#counter-drone

A Pentagon task force will conduct a live laser weapons test targeting drones, advancing the military's directed energy counter-UAS capabilities.

An FAA airspace closure over El Paso after a laser counter-drone weapon was fired highlights how U.S. policy is struggling to keep pace with the rapidly evolving drone threat.

The USMC plans to arm its legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets with $20,000 laser-guided rockets that can destroy drones, offering a vastly cheaper alternative to $450,000 Sidewinder missiles.

RTX's Raytheon division demonstrated a non-kinetic variant of its Coyote interceptor drone that uses electromagnetic pulses to disable multiple enemy drones in flight -- then lands safely for reuse.

The Marines plan to buy 50 Tempest DASH systems from V2X, the same Hellfire missile-armed vehicles already fighting drones in Ukraine.