Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. , a Technology Company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced that it has recently received approximately $50 million in awards for Products and Hardware, including for and in support of Counter Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS), Air Defense and Radar Systems. Continue reading
Category Archives: Anti-Drone
Russian AI Drone-Killer Destroyed in Ukraine by a Drone
Last week the Ukrainian Shadow drone group hunted down, and blew up, a very new and very rare RB-109A Bylina electronic-warfare command-and-control system. Continue reading
Raytheon’s GhostEye MR Proves Operational Readiness at US Air Force Exercise
Raytheon, an RTX business, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, demonstrated the operational performance and readiness of the GhostEye MR advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) during an extended exercise at White Sands Missile Range. Continue reading
Russian Anti-Drone Gunner Fails Against Ukrainian Drone
Russian soldiers, even if equipped with electronic warfare (EW) gear, prove defenseless against Ukrainian drones, Ukrainian blogger and volunteer Serhii Sternenko said on Twitter (X) on Jan. 8, sharing a video of Ukrainian forces using a drone against a Russian anti-drone gunner. Continue reading
Bundeswehr Regularly Spots Drones Over Military Training Grounds, Suspects Russia
Suspicious unidentified drones have been regularly spotted over German military training grounds for more than a year, particularly where Ukrainian soldiers are being trained, German newspaper Bild reported. Continue reading
Hanwha to Provide Korean Military Anti-Drone Systems
South Korean aerospace and defense maker Hanwha Systems Co. is set to establish a military system to cope with small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones from the North while planning to develop various models of the system for exports. Continue reading
Drastic Increase in US Army Coyote Drone Interceptor Purchase Plans
The U.S. Army plans to substantially increase its arsenal of Coyote counter-drone interceptors, as well as associated launchers and radars, in the next five years or so. The service says it wants to buy 6,000 jet-powered Block 2 variants, which carry an explosive warhead to destroy their target, and 700 more Block 3 versions that utilize an unspecified “non-kinetic” payload.