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
DHS Reopens Anduril's Bid for the Hardware Half of Its $1.5B Counter-Drone Contract
After GAO dismissed its protest, Anduril gets a second shot at the hardware track of DHS's $1.5B counter-UAS IDIQ — a move that could make it only the second vendor, with Leidos, to sit on both tracks of the five-year framework.
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Counter-UAS
Army's $3-a-Shot Laser Cuts Cartel Drone Flights 75% at the Border
A 20kW-class AeroVironment-derived laser mounted on a GM Defense combat vehicle has knocked down 11 cartel-linked drones in 10 days along the Rio Grande Valley, and NORTHCOM says overall drone activity there has fallen roughly 75% since it started firing.
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Counter-UAS
The Air Force Wants Its Own Flak Guns: New RFI Seeks a Medium-Caliber Ground Gun to Shield Overseas Bases From Drones and Cruise Missiles
A Sept. 3 Air Force RFI asks industry for a ground-based, medium-caliber gun firing cheap rounds at subsonic cruise missiles and Group 1-5 drones, the latest sign the service intends to defend its own bases rather than wait on the Army.
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Counter-UAS
Air Force Wants EchoShield Radars for a Search-and-Rescue Squadron in Italy — But Has No Money Yet
A Sept. 4 Air Force solicitation seeks four Echodyne EchoShield counter-drone radars for the 57th Rescue Squadron's HH-60Ws at Aviano, Italy — with an unusual admission built into the paperwork: the money isn't there yet.
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Counter-UAS
Duke Leads $24M Army Program to Hack Enemy Drones Out of the Sky Instead of Shooting Them Down
Duke University will lead a six-year, $24 million Army-funded effort called ICE-CEM to detect, disrupt and seize control of hostile drones using cyber and radio-frequency techniques rather than kinetic interceptors.
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Counter-UAS
FBI Reopens Data-Collection Rule for Local Police Running Counter-Drone Operations Under SAFER SKIES
The FBI is asking OMB to approve a revised paperwork requirement for local police running counter-drone operations under the SAFER SKIES Act, with public comment open through November 2.
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Counter-UAS
Inside the Hunt for Suspected Chinese Drone Spies at White Sands and Other US Military Bases
A CNN investigation details how Army, FBI, DHS and Pentagon teams used electronic warfare to force down a drone that probed White Sands Missile Range for five days, leading to the detention of Chinese nationals in a rented RV.
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Counter-UAS
Virginia Tech Opens Army-Funded Counter-Drone Proving Ground at Kentland Farm
Backed by a $5 million Army contract, Virginia Tech cut the ribbon on a Counter-UAS Testing and Research Center at Kentland Farm to pit commercial detection and defeat systems against real drone threats.
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Counter-UAS
Ukraine Tests Four Interceptor Drones as Zelensky Sets 90% Kill-Rate Goal Against Jet-Powered Shaheds
Kyiv has field-tested four interceptor drone designs against Russia's 600 km/h jet-powered Shaheds as Zelensky demands a 90%-plus intercept rate this autumn, with monthly jet-drone launches up 67% to 2,500.
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Counter-UAS
'Final Denial': Inside AFSOC's 31st Air Task Force Live-Fire Drone Defense Drill
AFSOC's 31st Air Task Force ran a week-long counter-drone exercise at Hurlburt Field and Nellis AFB, pairing AI-assisted detection with a kinetic 'final denial' live-fire capstone that built on February's Bamboo Eagle groundwork.
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Counter-UAS
Dutch Navy to Field Destinus's Rocket-Launched Hornet B2 Interceptor Against Drone Swarms
The Royal Netherlands Navy has signed a development contract with Swiss/German firm Destinus for the Hornet B2, a canister-launched, AI-guided interceptor drone meant to shoot down swarming attack drones far more cheaply than missiles.
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Counter-UAS
Unauthorized Drones Keep Grounding US Wildfire Aircraft as Incursions Hit 67 for the Year
Oregon officials warn that a single unauthorized drone can ground an entire wildfire air fleet, as the U.S. Forest Service logs 67 incursions nationally in 2026 — including 26 in one day over Washington's Spokane Complex fire.
