Jammers, interceptors, detection networks — the technology built to stop 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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
ParaZero Technologies Ltd. stepped into the spotlight with something that looks like a carbine but behaves like a flying trap: It is called DefendAir.
The AH-64 Apache’s evolution into a dedicated counter-drone platform continues — and now it’s getting a major upgrade to its chin gun. The U.S. Army has successfully live-fire tested the new XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) 30x113mm ammunition for the Apache’s M230 chain gun, adding a critical new tool to its expanding anti-drone arsenal, as…
Ireland is tightening its digital airspace as it prepares to host Europe’s political elite. When Council of the European Union presidency rotates to Dublin on July 1, Ireland will become the diplomatic living room of Europe for six months. Prime ministers, presidents, defense chiefs, and policy heavyweights will pass through the capital. That spotlight brings…
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