Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS news from UASFeed — drone detection, jamming, interceptors, directed energy, and the race to defend bases, airports, and infrastructure from hostile drones.
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Counter-UAS
Marines Rush Anduril Jammers to Amphibious Combat Vehicles as NORTHCOM Tests Urban Counter-Drone Defense
The Marine Corps hand-picked Anduril for a $15.7M sole-source deal to arm its ACVs with Pulsar-L jammers, landing the same week NORTHCOM ran its fourth counter-drone exercise and previewed its first urban test.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Stands Up New PEO to Fast-Track Drone and Counter-Drone Buys, Seeking Cloud-Independent, Encrypted Small UAS
DHS's drone-focused program office has issued an RFI for small UAS that skip the cloud, run AES-256 encrypted links, and meet Blue/Green UAS standards, with industry answers due Oct. 5.
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Passive-Radar and Threat-Fusion Startups Expand on Both Sides of the Atlantic as Counter-Drone Demand Surges
Australia's Silentium Defence opens a US headquarters in North Carolina while three ex-Altitude Angel executives launch UK startup Wardyn Technologies, both chasing surging counter-drone demand.
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Counter-UAS
Cape Canaveral Races to Add Counter-Drone Defenses as Launch Tempo Surges
Space Force officials say Cape Canaveral is "top of the list" for new counter-drone gear within weeks, but a GAO report shows the service is short-staffed by 25% just as launch cadence climbs toward 1,000 a year.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield Plugs AIM Defence's Fractl Laser Into DroneSentry, Giving Its RF-Sensing Stack a Hard-Kill Option
DroneShield has signed an MOU to make DroneSentry interoperable with AIM Defence's Fractl laser, adding a directed-energy effector by partnership. It is a roadmap, not a contract: no dollar value, schedule or customer has been announced.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield Fields DroneSentry-X Mk2 on Army Infantry Squad Vehicles 80 Days After Award as JIATF-401 Pushes Rapid Counter-Drone Fielding
DroneShield says DroneSentry-X Mk2 reached initial operational capability on U.S. Army Infantry Squad Vehicles about 80 days after a JIATF-401 award, with three more units planned. Contract value, first-batch size and performance specifications were not disclosed.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Jets Down a Drone Over Lithuania in a First for the Baltic Nation
Italian Eurofighters flying NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an explosive-laden drone that crossed into Lithuania from Belarus, the first such intercept in Lithuanian airspace and the second Baltic shootdown in 30 days.
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Counter-UAS
Águila Alta: Mexico's Anti-Drone Pact Delivers Zero Results
Three weeks into the joint US-Mexico Águila Alta counter-drone operation at the Tijuana border, Mexico has intercepted zero cartel drones while US forces have downed over 300 this year alone.
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Counter-UAS
Air Force Wants Cargo-Plane-Launched Drone Swarms That Build Their Own Defensive Perimeter
A new Air Force SBIR topic seeks swarms of autonomous drones deployable from C-130s and KC-135s that transition to coordinated flight and defend a ground perimeter using onboard sensors and encrypted links.
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Counter-UAS
SAFER SKIES Rule Puts Jamming and Takedown Powers Within Reach of 1,500 Local Agencies
A DOJ-DHS rule now in force lets state and local agencies certify to detect, and eventually disable, unauthorized drones — but as of publication only 61 officers across 46 agencies hold the harder mitigation credential.
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Counter-UAS
V2X's Hellfire-Armed Tempest Buggy Heads to the Marine Corps for Drone Killing Duty
V2X has begun fielding its Hellfire-armed Tempest buggy to the Marine Corps under a $19 million, 10-vehicle contract, giving units a mobile, shoot-and-scoot answer to Class 2 and 3 drones.
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Counter-UAS
Hanwha's 50kW Laser-Armed Tigon Vehicle Targets NATO's Eastern Flank Counter-Drone Market
Hanwha unveiled a prototype 50kW laser mounted on its Tigon 8x8 armored vehicle at MSPO 2026, targeting NATO's eastern flank with a $1.50-per-shot counter-drone weapon and 2027 serial production.
