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L3Harris to Provide Additional C-UAS Systems to US Department of Defense

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– L3Harris Technologies has received a new contract through the U.S. Department of Defense for additional VAMPIRE systems, which neutralize unmanned aerial threats. The new order builds on the first delivery and installation of the VAMPIRE systems in 2023 in support of European operations. VAMPIRE, or Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment, delivers advanced […]

Alpine Eagle Sentinel – a Drone-Based Counter-UAS Swarm System

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The Sentinel Counter-UAS System is an air-to-air sensor & interceptor network designed to detect, classify, and intercept unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including small drones, micro-UAVs, and loitering munitions. It provides early warning against hostile UAS and enables their interception at a stand-off distance. Equipped with onboard AI software and high-performance edge computing, Sentinel is designed […]

Ukraine’s VARTA DroneHunter Drone Interception System Presented in Latvia

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Ukrainian defence company VARTA has unveiled the DroneHunter, a drone-mounted kinetic interceptor designed to neutralize small and medium-sized Russian UAVs on the battlefield. Militarnyi’s correspondent reported the details of this Ukrainian innovation during the Drone Summit 2025 held in Riga. At the defence exhibition, the Ukrainian company VARTA presented its anti-drone system featuring a dual […]

QinetiQ US Wins $41M Task Order to Support Army Counter UAS

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– QinetiQ US won a $41 million, three-year task order to provide software and technology integration support for a counter-UAS project under the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) C5ISR Center. The company will deliver technical and software engineering expertise to advance counter-UAS capabilities across fixed installations, vehicles, and mobile deployment systems. As systems […]

Smartshooter Gets $13M US Army Contract for Smash 2000L Fire Control Systems

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– SMARTSHOOTER, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems, has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, SMARTSHOOTER Inc., has received a new order valued at $13M from the U.S. Army for SMASH 2000L fire control systems. The systems will be deployed as part of the Army’s Transformation In Contact (TIC2.0) forces, a specially […]

Ukraine Arms Soldiers with Domestic Anti-Drone Pistol

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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has approved a domestically made anti-drone pistol for the armed forces in a move to enhance individual soldier survivability against hostile drones. Constructed as a single, unified piece instead of assembled from different components, the compact anti-drone pistol weighs just over 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) with a 60-minute battery life. Acting […]

Sky Sentinel – Ukraine’s AI-Powered Anti-Drone Turret

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Ukrainian engineers have developed Sky Sentinel, an AI-Powered Anti-Drone Turret,  in response to the ongoing Russian drone and missile attacks. What is Sky Sentinel? At first glance, Sky Sentinel might look like just another turret. But that’s a serious understatement. It is an autonomous, AI-controlled air-defense turret, equipped with a heavy machine gun and capable […]

Anti-Drone ‘Invisibility Cloaks’ Make Russian Soldiers Sitting Ducks

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Russian soldiers are struggling to hide from Ukrainian drones, despite being given coats and blankets designed to hide them from thermal and night vision sensors.  The garments are intended to mask body heat, making soldiers harder to detect with night-vision and infrared optics. However they are constructed with faulty technology, and troops are often given […]

Ukraine is Adding Anti-Drone Cages to Drones

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Ukrainian forces are now equipping drones to fly with metal mesh meant to protect them from other drones. The first video of an up-armoured Ukrainian drone just circulated online. The first anti-drone cages, which Ukrainian observers dubbed “cope cages,” began showing up on Russian armored vehicles shortly after Russian forces widened their war on Ukraine […]