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
Russia's $1.5 Million Jammer Problem: Inside the Race to Blind Ukraine's Starlink-Guided Drones
Reuters reports Russia is fielding a $1.5M Crimean-built jammer that can disrupt Starlink over just 20 sq km at a time — and Ukraine's 422nd Regiment is already destroying the trailers.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Pledges $40 Billion for Counter-Drone Wall as Allies Race to Close Detection Gaps
At its Ankara Defence Industry Forum, NATO committed $40 billion over five years to counter-drone systems, drone-operator training, and new surveillance UAVs — including up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritons — in direct response to Ukraine's low-cost UAV war.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Stands Up MCRIG, a Dedicated Command for Small-Drone and Counter-Drone Training
A July 2 MARADMIN creates the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group at Twentynine Palms to standardize Group 1/2 drone and counter-drone training service-wide, backed by an active hunt for team chiefs, SNCOs, intel officers and EW specialists.
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TSA: Agencies Have Seized More Than 600 Rogue Drones Across World Cup Host Cities
TSA says federal and local agencies have confiscated over 600 illegal drones near FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums since June 11 — double the total reported just two weeks earlier — with Kansas City, Seattle and San Francisco leading the tally.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield's Q3 Software Leap Lands as Pentagon Counter-Drone Spending Pipeline Swells
DroneShield sharpened its RF detection and tracking software on July 6 just as the Pentagon handed AeroVironment a potential $500 million counter-drone contract, underscoring a red-hot C-UAS market racing to outpace cheaper, faster drone threats.
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Counter-UAS
Israel Validates Iron Dome-Iron Beam Integration Against Drone and Missile Saturation Attacks
Israel's MoD says a new test campaign proves Iron Dome can now hand off threats to the Iron Beam laser mid-battle, letting commanders swap $50,000 missile interceptors for $3-5 laser shots against saturation drone and rocket attacks.
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Counter-UAS
'Red Hot' Counter-Drone Market Drives Echodyne to Open $40M Radar Factory, 10x Capacity
Seattle-area radar maker Echodyne is opening a $40 million factory this month that lifts production tenfold to 30,000 panels a year, betting the counter-drone radar market itself will grow tenfold by 2030.
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Counter-UAS
NATO's AIRCOM Industry Day Pushes Allies Toward Mass-Producible Counter-Drone Weapons
At Ramstein, NATO's Allied Air Command told roughly 34 defense firms that beating Russia's cheap drone swarms means winning a cost-and-production race, not just a technology one.
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Counter-UAS
Drone Incursions Ground Firefighting Aircraft Over Colorado's 8th-Largest Wildfire
Unauthorized drones inside the Aspen Acres Fire's TFR forced firefighting aircraft to stand down as the blaze grew to 85,000+ acres, destroyed 180+ structures, and displaced 11,000 people.
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Counter-UAS
The Counter-Drone Drone That Caught Fire: An NYPD Skydio X10 Falls Into a World Cup Crowd in Brooklyn
An NYPD Skydio X10 malfunctioned and burned near the FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in Brooklyn Bridge Park on a match night — inside an FAA No Drone Zone where a civilian would face six-figure penalties. It was the second NYPD drone to catch fire in Brooklyn in 13 months.
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Counter-UAS
AeroVironment Wins $500M Army Deal to Buy Commercial Counter-Drone Tech at Scale
The Army has handed AeroVironment a $500M, three-year ordering vehicle to buy layered commercial counter-UAS gear against Group 1-3 drones — a shift from bespoke buys toward a standing anti-drone pipeline.
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Counter-UAS
Echodyne Bets Big on the Counter-Drone Boom With a $40M Radar Plant
Echodyne is opening a $40M plant near Seattle in July to build at least 30,000 counter-UAS radars a year — a roughly five-fold jump — because orders are outrunning production across the counter-drone market.
