HAMMR: built to hit hidden enemies and flying drones

Russia begins testing new Svarog pro AI-assisted interceptor drone in combat

The drone that is designed to engage fixed-wing UAVs is hand-launched and is used jointly with a ground-based control station, enabling an operator to strike targets at a distance of up to 17 km

Neros develops a low-cost interceptor drone

The company that helped supply Ukraine’s front lines with cheap, mass-produced attack drones just announced it is racing to build the exact opposite: a drone built specifically to hunt and kill other drones. Neros Technologies posted a video on July 10 showing early testing of what the company calls Bandit, a counter-unmanned aircraft system, or []

Mini air defense against FPVs and the “Peace Duck” AI interceptor: Ukraine unveils 20-system counter-drone arsenal

Ukrainian defense company Contra Drone showcased an integrated architecture combining radar, electronic warfare, autonomous interceptors, and strike drones to counter Russia's expanding UAV threat.

[Video] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — WATCH: Drone teams of the Yuzhnaya Group destroy a UAV command post and elimi [...]

— WATCH: Drone teams of the Yuzhnaya Group destroy a UAV command post and eliminate enemy manpower inside a multi-floor building in Konstantinovka.@IntelSlava

Ukraine Unveils ZIRKA Interceptor Drone Built to Down Shaheds

Ukrainian defense companies Vyriy Industries and NOCTIS presented the ZIRKA interceptor drone on Tuesday, June 30. It is designed to automatically detect, track and neutralize Russian Shahed strike drones. Reaching speeds above 340 km/h (211.27 mph) and priced at up to 2,000 per unit, developers say it is the cheapest interceptor on the market with an automatic detection and guidance system. A more advanced ZIRKA 2.0 is currently being developed.

Pyrrhus Aeronautics unveils rifle mounted drone control system

LADRS, battle proven in Gaza and Lebanon, is a joystick-free drone control system that lets combat soldiers operate drones without taking their fingers off their rifle’s trigger.

Israeli Drones Target Towns in Southern Lebanon

Beirut, July 01 (QNA) - An Israeli drone targeted on Wednesday a car in al-Deir neighborhood in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, southern Lebanon, before launching a second strike on the town less than half an hour later.

Israeli drone strikes vehicle in southern Lebanon, wounding 2

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – An Israeli drone hit a vehicle in the town of Seddiqine in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.

Is Red Cat Holdings a Top Drone Defense Stock to Buy Right Now?

The United States is making a strong push for domestic drone production.

How Ukraine’s audacious drone campaign sparked a fuel crisis 3,500km behind enemy lines

Drones, once auxiliary to the war on the ground, have grown into a giant-slaying weapon in Ukraine’s arsenal over four years of ingenuity, writes James C. Reynolds

Unusual Machines: Riding The Pentagon's Multi-Billion Dollar Drone Push

Unusual Machines: Riding The Pentagon's Multi-Billion Dollar Drone Push

Police tout using drone to disarm incapacitated person in “nationwide first”

Promo video comes as more US police departments fly drones as first responders.

Iran is now apparently learning battle tactics from 1980s Japanese anime. F-15 pilot down in Iran describes seeing the drones around him link together in a "jellyfish formation".And fly as one [Strange]

[link] [9 comments]

South Korea to Train All Active-Duty Soldiers to Operate Drones

The country’s defense minister said drones should be “a universal combat tool” for its soldiers.

AI drones

AI drones

Drone targets Iranian Kurdish opposition camp in Iraq: Reuters

Drone targets Iranian Kurdish opposition camp in Iraq: Reuters An explosive drone targeted a camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group north of Iraq’s Erbil, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing security sources. There were no immediate reports of casualties. In March, US media reported that the White House was exploring options to back Kurdish opposition factions in Iraq as part of efforts to support regime change in Tehran. Kurdish opposition groups, however, neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of a US-backed ground advance.

J-16: The mighty guardian of China's airspace

Built for all-weather operations, China's J-16 fighter jet is designed to excel in complex combat environments. Armed with a wide range of precision-guided weapons, it can engage multiple targets, conduct air defense interceptions, and carry out deep-strike missions—helping safeguard the nation's airspace around the clock. #Trending

The Aircraft Drone Danger

A drone strike Monday and a near-miss last week are warnings.

Armed drone found in Estonia was likely stray Ukrainian UAV that was heading for Russia – photos

A drone carrying a warhead that was found in a field in Estonia near the Russian border is likely to be a Ukrainian UAV that went astray on its way to targets in Russia during earlier attacks.

Intelligence gaps, arms supplied via drones: Key revelations in NIA's Pahalgam attack chargesheet

As per the chargesheet linked to last year’s terror attack in the Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found that cross-border drones were used to air-drop weapons and cash deep inside the region, reaching even Baramulla district in north Kashmir without being detected.

2 Gazans killed in Israeli drone strike in new ceasefire violation

Israeli drone hits group of civilians outside water distribution station in Al-Samer area, Civil Defense says

Video shows Hezbollah’s drone trike on Israeli D9 bulldozer in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, June 21 (YPA) – The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon (Hezbollah) published video footage showing its fighters targeting a “D9” bulldozer belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army in the town of Tayr Harfa in southern Lebanon with an Ababil attack drone. @E.Y.M

Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans

Joseph Mogul Newly uncovered documents have provided the first definitive proof that Israel’s largest weapons supplier is purchasing drones built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The post Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans appeared first on The Nation.

U.S. Central Command eliminates senior ISIS leader in drone strike months after full Syria withdrawal

(NaturalNews) United States Central Command announced a targeted drone strike on June 19 that killed senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi in Idlib province,...

Tidal Waves Of Drones Coming To Battlefields Across The Globe

Manufacturers around the world are leveraging AI to create drone swarms that could change the reality of war forever.

IDF Exposes Massive Hezbollah Drone Factory Hidden Deep Beneath a Lebanon Mosque

The IDF has uncovered a massive subterranean Hezbollah drone factory hidden deep beneath a hilltop village mosque in Lebanon, revealing a highly sophisticated network engineered over a decade to launch aerial attacks.

Americans Are Raging About Autonomous Police Drones Swarming the Skies

More relational work on the ground, not remote drones in the air. The post Americans Are Raging About Autonomous Police Drones Swarming the Skies appeared first on Futurism.

[Photo] Lebanese channels report that an Israeli military drone was discovered on the roof of [...]

Lebanese channels report that an Israeli military drone was discovered on the roof of a building in the village of Toulin, southern Lebanon.