Cyber

U.S. Army Cpl. Aristotle Alfaro, Avenger team chief from 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, calls to the pilot that a counter-unmanned aerial system is ready for launch near Lipa, Poland, Nov. 9, 2025. The intensive 20-day multinational Train-the-Trainer course rapidly qualified 20 students from Poland, Romania, and the U.S., most with no prior military drone experience, in a battle-tested C-UAS system through classroom, practical flight, and night operations, culminating in a successful live-fire demonstration to destroy a jet powered drone, thereby accelerating the fielding of this critical capability along the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line. As the battlefield evolves, we are leveraging U.S. experience and NATO authorities to solve problems for the Alliance. The training occurring at Lipa shows how Allies like Poland and Romania are rapidly procuring and employing systems that are battle-tested in Ukraine to strengthen the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line. This is the EFDL in action.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Kohrs, 10th AAMDC)
Air, Cyber, Military

Pentagon Deploys Merops Drone Interceptor System to Counter Iranian Shahed Threat

By Sebastien Roblin

The Pentagon has moved to acquire the Project Eagle Merops counter-UAS system and its low-cost AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone for…

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jospeh Howell, left, and Sgt. Tuan Nguyen, low altitude air defense gunners with Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, mount a sensor onto a Marine air defense integrated system vehicle in Southwest Asia, April 22, 2019. 2nd LAAD Battalion provides the SPMAGTF-CR-CC with close-in, low altitude, surface-to-air weapons fires in defense of forward combat areas, vital areas, and installations in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, working with partner forces to defeat Daesh. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alina Thackray)
Air, Cyber, FAA, Military

El Paso Airspace Restriction Lifted Amid Counter-UAS Testing Concerns

By Inside Unmanned Systems

The FAA briefly imposed an unusually broad flight restriction affecting operations at El Paso International Airport, initially described as being…

Sgt. Benjamin Lam, assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, operates the Drone Buster during a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems class with Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, supporting 4th Infantry Division, at Camp Taurus, Lithuania, on March 17th, 2023. The 4th Infantry Division and their partner units mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent in order to build readiness, increase our operability and reinforce our steadfast and loyal commitment to our Allies and partners which make up an integral part of the Ivy Team. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Cesar Rivas, 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade)
Air, Business News, Cyber, Military

Safeguarding the Skies: The U.S. Needs a Modern Counter-UAS Framework

By Michael Robbins

Drones have transformed modern warfare. From Ukraine to the Middle East, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) have extended operational reach, reduced…