L3 Harris VAMPIRE Counter-Drone System Proven

The Ukrainian Navy recently released a video confirming the effectiveness of the VAMPIRE counter-drone weapon systems developed and manufactured by L3Harris and provided by...
The Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (Image credit: Teledyne FLIR)

UK, Latvia to supply thousands of drones to Ukraine

The U.K.'s Ministry of Defence will supply thousands of drones to Ukraine, as co-leader of a capability coalition, according to a statement made by...
The Switchblade 600 tactical missile system (Image credit: AeroVironment)

Pentagon requests $300 million for secret drone programme

The U.S. Department of Defense submitted a classified request to Congress last week, to redirect $300 million of approved funding from other budgets to...
CAMCOPTER® S-300 Unmanned Air System (UAS).

Schiebel Abu Dhabi Significantly Expands for Camcopter® S-300

Schiebel is extensively increasing its capabilities in Abu Dhabi to expand the development and production of the long-endurance, heavy-lift-capable CAMCOPTER® S-300 Unmanned Air System...
HT-100

EDGE Awarded Largest Ever Order for Unmanned Helicopters in Deal to Supply 200 Aircraft...

EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, has signed a landmark contract to supply 200 HT-100 and HT-750 unmanned helicopters...
The Flexrotor

Airbus Helicopters to expand unmanned aerial system portfolio with acquisition of Aerovel

Airbus Helicopters and Aerovel have signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of Aerovel and its unmanned aerial system (UAS), Flexrotor, as part of a...
ASSYDUS Drones

Frequent Flyers

The French Ministry of Defence has lifted the veil on its ASSYDUS (Autonomous System for Decoying Using Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Swarms) initiative. It is...
Puma 3 AE UAS being launched from a navy vessel (Image credit: AeroVironment)

U.S. Navy funds AeroVironment ISR research

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to develop computer vision and advanced video analytics systems for multi-domain...
The Corvo UAS from Australian company SYPAC

Stack ’em high, sell ’em cheap?

The pace of drone development has accelerated fast over the past decade, bringing in a myriad of new technologies to increase performance, add new...
USS Ponce

High Power Defence

After a stuttering start, directed energy/laser weapons are beginning to gain traction as viable ‘soft kill’ options for military forces. In January 2022, the US...

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