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20 Apr 26. During the Counter UAS Technology Europe 2026 conference in London, Echodyne, the radar platform company, announces its inclusion as a primary radar system within Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) Counter-UAS platform. The system will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force under a $490m IDIQ contract announced in August 2025.
- Echodyne’s EchoShield radars are integrated across Trust Automation’s Rapidly Deployable Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (RD-SUADS), Fixed Site Small‑Unmanned Air Defense System (FS-SUADS), and Expeditionary Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (EX-SUADS)
- EchoShield radars are the first fully integrated Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) solution in Trust Automation’s SUADS C-UAS platform
- EchoShield is a market-leading, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) medium range radar that tracks all movement and pinpoints system and operator attention where and when it matters
21 Apr 26. DroneShield, a global leader in counter‑drone technology solutions, today announced a collaboration with Overland AI to deliver interoperable counter‑UAS capabilities between DroneShield’s DroneSentry‑X Mk2 and Overland AI’s ULTRA unmanned ground vehicle, strengthening protection for next‑generation ground operations.
Overland AI’s autonomous platform is purpose-built for complex, off-road, and contested environments. Designed to operate where traditional vehicles and fixed infrastructure cannot, ULTRA extends operational reach while reducing personnel exposure and enabling persistent presence in austere terrain. Its rugged mobility and mission adaptability make it a force multiplier for reconnaissance, perimeter security, logistics support, and distributed maneuver.
As autonomous ground systems like ULTRA assume more operational responsibility, they also face evolving threats. Small drones are increasingly used for surveillance, targeting, and disruption, introducing aerial vulnerabilities to otherwise highly capable ground assets. Combining DroneShield’s DroneSentry-X Mk2 onto ULTRA addresses that challenge directly.
20 Apr 26. Indrajaal launches the Zombee high-speed C-UAS interceptor
April 19, 2026Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies
India’s Indrajaal has launched its Zombee, high-speed, AI-powered interceptor drone.
According to the company “With quadcopter propulsion and four high-speed brushless motors, Indrajaal Zombee hits speeds of 50 m/s – giving it the agility and force to intercept any rogue drone in flight. Indrajaal Zombee is equipped with a vision-based tracking system and companion computer for autonomous navigation. A 500g payload bay supports additional sensors or mission-specific tools. SkyOSTM is the command brain behind every Zombee launch – detecting, classifying, and prioritizing threats across the battlespace. Once a hostile drone is tagged, SkyOSTM calculates intercept vectors, predicts evasive maneuvers, and guides Zombee through the fastest, cleanest takedown path.” (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
14 Apr 26 C-UAS Hub said today that EOS demonstrates Sling Blade system in US Army Exercise.
EOS’ Slinger counter-drone remote weapon system has been integrated as part of the US Army’s Sling Blade counter-UAS system, which was demonstrated during the U.S. Army’s Summit Strike live fire exercise, conducted by the 10th Mountain Division on April 14.
The exercise brought together military units, industry participants and multinational partners to test the integration of emerging technologies in a contested, large-scale combat environment. The event focused on coordinating effects across multiple domains, including air, land and electronic warfare.
The Sling Blade system combines EOS’ Slinger remote weapon station with a 30 mm cannon, a four-pack APKWS rocket launcher and an SRC radar. The configuration is designed to provide a closed-loop capability, enabling detection, tracking and engagement of drone threats within a single system.
The counter-drone system was included in a two-hour live fire activity alongside field artillery, Apache helicopters, electronic warfare assets and uncrewed ground vehicles. The demonstration highlighted how counter-UAS capabilities are being integrated into broader combined arms operations.
EOS Defence Systems USA has been working with the U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center over the past year to support development of the system, including radar integration to improve targeting against drones.
Further trials with the 10th Mountain Division are planned, with additional operational assessments expected.
EOS demonstrates Sling Blade system in US Army Exercise – cuashub.com
17 Apr 26. Terra Drone’s interceptor begins operational deployment in Ukraine.
Terra Drone Corporation has announced today (April 17) that operational deployment in Ukraine has commenced for the Terra A1 interceptor drone. The deployment is being executed through Amazing Drones, one of Terra Drone’s investee companies.
“Deployment for defence purposes has already begun with a military unit, and evaluation and feedback collection under actual operating conditions are currently underway,” Terra Drone said.
The initial deployment is based on a phased introduction model in which equipment is first provided to a unit and then expanded through additional deployments depending on the results of evaluations conducted in the field. The company said that performance verification and the identification of operational issues are currently being carried out by the unit already equipped with the system, while discussions are underway regarding further deployments and expansion to other units.
The Terra A1 was developed based on real-world operations, with particular emphasis on rapid deployability and ease of use in the field. The company said that the data obtained through actual deployment, together with feedback from operators on the ground, can be incorporated into product improvements and operational optimisation on an ongoing basis.
“Once the effectiveness of interception against low-cost, mass-deployed unmanned attack systems such as Shahed has been sufficiently verified in real-world environments, Terra Drone plans to move forward with broader deployment based on the evaluation results and strengthen its mass-production framework,” the company said in a press release. Terra Drone will also consider expansion into other regions facing similar challenges.
The Chief of the Anti-Shahed Unit of the Chernihiv Region Defense Forces said the Terra A1 is “easy to control and responds very smoothly even during sharp turns” and noted that the digital daytime camera captures targets clearly. (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. India grants licence to Zen Technologies for C-UAS cannons.
Zen Technologies has been granted an arms manufacturing licence by the Government of India, under the Arms Act, 1959.
The licence authorises the company to manufacture 12.7mm, 23mm, 30mm and 40mm
cannons that can be used for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) applications, among others.
The company says that the rapid-fire cannons are suitable as last-layer defence systems against drones, loitering munitions and low-flying aerial threats. They can be integrated with fire-control systems, radar, electro-optical/infrared sensors and programmable ammunition to protect defence assets, border areas and critical infrastructure. (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. Belgian’s defence minister defends charges of over-spending on C-UAS systems
“In October last year, a number of drones were seen above the Elsenborn military base,” reports the Brussels Times. “Over the next few weeks, drones were regularly reported above Belgian military bases and airports, causing flight disruptions. Francken called the situation a “military crisis” and pushed to accelerate Belgium’s action plan against drones, launching a EUR50 million anti-drone scheme.
A Flemish public broadcaster VRT’s investigative programme Pano claimed that the minister exaggerated the drone sightings, attributed them to Russia without evidence and launched his anti-drone plan without a public tender that was too expensive and ineffective…..As part of its investigation, VRT claimed to have found no evidence of hostile drones over Belgian military bases and airports at the end of last year.”
According to VRT, Francken’s fast-track anti-drone procurements – without public tenders and without quantified price control – were financially unsound.
VRT also reported that the minister rejected the allegations and said that the parliamentary committee on military procurement approved everything, with the exception of one abstention.
For more information
https://www.brusselstimes.com/2081360/francken-under-fire-as-investigation-condemns-his-e50m-anti-drone-plan-as-ineffective-and-costly
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2026/04/16/defence-minister-francken-insists-law-was-followed-to-the-letter/ (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. Offshore energy industry to gauge response to drones and other threats.
The UK offshore energy industry will hold an exercise in Scotland this week to test its response to drones and other threats.
Exercise Granite Resolve will test how the energy industry, police and other agencies deal with a complex emergency situation. According to media reports, approximately 70 personnel from the offshore energy industry will take part in the desktop exercise, as well as officials from Police Scotland, the Department for Energy Security and other agencies.
The London Standard reports that the scenario will involve both physical and cybersecurity threats, where signals initially come from other jurisdictions in the North Sea such as Norway and Denmark. (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. UK’s sees.ai gains FCC approval to operate in the US.
The UK’s sees.ai has been granted uncrewed aerial system (UAS) Conditional Approval by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), enabling deployment of its drones in the United States for close-quarter inspection of high-voltage electricity infrastructure.
The FCC’s Conditional Approval pathway was introduced after US government departments tightened controls on drone supply chains, restricting platforms originating from outside the US from operating in critical infrastructure environments. The pathway provides a route for systems that can demonstrate appropriate security, integrity and supply chain assurance to be authorised for use in the United States.
The sees.ai system is an ‘end-to-end platform’, from aircraft through to data handling. With the approval, the company can deploy centrally controlled, autonomous drones in the United States and provide utilities with the data required for asset condition assessment and long-term network planning.
For more information
sees.ai (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. Mtron awarded USD 2.7m contract to support US DoD contractor’s C-UAS radar programme
April 17, 2026Kylie Bielby Counter-UAS systems and policies
M-tron Industries, Inc. has received an order for approximately USD 2.7 million from a US Department of Defense contractor in support of a counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) radar programme. M-tron designs and manufactures radio frequency and spectrum control products.
The order consists of several products, including oven-controlled crystal oscillators. The programme is anticipated to be in production past 2030.
Work under this contract will take place in Orlando, Florida through mid-2027.
(Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
20 Apr 26. In contemporary conflicts, tactical advantage is measured in minutes, meters and milliwatts. Drones must fly longer, see farther and operate in degraded environments where fog, smoke or total darkness render conventional vision ineffective. At the same time, operators demand lighter platforms, extended autonomy and faster deployment cycles. This tension between performance and constraint has become one of the defining engineering challenges in defense imaging.
LYNRED addresses this challenge with the launch of ARGO SL, a turnkey mid wave infrared (MWIR) module delivering VGA resolution, specifically engineered for size, weight and power (SWaP) constrained applications. Designed for surveillance and defense system integrators, particularly those developing drone based platforms, ARGO SL aims to deliver full mid wave infrared performance without exceeding the strict size, weight and power budgets imposed by tactical systems. The market context reinforces the urgency. According to the Military UAS Sector Study released by Teal Group, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market is projected to grow from USD 13 billion in 2026 to USD 30 billion by 2035, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 10%. This expansion is driven by the operational shift observed in recent conflicts, including Ukraine, where unmanned systems are now central to reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence missions. These platforms must function day and night, often in disrupted infrastructure environments where energy availability is limited. Thermal imaging is no longer a complementary sensor in such scenarios. It is a decisive capability. In harsh conditions such as cold weather, rain or fog, or in complete absence of light, MWIR sensing provides reliable detection and identification where visible cameras fail. The question is no longer whether to integrate thermal imaging, but how to do so without compromising platform autonomy.
ARGO SL reconciles full band MWIR performance with a compact SWaP high operating temperature (HOT) architecture. The module integrates a type II superlattice (T2SL) focal plane array (FPA) operating at 130 kelvin (K) and covering the full MWIR band from 3.7 to 4.8 micrometers (µm). ARGO SL complements the existing portfolio, which already features GALATEA SL operating in the MWIR blue band between 3.6 and 4.2 µm, extending the spectral coverage within the MWIR band. While the MWIR blue band delivers the highest detection range with the lowest power consumption, the extended spectral coverage offered by the MWIR red band enhances signal-to-noise ratio and improves image quality robustness in challenging environments. From an integrator’s perspective, the value proposition is concrete. ARGO SL delivers VGA resolution at 640 by 512 pixels with a 15 µm pixel pitch, while maintaining power consumption at 4 watts (Wdc). Its compact format is compatible with sub 6 inch gimbals for tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and can also be deployed in handheld or soldier worn systems. The result is extended mission duration without increasing battery size and greater flexibility in platform design. Beyond raw performance, integration speed has become a strategic differentiator. Development cycles are shortening, and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) seek modular architectures that limit redesign efforts. ARGO SL is embedded in LYNRED’s PlugUpTM platform, which standardizes interfaces and streamlines integration of cooled detectors. This approach simplifies product integration into OEM cameras, shortens time to market and enhances overall system reliability, thanks to split linear cooler.
By adding ARGO SL to a family that already includes GALATEA SL, EOLE and SEEGNUS SL, LYNRED enables manufacturers to design once and upgrade over time within a coherent architecture. An advanced thermal imager (ATI) version is also available, embedding image correction functions such as non-uniformity correction (NUC), bad pixel replacement (BPR), denoising, destriping and color mapping. This further accelerates system level integration and reduces software development overhead for customers. As Hervé Bouaziz, Executive President of LYNRED, states: “ARGO SL extends further the company’s MWIR portfolio with a new family of T2SL III V Red Band, high operating temperature detectors to deliver high performance for demanding defense applications. The compact PlugUpTM platform and ATI format reflect a clear strategic intent: to provide advanced sensors, with reduced integration complexity and increased competitiveness for customers.” ARGO SL will be showcased at the SPIE Defense and Security exhibition in National Harbor from April 26 to 30. In a context where operational superiority increasingly depends on autonomous, lightweight and continuously deployable systems, ARGO SL positions thermal imaging as a scalable and integration ready capability rather than a design constraint. About LYNRED LYNRED, alongside its subsidiaries LYNRED USA, and New Imaging Technologies (NIT), is a global leader in designing and manufacturing high quality infrared technologies for aerospace, defense and commercial markets. It has a vast portfolio of infrared sensors that covers the entire electromagnetic spectrum from near to very far infrared. Its products are at the center of multiple military programs a
21 Apr 26. UK defence and national security innovator Roke has launched its new, advanced Counter‑UAS (C‑UAS), CORTEXA GUARDIAN, to the market. The UK and its allies will now be able to purchase the technology after the C-UAS system was rapidly co-developed with armed forces and mission partners across the UK and Northern Europe.
CORTEXA GUARDIAN is a modular and highly customisable C-UAS system that can detect, track, and identify multiple aerial threats – designed specifically to help the UK and its allies defend against the growing threat created by small, low‑cost unmanned aircraft.
Traditionally, C-UAS systems would be operated by a specialist that has undergone months of training on a specific technology. CORTEXA GUARDIAN can be used by any soldier on the battlefield, and operators can be trained in days.
First unveiled at DSEI 2025, CORTEXA GUARDIAN has moved swiftly from concept to operational deployment. Working as a mission partner with military customers across Northern Europe, Roke has iterated the system based on real-world feedback, ensuring that what reaches the market today reflects the demands of genuine operational environments rather than controlled test conditions. Early customers have already received and deployed units independently, validating the system’s defining characteristic: the ability to move from receipt of kit to unsupervised operational use in under 48 hours.
It was officially launched to the market today at the Counter-UAS Forum, in London, and is now available to government, defence and public safety organisations requiring reliable, rapidly deployable drone detection capability.
Designed for any soldier on the battlefield
CORTEXA GUARDIAN was developed to deliver a credible counter‑UAS capability that can be used by any soldier, not just specialists.
Military users are typically operational within days, with many achieving confident, independent use far sooner.
This reduction in training time has been achieved by deliberately hiding complexity rather than removing capability. Advanced sensing, tracking, prioritisation and classification functions operate automatically beneath a simple, intuitive interface. Operators are presented only with the information they need to act, reducing cognitive load and allowing them to remain focused on their primary mission.
This ethos extends to every element of the system’s physical design. CORTEXA GUARDIAN is mounted on commercial camera tripods rather than specialist military masts – eliminating the need for additional hardware training and making deployment simple and intuitive, regardless of technical background. The software interface runs on any standard device, laptop, tablet or mobile, via a web browser, requiring no specialist hardware or infrastructure to operate.
Delivering layered defence against a growing drone threat
While simple to operate, CORTEXA GUARDIAN delivers sophisticated counter‑UAS capability.
The system is modular and highly configurable, enabling it to be tailored to different mission requirements and environments. It can detect, track and identify multiple aerial threats simultaneously, forming a critical part of a layered counter‑drone approach.
By integrating sensors and software into a single coherent system, CORTEXA GUARDIAN provides commanders and operators with early warning and clarity in contested airspace. It is designed to support dispersed units, forward operating bases and wider force protection tasks, where timely understanding of aerial threats is essential.
The architecture has also been built to evolve over time. As threats change and new sensors become available, capability can be updated without disrupting the operator experience.
Marc Overton, Managing Director at Roke, said: “Small unmanned systems are among the most disruptive threats facing defence and security forces today. Countering them effectively requires capability that can be integrated rapidly, adapted as threats evolve, and used by the people who need it most, not just specialists.
“CORTEXA GUARDIAN was developed to meet that requirement. It reflects close collaboration with military partners and a clear focus on operational reality. This launch marks an important step in making that capability available more widely.
Market availability
CORTEXA GUARDIAN is available now to government, defence and public safety customers across NATO and Northern Europe. Roke welcomes enquiries from organisations with requirements in military, border security, critical infrastructure protection and public safety domains.
., April 22, 2026 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced a $25 million investment in Fortem Technologies, a global leader in airspace security. This investment, which represents the initial tranche of Fortem’s Series B fundraising round, will enable Fortem to accelerate production at scale and enhance deployment within Lockheed Martin’s Sanctum counter-UAS ecosystem.
Building on an established relationship, the investment advances a jointly developed, integrated approach to counter-UAS that is moving into broader operational deployment.
WHY IT MATTERS
The rapid proliferation of small, cheap and easily acquired unmanned aerial systems has created a new, pervasive threat to military platforms, critical infrastructure and civilian airspace.
- Strategic Operational Advantage: Modern battlefields are increasingly congested with hostile drones that can swarm, loiter or deliver precision payloads. By embedding Fortem’s AI driven detection, tracking and neutralization technology within the Sanctum suite, the U.S. and allied partners gain an instantaneous “killchain” that can suppress drone swarms before they become a kinetic risk.
- Economic Efficiency & Cost Savings: Traditional kinetic interceptors – missiles, rockets and directed energy weapons – are expensive per shot. Fortem’s software centric, low cost sensor platform reduces the cost per engagement by more than 80 % while delivering comparable effectiveness against low observable threats. Scaling production now will generate a sustainable, low maintenance logistics pipeline, delivering measurable savings and enabling more frequent training and readiness cycles.
- All Domain Interoperability: The Fortem solution is open architecture and MOSA compliant, allowing seamless integration not only with Sanctum’s airborne and ground-based nodes but also with allied air defense networks, joint force command and control systems, and emerging data links. This interoperability ensures allies can plug the technology into their own defense architectures without costly redesigns.
- Technology Leadership & Industrial Base Resilience: The partnership accelerates the co-development of next generation AI, edge computing, and high-resolution radar capabilities. By investing in Fortem, Lockheed Martin safeguards a critical component of the national security industrial base, creates high skill jobs, and positions the company at the forefront of the global UAS countermeasure market, Lockheed Martin Proprietary Information Lockheed Martin Proprietary Information projected to exceed $12 billion by 2030. The investment will enable Fortem to at least double manufacturing capacity and create new jobs at its production facility in Lindon, Utah.
EXPERT PERSPECTIVES
“This strategic collaboration will deliver robust mission capability aligned to our customer’s demand for rapidly fieldable solutions that scale in volume and evolve as fast as the UAS threat. This is just the latest example of our commitment to investing ahead of need to deliver at the speed of relevance, and with affordability in mind,” said Stephanie C. Hill, President, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems.
“Low-cost, increasingly autonomous drone threats are scaling faster than traditional defenses were designed to handle,” said Fortem Technologies CEO Jon Gruen. “Our work with Lockheed Martin reflects a shared recognition that counter-UAS capabilities need to be autonomous, integrated and deployable at scale. Together, we’re taking technology that has already been proven in operational settings and accelerating its deployment to deliver a stronger, more responsive defense against evolving threats.” Jon Gruen, Chief Executive Officer, Fortem Technologies
20 Apr 26. Leonardo DRS Launches New Maritime Counter-UAS Capability to Defeat Aerial Unmanned Threats at Sea
Integrated C-UAS for the Maritime Fight — Built to Field Fast
Leonardo DRS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRS) announced today it has successfully integrated its Maritime Mission Equipment Package (M-MEP) on an autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV), delivering a new counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability designed to detect, track, identify, and defeat aerial unmanned threats operating in the maritime domain. Built for rapid integration on crewed and uncrewed platforms, the solution provides a mission-ready layer of protection for ships, ports, littoral infrastructure, and expeditionary forces facing an increasingly complex drone threat environment.
“Aerial unmanned threats are evolving quickly — in range, autonomy, and numbers,” said Cari Ossenfort, senior vice president and general manager of the Leonardo DRS Naval Electronics business unit. “The M-MEP is engineered to help the U.S. Navy and allied forces stay ahead of that threat with a modular package that brings sensors, command and control, and defeat options together into one integrated capability that can be fielded fast.”
From small commercial quadcopters to more capable long-range UAS, unmanned aerial threats now represent a persistent risk to maritime operations. The M-MEP is designed to compress the time from requirement to operational capability by packaging detection through defeat into a single, scalable system that can be adapted across a range of maritime platforms — including uncrewed surface vessels – USVs.
The M-MEP combines maritime radar and EO-IR sensors with integrated networking, the SAGEcore™ software platform for AI-enabled sensor fusion and command and control, and a platform integration kit that accelerates installation across multiple vessel types.
Leonardo DRS will showcase the M-MEP integrated onto the Sea Machines STORMRUNNER AUSV at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Symposium. Attendees are invited to visit Leonardo DRS outside the exhibition hall at Dock 9 to learn how the system can help the U.S. Navy to detect, identify, track, and defeat aerial unmanned threats faster with rapidly fieldable, modular, interoperable C-UAS protection that boosts maritime domain awareness, reduces operator workload, and extends layered defense to ships and USVs.
For more information, please visit LeonardoDRS.com/MEP. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
20 Apr 26. The Albanese government has unveiled plans to invest up to $7 billion in counter-drone capabilities for the Australian Defence Force, more than doubling current funding under the 2026 Integrated Investment Program.
The decade-long investment is aimed at strengthening Australia’s ability to detect and defeat increasingly sophisticated uncrewed aerial threats, both at home and in deployed operations overseas.
Head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), Major General Hugh Meggitt, said the initiative, known as Mission Syracuse, would leverage Australia’s strengths in advanced defence technologies.
“Mission Syracuse will draw on Australian industry’s world-leading expertise in kinetic and directed energy systems to find, fix, track, target and engage uncrewed aerial vehicles,” he said.
“It will significantly enhance the ADF’s ability to counter the threat posed by UAVs employed by malicious actors, both domestically and abroad.”
As part of the announcement, the government confirmed two initial contracts for Australian-made, next-generation counter-drone systems, marking an early step in the broader investment push.
Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said the investment would strengthen both national security and Australia’s defence industrial base.
“The Albanese government is building a stronger and more resilient defence industry through investing in Australian innovation, skills and disruptive technologies that will keep Australians safe,” he said.
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The funding forms part of a wider commitment to spend up to $22 billion on drone, counter-drone and autonomous systems over the next decade, in line with the recently released National Defence Strategy.
The move comes amid growing evidence from conflicts such as the war in Ukraine and ongoing fighting in the Middle East, where drones have become a central feature of modern warfare. Defence officials said these developments underscore the need for sovereign capabilities to counter rapidly evolving threats.
Under the first round of contracts, AIM Defence will receive $21.3 million to advance its high-energy laser system, known as Fractl. The portable system is designed to track and destroy both individual drones and swarms, with the ability to lock onto objects as small as a 10-cent coin travelling at speeds exceeding 100km/h.
SYPAQ Systems has been awarded $10.4 million to develop the Corvo Strike interceptor drone, intended to track and neutralise larger UAVs increasingly seen on contemporary battlefields.
ASCA will also oversee integration of these new systems into the ADF’s existing command and control architecture, being delivered under the LAND 156 program.
While Australia’s geography has traditionally driven investment in larger, long-range drones, officials said Mission Syracuse will accelerate the rollout of capabilities tailored to counter medium-sized drones and swarms of smaller systems, threats more likely to be encountered in complex operational environments or during domestic security tasks.
Minister Conroy added: “With record investment in drone and counter-drone capabilities, we are ensuring Australia can respond to emerging threats to our security.”
(Source: Defence Connect)
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