Drones, Missiles & Air Defense

48+ min ago   (673+ words) The first US-manufactured Tamir interceptors for Israel's Iron Dome air defense system were delivered at a ceremony in East Camden, Arkansas, on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in US-Israel defense cooperation, the Israeli Embassy in Washington announced on Thursday. The…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (228+ words) Jewish community members supported by the global humanitarian organization World Jewish Relief are facing damaged homes, power outages and growing fears for winter following Russian missile and drone attacks overnight on Oct. 6-7. A missile struck a five-story residential building in…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (755+ words) By Yaakov Lappin, JNS As national attention in Israel remains focused on aviation security, Elbit Systems’ C-MUSIC defends all Israeli commercial airliners, as well as civilian aircraft around the world, from the widening threat of shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles. The system,…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (419+ words) McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The thwap-thwap-thwap of Chinook cargo helicopter blades flying overhead are unmistakable as they cut through the South Texas skies. It’s a sound residents are hearing day and night since federal military troops recently began a surge…...

11+ hour, 39+ min ago   (189+ words) NEWSROOM / MARITIME / SWEDEN Swedish researchers from FOI tested autonomous, battery-powered seabed acoustic sensors for anti-submarine warfare at NATO's Repmus exercise in Portugal, working alongside the Swedish Armed Forces, FMV, and international partners. The sensors detect surface and underwater vessels and…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (313+ words) A counter-drone laser developed in Huntsville is one of just four directed-energy systems selected by the Department of War for a new pilot program aimed at defending U.S. military installations from drone threats. Kord Technologies’ Firefly High-Energy Laser was selected for…...

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (119+ words) Pentagon Orders Sea Drones From San Diego Start Up Newsradio 600 KOGO The Pentagon has ordered dozens of sea drones from a San Diego start-up. Seasats will now provide the government with autonomous boats to track and deter narcotics trafficking and…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (342+ words) The selected systems are AeroVironment’s Palletized High-Energy Laser, Epirus’s Leonidas high-powered microwave system, Kord’s Firefly High-Energy Laser and Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapon System. The release does not say which system will go to which installation. “High-energy lasers and high-powered microwave…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1072+ words) Mounting deadly Russian attacks have caused widespread damage in Kyiv A fragment from an unexploded Russian missile in Kyiv this week 'Every day brings new reports of destroyed buildings, of people injured or tragically killed,' Vitali Klitschko told AFP Mounting…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (256+ words) The same technological advances behind aerial drones are now making ground drones, wheeled or tracked, a staple of the modern battlefield for both resupply and combat. Robot warfare is already here. Ground Drone Warfare Will Roboticize Armies The same technological…...