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Defense / Featured / Unmanned Vehicle

Drone Wars: Developments in Drone Swarm Technology

January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 - by Aja Melville

  In January 2025, the Swedish Armed Forces unveiled a new drone-swarming program, developed by defense giant Saab. This cutting-edge software empowers soldiers to control up to 100 uncrewed aircraft …

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Defense

From Ryan to Teledyne to Kratos: Providing Aerial Targets to the Pentagon

July 18, 2024July 17, 2024 - by Larry Dickerson

There once was a company called Ryan Aeronautical, the primary provider of advanced aerial target systems to the U.S. military (later purchased by Teledyne).  During the Cold War era, few …

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Defense / Military Electronics / Unmanned Vehicle

UK Developing Drone Killing Radio Weapon

May 16, 2024 - by Richard Pettibone

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is making significant strides in bolstering its Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) capabilities with the development of a Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon …

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UAS on display at Modern Day Marine 2024
Counter UAS / Defense / Featured / North America / Unmanned Vehicle

AAAA and Modern Day Marine Tradeshows Highlight Demand for UAS and C-UAS

May 6, 2024March 13, 2025 - by David Hutchins

In attending two spring tradeshows just one week apart, — the Army Aviation Mision Solutions Summit (April 24th-26th) and Modern Day Marine (April 30th-May 2nd) — it was impossible to …

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Geopolitics

From Damascus Strike to Drone Barrage: A Timeline of Rising Tensions Between Iran and Israel

April 16, 2024 - by Nicholas Rakoncza

On early Sunday morning, Tehran launched over two hundred drones and missiles toward Israel in response to an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria on April 1, 2024. Below is an …

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War in Ukraine

20th Century Weapons Defeating 21st Century Attack Drones

March 5, 2024March 8, 2024 - by Larry Dickerson

The flaming eye of the media is focusing on attack drones.  Not since the 1980s when Israel used unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to clear air defense missiles from the Bekaa …

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Geopolitics / North America

President Biden Promises Response to Attack that Killed Three U.S. Troops in Jordan

January 29, 2024 - by Shaun McDougall

President Biden promised to respond to an attack in northeastern Jordan that killed three U.S. troops and wounded at least another 34 close to the Syrian border. Of those injured, …

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Defense / Military Aircraft

Greece Leasing Heron MALE UAVs from Israel

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 - by Daniel Darling

The Hellenic Ministry of Defense plans to lease several Heron medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones from Israel for use in maritime reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The lease of three Israel Aircraft …

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Defense / Military Aircraft

Australia Receives Northrop Offer for Accelerated Triton Production

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 - by Daniel Darling

With the threat of a gap in production of its MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) drone, Northrop Grumman is offering a reduced-rate, accelerated-production alternative to Australia. Due to a U.S. …

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