Kamikaze drones: A new weapon brings power and peril to the ... - NBC News
2021年12月6日 · Some experts believe the spread of low-cost, light-weight "killer" drones will change ground warfare as profoundly as the machine gun did.
US Army's new Stryker zaps drones with $3 shot from 26kW laser
2024年10月15日 · The US Army is testing a $10 million laser weapon system fitted on its Stryker combat vehicle, which can destroy a drone for just $3 beam.
Marines to get new drone-killing microwave weapon designed …
2024年9月23日 · Epirus is slated to provide a new drone zapper to the Marine Corps before the end of the year, the company announced Monday. The high-power microwave weapon prototype, known as Leonidas Expeditionary, is being developed under a $5.5 million contract as part of the Defense Department’s Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS ...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to …
2024年4月24日 · The Army has deployed two 20-kilowatt laser systems to an undisclosed location abroad to shoot down incoming enemy drones, marking a milestone for the U.S. military's directed-energy portfolio....
The US Army’s Latest Weapon: Switchblade 600 Drones Take …
The drone’s advanced optics and sensors allow operators to identify and track targets accurately. Once a threat is confirmed, the Switchblade 600 can dive toward its target at high speed ...
Combat drones: We are in a new era of warfare - here's why - BBC
2022年2月4日 · A new era of drone warfare has already arrived involving many more players. And the use of UAVs has moved from counter-terrorism or counter-insurgency warfare into full scale conventional...
The Army’s New Drone Killer Can Fry Whole Swarms in Midair
2023年11月7日 · The U.S. Army has taken possession of its most promising anti-drone swarm technology yet, a new system that uses microwave radiation to disable drones, literally causing them to fall out the...
Drones And New Technologies Are Reinventing The U.S. Air Force …
2024年2月16日 · The U.S. Air Force is adapting to the changing character of war and the proliferation of drones and low-cost weapons. Learn about the CCA, ALE, and other programs to enhance manned aircraft...
New Microwave Weapons Could Defend against Swarms of Combat Drones
2023年12月1日 · The Pentagon is readying high-powered microwave weapons that are capable of invisible strikes against swarming combat drones. By Jason Sherman.
US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through …
5 天之前 · When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive ...