British soldiers are being trained to become kamikaze drone pilots after earning a place at Strategic Command’s new jHub Drone Academy. Using First Person View (FPV) Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), troops are learning how to use these one-way aircraft to deliver munitions onto targets. The Ukrainian armed forces have been …
Read More »Army Just Signed $1B Deal For Massive Order Of Switchblade K…
The U.S. Army has awarded a massive contract valued at close to $1 billion to AeroVironment for the delivery of Switchblade-series loitering munitions, also known as kamikaze drones, over the next five years. This is part of a larger effort that the service has said is intended to help make …
Read More »Army buys 300 killer drones to loiter with lethal intent
Australia will import so-called “loitering munitions”, otherwise called kamikaze or killer drones, from US defence manufacturer AeroVironment, despite having exported 300 similar but locally-made systems to Ukraine in 2022. The Australian Defence Force finally came good on its pledge to acquire the controversial technology on Monday, revealing it will buy …
Read More »Small drones will soon lose combat advantage, French Army ch…
PARIS — The advantage now enjoyed by small aerial drones on battlefields including in Ukraine is but “a moment in history,” French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris. While anti-drone systems are lagging and “leave the sky open to things that …
Read More »Army rechristens drone-killing maneuver air defense system, …
The Army unveiled a new name Saturday for its maneuver short-range air defense system as it plans for future increments designed to protect troops from drones and other overhead threats on the battlefield. M-SHORAD increment one has been rechristened the SGT Stout in honor of Sgt. Mitchell Stout, an air …
Read More »British Army developing cutting-edge drone killer that will …
A game-changing weapons system that can instantly disable swarms of hostile drones is being rapidly developed by the British Military. The cutting-edge ‘drone killer’ uses radio waves to target and scramble the electronics of enemy drones and take down multiple hostile targets at once. Defence sources have told GB News …
Read More »Indian Army all set to get first Hermes-900 Starliner drones…
Eyeing a major boost to its surveillance capabilities, the Indian Army is set to get the first Hermes-900 Starliner drones on June 18. Also known as the Drishti-10, the drones are being provided by the Adani Defence Systems to the Indian Army and Indian Navy. #WATCH | Indian Navy chief …
Read More »U.S. Army awards contract to Near Earth Autonomy and Kaman A…
Near Earth Autonomy (Near Earth) and Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Corporation (NYSE: KAMN), announced that they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to demonstrate a resupply uncrewed aerial system (UAS) capable of moving loads with a minimum of 800 pounds and flying distances over …
Read More »Kratos to Supply Target Drones to US Army in $95M Deal
Kratos Defense has received a $95-million contract to supply unmanned target systems to the US Army. According to the contract announcement, the target drones must be fixed-wing, subscale, and jet-propelled. However, it did not specify which in the Kratos family of unmanned target systems will be delivered. The American technology …
Read More »US Army Selects Northrop Grumman for Tactical UAS Prototype
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), teamed with Shield AI, has been chosen by the U.S. Army to participate in the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) competition, Increment 2, to replace the long-serving RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS). Under a seven-week base period contract, the Northrop Grumman-led team will define …
Read More »