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A modified Malloy T-150 cargo drone used a three-pod APKWS launcher to hit several one-way attack drones in a row at Eglin AFB without landing or reloading. BAE has not said how many it hit, how many rockets it fired or what the targets were.
Read the story →Raytheon's $729M LIDS award covers the US Army, Qatar and Jordan and marks the first export sales of Coyote and KuRFS, but it came without quantities, delivery dates or a per-customer split. A 2022 notification to Congress for a $1.0B Qatari buy is the best public yardstick available.
The Army's G-TEAD office has placed a second order for Mountain Horse Solutions' FD-1 quadcopter interceptor. A company official told Janes the order covers 385 units, after 300 earlier this year. The company has not published the quantity or the contract value.
France has already handed critical-infrastructure operators the power to detect, jam and shoot down drones; Austria, Poland and Germany are moving the same way, but liability, command authority and grid operators' own doubts remain unresolved.
Ukraine's MoD says its forces have struck 408,000 Russian drones since Jan. 1, including about 248,000 fixed-wing types, 125,000 multirotors and 35,000-plus Shaheds. It says each hit is on video in DELTA and verified by Brave1, both Ukraine's own systems.
Israeli startup Skapion used AUSA to unveil a counter-swarm air-defense system from Iron Dome architect Pini Yungman. It claims 100+ simultaneous engagements and a 97%+ interception rate but has released no independent test data.
Twenty-nine governors want more FBI counter-drone seats, a prison-specific course and Guard access. The July rule already includes an abbreviated correctional certification and lets the AG add training sites, and the Guard needs Congress, not the DOJ.
At the ROK Army's TIGER+ exercise, Hanwha's fixed Cheongwang laser and a 30 kW-class vehicle laser hit all three target drones, Hanwha says, at about KRW2,000 (US$1.50) per shot. The hit rate and cost are company claims.
Ukraine and NATO's Allied Command Transformation say they have built an AI model that predicts the type, timing, location and intensity of Russian drone attacks, and that it is ready to plug into Ukrainian situational-awareness systems. Nobody outside Ukraine's MoD has checked the accuracy claims yet.
The Bundestag budget committee approved net-launching drone interceptors for Bundeswehr sites on Oct. 14. The other three approvals were Patriot replacements bought through US FMS, Patriot repair containers and NH90 radios. Defence Network says the interceptor is ARGUS Interception's A1 Falke.
The Army's G-TEAD says the Merops drone interceptor became a formal program in 142 days, beating its 180-day target, after the service bought 13,000 rounds at about $15,000 each to answer Shahed-type drones that cost far more to stop with Patriots.
SETAF-AF and G-TEAD will test up to 15 counter-drone solutions in Tan-Tan, Morocco, in spring 2027, assess them during African Lion 2027, and aim to put the winners in Soldiers' hands within 180 days.
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