After a successful “ePrototype,” company is building a full-scale prototype of STRIX and “propulsion testing has taken place on a static rig at our Henderson shipyard in Western Australia,” BAE Systems Australia said.
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At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
“The IFPC-HPM platoon will undergo capabilities and limitations testing by the Army to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for how the capability will be used in theater as part of a layered defense posture for the counter-UAS mission,” an Epirus spokesman told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
As it currently stands, Replicator “is kind of aiming at the wrong problem,” Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute said.
By Jaspreet Gill
“The intent is to launch the [Mojave] aircraft from the aircraft carrier and if conditions are suitable, we’ll look at recovering it,” said Jaime Walters, vice president of international strategic development at GA-ASI.
By Tim Martin
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DroneHunter is a no-to-low collateral damage, counter-UAS system that shoots different types of nets at drone threats, and can bring them down intact in order to exploit them.
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Already in Ukraine, the low-to-no-collateral DroneHunter F700 counter-UAS system can now defeat faster and larger threats like the Russian Orlan-10 and Iranian Shahed-136.
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KARGO builds on Kaman’s Afghanistan experience with its KMAX cargo UAV while adding new Near Earth Autonomy software to adapt to changing battlefields.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
The request comes weeks after Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the Replicator initiative to counter China’s military mass.
By Jaspreet Gill
Amid larger competitors, Israeli firm SpearUAV is focused on drones to help “maneuvering forces.”
By Seth J. Frantzman
The HAASTA is design to hunt low velocity flying Shahed-type drones and destroying the enemy target with an underbelly mounted 5.45mm machine gun.
By Bartosz Głowacki Though being “cagey” about details, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kath Hicks said the new Replicator program is meant to get “multiple thousands” of autonomous systems in the hands of servicemembers with two years.
By Lee Ferran and Jaspreet Gill
The “landmark sanctions will further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin’s now struggling defence industry,” said UK foreign secretary James Cleverly.
By Tim Martin
Drone-guided artillery strikes have made Ukraine “the graveyard of command posts,” two Army generals have warned. But, Lt. Gen. Milford Beagle and Brig. Gen. Jason Slider told Breaking Defense, better tactics and affordable tech can save lives.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
With Ukraine losing up to 10,000 drones a month, mostly to Russian electronic warfare, it’s tempting to invest in anti-EW protection – but, experts agreed, it’s probably more cost-effective to accept high losses and just buy more bare-bones drones.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
