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Defense NewsU.S. Army Tests Drone Swarms and Counter-Drone Tactics During Multinational Exercise in Lithuania
Project Flytrap brought nearly 1,000 personnel to Lithuania to push drone technologies to their limits in variable weather and terrain. Soldiers practiced massing unmanned platforms while developing new counter-UAS methods under standards set by Joint Interagency Task Force 401.
news18.comU.S. Army Seeks $994 Million for Small Counter-Drone Systems in Fiscal 2027 Request
The Army's fiscal 2027 budget proposal nearly doubles small cUAS procurement funding from the prior year, emphasizing a systems-of-systems approach that ranges from individual soldier protection to base defense. All $994 million would come from discretionary spending as the servi…
Breaking DefenseL3Harris Introduces Software-Based Electronic Warfare Upgrade for Falcon IV Radios
L3Harris announced Wraith Shield on March 13, 2026, a software upgrade that turns existing Falcon IV handheld radios into counter-drone jammers without new hardware. The capability, compatible with more than 100,000 radios worldwide, creates a personal protection bubble against u…
The War ZoneMQ-9 Reaper Successfully Test-Fires Laser-Guided APKWS Rockets in Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground Roles
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems conducted recent flight tests of an Air Force MQ-9A at the Nevada Test and Training Range, successfully employing APKWS in both its original air-to-ground role and against aerial targets. The trials responded to urgent demand for counter-unman…