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
NATO and Ukrainian Troops Link Sensors and Shooters to Test Networked Counter-Drone Defense in Baltic Trust
Roughly 650 personnel from 24 nations, including Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade, tested a distributed counter-UAS network in Latvia — sharing sensor and command data across formations in the latest round of NATO's Layered Counter-UAS Initiative.
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Counter-UAS
NATO's Fourth Romania Drone Shootdown of 2026: Spanish F-18 Downs Suspected Russian UAV
A Spanish EF-18M flying NATO's eAP-72 mission shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romania near the Moldova border before dawn on August 16 — the fourth such shootdown over Romanian territory this year.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Jets Down Drones Over Latvia and Romania in 48-Hour Span
Italian Eurofighters over Latvia and a Spanish F-18 over Romania shot down unidentified drones on consecutive nights, with neither government able to say where the aircraft came from.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Funds Epirus HAVOC Microwave Weapon as Pentagon Vows 46-Site Counter-Drone Shield
The Marine Corps handed Epirus $11 million for its HAVOC high-power microwave system, and JIATF-401's director revealed the Pentagon is hardening 46 priority U.S. installations and nearing an FAA/DHS pact to fast-track counter-drone tech.
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Counter-UAS
Inside Baltic Trust: NATO Runs Drone-Swarm and Kill-Chain Drills in Latvia
NATO's BATT26 exercise is putting roughly 650 troops and technical specialists from allied and partner nations through two weeks of live UAS and counter-UAS drills at Latvia's Sēlija range.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Pays Epirus $11M to Push HAVOC Microwave Counter-Drone System Toward Production
The Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded Epirus $11 million on August 10, 2026 to mature its vehicle-mounted HAVOC high-power microwave weapon for Marine Corps air-defense units racing to counter swarming drones.
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Counter-UAS
Marines Buy Epirus's HAVOC: An $11M Award Turns the ExDECS Microwave Prototype Into an Autonomy-Ready Swarm-Killer
The Marine Corps has awarded Epirus roughly $11 million for HAVOC, an autonomy-enabled evolution of the ExDECS high-power microwave prototype — a sled-mounted swarm-killer built to fight alongside MADIS, with the company already able to build about one system per week.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Awards $1.5 Billion Counter-Drone IDIQ to 12 Firms Including Anduril, CACI, BAE
DHS split a five-year, up to $1.5 billion department-wide counter-UAS contract into two tracks, naming Anduril, BAE Systems, CACI, Leidos and eight other firms as awardees after fielding more than 100 competing proposals.
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Counter-UAS
Army Opens Two Fronts to Cut the Cost of Killing Cheap Drones
Facing $35K-$50K enemy drones downed by $1-4M interceptors, the Army is fielding a new automated fire-control system called Gunslinger and soliciting a sub-$150K missile that must fit existing Coyote launchers.
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Counter-UAS
Inside 'Warden': How the Army's C5ISR Center Is Grading 17 Counter-Drone Vendors Against Real Swarms
The Army's DEVCOM C5ISR Center ran its first 'Warden' assessment at Fort A.P. Hill, pitting 17 vendors' lasers, jammers and interceptor drones against 12+ UAS types including swarms.
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Counter-UAS
Washington National Guard Fields Anduril Counter-Drone System Ahead of Super Bowl, World Cup Security Missions
Washington's 10th Civil Support Team has completed training on a mobile Anduril counter-UAS rig that fuses camera, RF and AI sensors — and it's headed for Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup security duty.
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Counter-UAS
CENTCOM's 'Heavy Wave' of Strikes Hits Iranian Drone and Missile Production Sites
CENTCOM says it struck dozens of IRGC targets — including drone and missile factories — in a two-hour "heavy wave" on July 29-30, retaliation for an Iranian ballistic-missile attack that was fully intercepted the night before.
