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Navy's First Carrier Laser Test Destroys Multiple Drones
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Navy’s First Carrier Laser Test Destroys Multiple Drones

The US Navy just put a laser weapon on an aircraft carrier for the first time. On October 5, 2025, a palletized AeroVironment LOCUST system detected, tracked, and destroyed multiple drones in a live-fire test aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, as reported by News Nation Now. The Navy sat on the news for 197…

Kratos Wins $7M Contract to Detect Drones and Cruise Missiles
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Kratos Wins $7M Contract to Detect Drones and Cruise Missiles

A classified customer just handed Kratos a production contract for a system that hunts low-profile drones and cruise missiles. Who ordered it and where it deploys stays secret. What it does does not. The Contract Kratos Will Not Talk About On March 3, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions announced a $7 million production contract for…

The A-29 Super Tucano Just Got an AI Brain for Hunting Drones
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The A-29 Super Tucano Just Got an AI Brain for Hunting Drones

Brazil’s legendary light attack aircraft is getting an American AI upgrade. The target is cheap drones. The logic is simple and devastating, as Flight Global reported. The Problem With Using a Ferrari to Chase a Bicycle Every time a Western air force scrambles an F-16 to intercept a Shahed-series drone, the math is brutal. A…

Pentagon And Gulf States Eye Ukrainian Interceptor Drones As Patriot Missile Stocks Run Low
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Pentagon And Gulf States Eye Ukrainian Interceptor Drones As Patriot Missile Stocks Run Low

The economics finally broke. Gulf states spent the last week firing Patriot interceptors worth over $13.5 million each at Iranian Shaheds that cost $30,000 to build. Now, according to reporting by the Financial Times, the Pentagon and at least one Gulf government are in active talks to buy Ukrainian drone interceptors that do the same…

Shahed Drones Are Hitting The Gulf And The $2,500 Answer Is Still Being Ignored - Ukraine Interceptors Take On Russia’s New Jet Shaheds
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Shahed Drones Are Hitting The Gulf And The $2,500 Answer Is Still Being Ignored

Two days ago, The National published a detailed breakdown of how to counter Iran’s Shahed-136 drone threat now hitting Gulf states. Fighters, heavy machine guns, Skyranger 35 systems, Gepard tanks, jamming guns — the full conventional toolkit. It’s a solid piece. But it has a notable gap. The word “interceptor” does not appear once. That’s…

HMS Duncan Takes On Drone Swarms and Wins
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HMS Duncan Takes On Drone Swarms and Wins

Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan just survived a drone swarm attack off the Welsh coast. Controlled chaos, live firing, and a training exercise that felt anything but fake. One Ship. Multiple Threats. Zero Excuses. QinetiQ’s Sharpshooter exercise doesn’t mess around. For four days off the coast of Wales at MOD Aberporth, HMS Duncan faced simultaneous…

Historic First: Bayraktar TB3 Drone Successfully Operates from TCG Anadolu Ship
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NATO Drills Counter Drone Power in Baltics

On February 20, 2026, the sky over the Baltics turned into a rehearsal stage for modern air defense. From NATO Allied Air Command headquarters in Ramstein, Allied forces launched a counter drone training mission designed to sharpen deterrence along NATO’s eastern flank, as they reported on a Press Release. This was not just another patrol.…

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