Using lasers to defeat drones promises to solve the dilemma of using expensive kinetic effects to kill platforms worth a few hundred dollars. While maintaining thermal output to provide the effects can be a technical hurdle, Israel’s Esh-Tech is one company working on a solution.
Despite the UK having the third-largest military UAV market in Europe, the country appears to be underinvesting in the capability relative to the size of its economy, particularly when compared with Baltic and eastern European states.
At DSEI 2025, Red Cat outlines its expansion from UAVs into uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), positioning itself as a multi-domain defence provider spanning land, sea, and air.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
At SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida, Stu Bradin, President and CEO of the Global SOF Foundation (GSOF), underscored the increasing operational demands placed on special operations forces (SOF) as globa...
Earlier this month the Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) invited two American companies to bid to meet a requirement for a tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) …
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System (JUSTAS) project has moved into the options analysis phase and has been …
Spain's Alpha Unmanned Systems, manufacturer of the Alpha 800 gasoline-powered UAS, has entered into a technology partnership with Sightec, an Israel-based developer of video image …
The Indian Army is seeking a short-range UAV to boost the ISR capabilities of combat units deployed along the country’s borders with China and Pakistan. …
Lockheed Martin's Fury UAS now boasts an endurance of 15 continuous flight hours owing to a newly integrated 1803 engine. Announcing the UAV engine upgrades …
Demand for range and endurance capabilities commonly associated with military UAVs is increasingly coming from the commercial sector. Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) was …
Chinese companies have honed their maritime and naval defence systems via experience gained from their land reclamation efforts and base building in the South China …
The US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) has selected Yates Electrospace Corporation's (YEC's) Silent Arrow autonomous cargo aircraft to take part in a 12 month …
Insitu’s commercial business unit has secured a seven figure contract to provide Shell’s QCG business in Australia with remotely piloted aircraft services. A year after establishing …
Exercise Southern Katipo, the New Zealand Defence Force’s largest ever exercise in the series, was held over a six-week period in October-November. It put the …