Marine Corps Successfully Tests New Counter-UAS System
The live-fire test subjected the Marine Air Defense Integrated System to actual battlefield scenarios, where it detected, tracked, identified, and defeated unmanned aerial threats
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The live-fire test subjected the Marine Air Defense Integrated System to actual battlefield scenarios, where it detected, tracked, identified, and defeated unmanned aerial threats
The DragonFire LDEW system from Dstl is a line-of-sight weapon able to deliver a high power laser over long ranges, and can engage with any visible target
The counter-drone detection capability of the SCANTER 5000 naval surveillance radar operates in a process divided into four crucial steps: Detect, Track, Classify, and Identify
The SPYDER system provides air defense solutions against various airborne threats, including missiles, UAVs, aircraft, helicopters, and tactical ballistic missiles
The Hawkeye MMP vehicle surveillance system is able to meet the needs of the modern battlefield, surviving, communicating and operating in the toughest electromagnetic conditions
The all-target, short-range air defense missile has a range of more than 9km and targets fixed and rotary wing aircraft as well as small targets such as cruise missiles and UAVs
RTX's Raytheon has been granted a three-year, $31.3M contract to design, build and test two high-power microwave antenna systems for front-line deployment
The first Enduring Shield ground-based, mobile systems have been delivered, only days after the company announced the successful Risk Reduction Flight Demonstration of the system
Babcock will suport and maintain two minehunters, essential defense assets for the country’s naval forces that will support activity such as keeping sea lanes open
Pearson Engineering’s Threat-Sense can detect anti-tank and anti-personnel mines and indicate to operators in varying environmental conditions where threats are present
Northrop Grumman’s IBCS is a command and control system unifying current and future assets in the battlespace, regardless of source, service, or domain
L3Harris Technologies has delivered all Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) on schedule to strengthen Ukrainian security defense efforts