Category Archives: Loitering Munitions – One Way Effector (OWE)

Use It, Don’t Lose It: The Case for Recoverable and Reusable Loitering Munitions

In a new whitepaper, Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, says that emerging cost-effective precision strike solutions that can be safely recovered and reused offer a strong alternative to more commonly deployed ‘One-Way Attack’ or First Person View (FPV) drones. Continue reading

Airbus Defence Launches LOAD – a Low-Cost Drone Capable of Autonomously Countering Kamikaze Drones

Airbus Defence unveiled a European-made anti-drone drone concept with elements of autonomy this week, piggybacking on a training dummy design from 20 years ago. With LOAD — short for Low-Cost Air Defence — the European aerospace giant seeks to address one of the main challenges in modern air defense: the massive cost of intercepting cheap threats. Continue reading

Battlefield Experience and Advanced Software Build Better Drones

Lithuanian company Granta Autonomy has delivered hundreds of FPV attack drones to Ukraine with more to come under a €1 million contract. These are the new GA-10FPV-AI model, with advanced communications and lock-on-target capability. Unlike others, Granta Autonomy is no new start-up but has been preparing for a drone war for more than ten years. Continue reading

Azov Brigade Armed with Ukrainian-Made ‘Shahed-like’ SETH Attack Drones

Based on recently published images, it has been confirmed that Ukraine has begun deploying its new SETH drones, which feature a design similar to the Iranian-origin Shahed loitering munitions used by the Russian Armed Forces. According to local media reports, these new platforms are in the hands of the 12th “Azov” Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, provided by the “Come Back Alive” foundation. Continue reading