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Missiles, Guns, Lasers . . . and Nets: The Case for Passive Drone Defenses Of all of the modern war lessons that have emerged from more than four years of war in Ukraine, the rapid rise of weaponized drone technology and the necessary race to develop systems to counter them William Mayne, Modern War Institute

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AV Announces Halo_Shield – A Comprehensive Tile-Based C-UAS Solution

By The Editor on Apr 30, 2026 06:45 am

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the release of Halo_Shield, a modular, distributed, and cost-effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) designed to predict, detect, track, identify and defeat advanced airborne threats—including Group 1–5 UAS, coordinated drone swarms, and subsonic cruise missiles—protecting critical infrastructure and deployed forces worldwide. AV made the announcement at Modern Day Marine on April 28 at the […]

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Google Drops Out of Pentagon Drone Swarm Contest

By The Editor on Apr 30, 2026 06:42 am

Google abruptly dropped out of a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to create technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms after it was among the successful submissions, according to people briefed on the matter. The company notified the government it wouldn’t participate further in the initiative, which seeks to create the technology needed to control drone […]

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KULR Secures Defence Drone Battery Order with Potential Value of $5M for 2026

By The Editor on Apr 30, 2026 06:40 am

KULR Technology Group, Inc. , an energy-systems platform company that enables the safe, certifiable deployment of ultra-high-power lithium battery systems for space and defence programs, hyperscale AI data centers, and telecom infrastructure OEMs, announced that it received initial purchase orders totaling nearly $1.0 million from a U.S. defence technology company and manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems […]

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52 Drone Hits Fail to Destroy Ukrainian Leopard Tank During Daylong Assault

By The Editor on Apr 30, 2026 06:15 am

During a nearly daylong attack, a Ukrainian Leopard 1A5 tank withstood 52 strikes from Russian FPV and Molniya drones. The crew had reinforced the vehicle with layered anti-drone protection. The account came from soldiers in the 1st Tank Battalion of Ukraine’s 5th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade, which operates Leopard 1A5 tanks supplied by several European […]

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