait: America’s Urgent Drone Defense Gap

Steve Schneider - October 6, 2025

Bloomberg reports that China is rapidly expanding its drone warfare capabilities, posing a serious threat to American forces in a potential Pacific conflict. Its...

Pennies Per Kill: Leonidas HPM Demo Delivers 100% Kill Rate on 49 Drones

Steve Schneider - October 1, 2025

Epirus reported that its Leonidas high‑power microwave (HPM) counter‑swarm system successfully disabled 61 of 61 drones, a 100% kill rate, during an Aug. 26...

New AI Autonomous Turret Brings Extreme Accuracy to Drone Warfare

Steve Schneider - October 1, 2025

DefenseOne reports that the US Special Operations Command awarded Allen Control Systems (via ManTech) a contract for the Bullfrog autonomous turret, a sensor- and...

How Long-Range Drone Attacks Are Redefining Modern Warfare

Richard C. Young - August 27, 2025

Recent long-range drone attacks by Ukraine and Israel deep inside Russia and Iran raise concerns about the vulnerability of the US homeland to similar...

Hellhound Takes Off: America’s Fastest Kamikaze Drone Evolves for Homeland Defense

Steve Schneider - August 11, 2025

DefenseNews reports that Cummings Aerospace’s Hellhound drone, recently tested at 384 mph, is the fastest kamikaze drone in the US Designed for the Army’s...