Tag: C-UAS
Navy Destroyer Deployed Counter-Drone Electronic Warfare System During 2019 Mystery Swarm Incident:
A reference buried in a destroyer’s logs confirms that portable counter-drone devices were eventually deployed during a spate of swarm events in 2019.
Likely Drone Attack On U.S. Power Grid Revealed In New Intelligence Report (Updated)
An apparent attack on a power substation in Pennsylvania underscores the very real threat drones pose to domestic critical infrastructure.
Competition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats Up
A Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers.
The Iron Dome Air Defense System Is Heading To Guam
The U.S. Army is sending Iron Dome to Guam amid discussions about how to improve the island’s air and missile defenses in the face of Chinese threats.
Computerized Rifle Sights To Be Tested By Navy And Marines For Drone Defense
Systems that show shooters where to aim when engaging moving targets could offer another layer of defense against the drone threat on land and at sea.
Jet-Powered Coyote Drone Defeats Swarm In Army Tests
Raytheon claims the Army used an unspecified “non-kinetic effector” aboard one of its Coyote drones to take down a swarm of ten hostile UAVs.
Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”
The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality.
The Navy’s Exotic M80 Stiletto Test Ship Defeated Drone Swarms At Sea During Trials
The Navy’s testbed for new maritime combat technologies and concepts has just demonstrated a 360-degree detect-and-defeat anti-drone system.
DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests
Video posted on YouTube shows off the unique drone and anti-drone testing facility known as Port Gaston located deep within restricted airspace.