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UVision Air Ltd. – a pioneer in the area of lethal aerial loitering systems of all sizes – has partnered with South Korean firm, Firstec Co., Ltd. According to the MOU, FIRSTEC will market and sell the company’s short-range HERO-30 Lethal Loitering Systems to the South Korean market. Continue reading
To defend against military lasers, Adsys Controls of Irvine, California, has created Helios, which can be carried on drones. To do much damage, an offensive laser needs to remain focused on its target for several seconds. Helios stops a laser from doing this by disrupting the systems controlling the beam – the Achilles’ heel for all such weapons.
The US Missile Defense Agency moved one step closer to their laser-equipped unmanned air vehicle with a plan to compete a low power laser demonstrator for missile defense.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday unveiled the country’s long-awaited Bavar-373 air defense missile system with characteristics similar to Russia’s S-300.
The Pentagon, which has put a lot of effort in recent years into developing laser weapons, is continuing with a program intended to mount high-powered lasers on manned and unmanned aircraft to defend against heat-seeking missiles. Continue reading
Raytheon is planning ship-based swarm testing of its Coyote unmanned air vehicle in the coming weeks, under a research programme funded by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems, a business of Textron Inc. and Thales announced at the Farnborough Air Show the successful testing of the Fury lightweight precision guided glide weapon from the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) against static vehicle targets.
It was a bad day for enemy cruise missiles and aircraft. In a series of tests, the newly upgraded Raytheon Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system proved it can destroy cruise missiles and aircraft with different kinds of interceptors.