Hensoldt and TYTAN Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 26 January to cooperate on Counter-UAS systems and the protection of critical infrastructure.
After seven years of development, the Athena Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System integration kit has reached initial operating capability, strengthening air defense over the United States National Capital Region.
Hensoldt has been commissioned by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support to integrate kinetic countermeasures into the Bundeswehr’s ASUL counter-UAS system.
CENTCOM said the system “counters drone threats with precision,” describing EAGLS as an adaptable and cost-effective counter-UAS capability designed to protect forward-deployed U.S. troops. The system uses a 70mm rocket launcher firing laser-guided munitions, including the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, to defeat small and slow-moving aerial threats. The Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher
Lockheed Martin has completed its first successful 90-degree vertical launch of a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile from the JAGM Quad Launcher during a demonstration at China Lake, California.
Epirus has released video footage showing its Leonidas VehicleKit high-power microwave platform successfully disabling a fiber-optic guided unmanned aerial system during a live-fire demonstration in December 2025.
Trust Automation, Inc. has secured a $490 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to support counter-drone and unmanned aircraft system capabilities.
During Project Flytrap 4.5, U.S. Army Soldiers tested emerging counter-unmanned aerial system technology while addressing how sensor data can be moved quickly, reliably and securely across multinational networks.
Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire the MARSS group business, a Europe-based provider of command and control systems used to counter drone threats.
Spain has deployed its Crow counter-UAS system to Lithuania to support the detection, surveillance and neutralisation of drones posing potential threats to military units and infrastructure.
Mach Industries has introduced Dart, a next-generation counter-uncrewed aerial system designed to defeat Group 1 to Group 3 threats, including coordinated drone swarms.
Babcock has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Frankenburg Technologies to explore the development of a new and affordable air defence system in response to the rising use of one-way attack drones.
