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 Launches $40 Billion 'Drone Edge' Counter-UAS Initiative at Ankara Summit
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte unveiled a five-year, $40 billion Drone Edge initiative for uncrewed and counter-uncrewed systems, headlining more than EUR 50 billion in procurement deals announced at the Ankara summit.
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Counter-UAS
Airbus Plots More Live Trials for 'Bird of Prey,' Its Catapult-Launched Answer to Kamikaze Drones
Following a successful spring intercept test in Germany, Airbus is lining up further 2026 live trials for Bird of Prey, a reusable, catapult-launched interceptor drone designed to hunt down one-way attack drones like Russia's Geran.
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Counter-UAS
AeroVironment's Titan-MS Wins First $80.5M Task Order to Shield Barksdale AFB From Drone Incursions
The Army issued the first task order under AeroVironment's $500M Domestic Shield IDIQ on July 6, sending $80.5M worth of Titan-MS counter-drone sensors to Air Force Global Strike Command bases after Barksdale AFB's repeated 2026 incursions.
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Counter-UAS
Russia's $1.5 Million Jammer Problem: Inside the Race to Blind Ukraine's Starlink-Guided Drones
Reuters reports Russia is fielding a $1.5M Crimean-built jammer that can disrupt Starlink over just 20 sq km at a time — and Ukraine's 422nd Regiment is already destroying the trailers.
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Counter-UAS
NATO Pledges $40 Billion for Counter-Drone Wall as Allies Race to Close Detection Gaps
At its Ankara Defence Industry Forum, NATO committed $40 billion over five years to counter-drone systems, drone-operator training, and new surveillance UAVs — including up to five Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritons — in direct response to Ukraine's low-cost UAV war.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Stands Up MCRIG, a Dedicated Command for Small-Drone and Counter-Drone Training
A July 2 MARADMIN creates the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group at Twentynine Palms to standardize Group 1/2 drone and counter-drone training service-wide, backed by an active hunt for team chiefs, SNCOs, intel officers and EW specialists.
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Counter-UAS
TSA: Agencies Have Seized More Than 600 Rogue Drones Across World Cup Host Cities
TSA says federal and local agencies have confiscated over 600 illegal drones near FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums since June 11 — double the total reported just two weeks earlier — with Kansas City, Seattle and San Francisco leading the tally.
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Counter-UAS
DroneShield's Q3 Software Leap Lands as Pentagon Counter-Drone Spending Pipeline Swells
DroneShield sharpened its RF detection and tracking software on July 6 just as the Pentagon handed AeroVironment a potential $500 million counter-drone contract, underscoring a red-hot C-UAS market racing to outpace cheaper, faster drone threats.
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Counter-UAS
Israel Validates Iron Dome-Iron Beam Integration Against Drone and Missile Saturation Attacks
Israel's MoD says a new test campaign proves Iron Dome can now hand off threats to the Iron Beam laser mid-battle, letting commanders swap $50,000 missile interceptors for $3-5 laser shots against saturation drone and rocket attacks.
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Counter-UAS
'Red Hot' Counter-Drone Market Drives Echodyne to Open $40M Radar Factory, 10x Capacity
Seattle-area radar maker Echodyne is opening a $40 million factory this month that lifts production tenfold to 30,000 panels a year, betting the counter-drone radar market itself will grow tenfold by 2030.
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Counter-UAS
NATO's AIRCOM Industry Day Pushes Allies Toward Mass-Producible Counter-Drone Weapons
At Ramstein, NATO's Allied Air Command told roughly 34 defense firms that beating Russia's cheap drone swarms means winning a cost-and-production race, not just a technology one.
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Counter-UAS
Drone Incursions Ground Firefighting Aircraft Over Colorado's 8th-Largest Wildfire
Unauthorized drones inside the Aspen Acres Fire's TFR forced firefighting aircraft to stand down as the blaze grew to 85,000+ acres, destroyed 180+ structures, and displaced 11,000 people.
