Utah-based security UAV specialist Teal Drones has been selected to develop a prototype craft in a final stage of the US Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) Program, which aims to create a powerful but portable small craft for surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Expand ...
US Army seeks innovative new battlefield roles for dronesFlavia Camargos PereiraUnmanned Vehicles
U.S. Army Pvt. Joshua Morrow checks on a solar-powered drone during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Basco, Philippines, May 4, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore/U.S. Army) The Army’s1st Multi-Domain Task Forcehas used a small number of Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000 Ultra Long-Enduranc...
McLEAN, Va. — The U.S. Army simultaneously tested drones that are catapulted in midair or flung from the ground during its most recent Project Convergence networking experiment, blurring the line between what have been distinct domains.
to shoot down 19, that seems like a successful defense. After all, not every defensive action destroys 95 percent of the attacking force. But if each of the drones costs $2,000, and the one drone that survives destroys a $4 million dollar tank, it’s actually a successful attack. ...
The US Army pays around $49,000 for each of its small portable drones, known as Rucksack Portable Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Expendable swarming drones will need to be far more affordable to be fielded in large numbers. A project called MASS (“manufacturing of autonomous systems at scale”) ...
Another three people were injured in a drone attack on Odesa. The air force said it shot down 57 drones with another 34 not reaching their targets likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures. It did not specify what happened to the remaining six drones....
US Army Lieutenant Colonel and drone warfare expert Paul Lushenko says the exact nature of the UAVs used remains unclear but it shows how drones can pose a threat on multiple vectors. He told Sky News: "It's just another axis of approach that imposes additional vuln...
Allen McDuffee at Wired’s Danger Room noted this week that the units that compose the Army’s current arsenal of drones are easy to spot, and ergo easy to target. The solution, it would seem, is to abandon the more militaristic look associated with UAVs and, well, “make them look lik...
No injuries or damage to the base were reported during the incident and it is not known whether the drones were armed. The Tuesday incident unfolded less than two months after the occupying military base was subject to a massive attack. On October 20, a mixture of drones and rockets rained ...