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European startups
fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Iran's Shahed war turns into booming business for world's small interceptor manufacturers

Interceptor drone manufacturers are experiencing surge in demand from Middle Eastern and European buyers seeking counter-drone solutions to defend against Iranian loitering munitions.
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Russo-Ukrainian War
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

A new US military task force just used its cheap Shahed lookalike drones for the first time to strike Iran

The US military deployed LUCAS drones against Iran, marking the first combat use of its new one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

In a first, a US Navy warship in the Middle East just launched a one-way attack drone

Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw, the head of US Naval Forces Central Command, said the "first successful launch of LUCAS from a naval vessel marks a significant milestone in rapidly delivering affordable and effective" drones to American military personnel. The drone launched from the Santa Barbara belonged to a new squadron based in the Middle East that operates the LUCAS systems, one-way attack drones that resemble the Iranian-designed Shahed-136 widely used by Russia in attacks against Ukraine.
US news
Miscellaneous
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

Ukraine's first 'drone wall' is about to see action combating Russia's most menacing threats, its Western maker says

A Western company built a deployable 'drone wall' of small intercepting drones that destroys incoming Russian attack drones and glide bombs before they reach targets.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

China showed off how it fires Shahed-like drones from a truck-mounted multiple launch system

China's PLA publicly conducted a live-fire exercise launching ASN-301 long-range delta-wing loitering munitions designed to detect and destroy enemy air-defense radars.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

The US military wants Shahed-style drones for a Pacific fight. A Virginia company says it has the answer.

The US military is pursuing inexpensive, Shahed-style long-range loitering strike drones, with Auterion developing a mass-producible deep-strike system tested in Ukraine.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

US general says the Army needs drones like the Shaheds Russia is slamming into Ukrainian cities

The US Army needs cheap, long-range one-way drones like Shahed-style loitering munitions to augment strikes and overwhelm defenses in the Indo-Pacific.
London startup
fromBusiness Insider
10 months ago

Check out the Hellhound, a 375-mph 3D-printed turbojet-powered exploding drone competing for a spot in the US Army's arsenal

Cummings Aerospace's Hellhound loitering munition is unique for its speed, modular design, and 3D-printed structure, distinguishing it from other similar drones.
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