Counter-UAS
Counter-Drone Technology: How Militaries Defeat UAVs — Page 3
Radar, jamming, lasers, interceptors and drone-on-drone — how counter-UAS works, who leads it, and who is legally allowed to shoot a drone down.
← Back to the guideCoverage
Unusual Machines Wins $5M Counter-UAS Contract with Powerus
Unusual Machines secured a $5M+ contract to supply NDAA-compliant components for Powerus counter-UAS interceptor systems.
Drones Are Now a Core Risk at Major Public Events
A CIS white paper on FIFA World Cup 2026 security lays out how drones have become a frontline threat at large-scale public gatherings.
EU Commits €1.07B to Drone and C-UAS Defence Projects
The EU approved €1.07B for 57 defence projects under the European Defence Fund, with major funding for drones and C-UAS.
Skydio Says Air Forces Central Ordered $9M of Docked Drones
The order for Dock and X10 base-security drones is Skydio's announcement; the Air Force has published nothing, and the Dock is not on the Blue UAS list.
Interceptor Drones Tamed the Shahed; Jet Shaheds Are Harder
Ukraine stopped 90% of drones in March, much of it with cheap interceptors. Against jet Shaheds it stops 55-60%, Zelensky says.
Europe Is Spending Billions to Build Its Own Military Drones
Germany, France and Poland have set budgets and the EU has loans and a drone shield due by 2027. Nobody has published what Europe's factories make.
Pentagon Commits $600M to Counter-Drone Systems
JIATF-401 committed over $600M in counter-UAS capabilities for Operation Epic Fury as experts warn investment is overdue.
Russia Launches 172 Drones at Ukraine in Single Night Attack
Russia hit Ukraine with 172 Shahed and Gerbera drones overnight April 1-2. Air defenses downed 147. Twenty-two drones struck targets across 12 locations.
Ukraine Establishes Dedicated UAS Command
Ukraine created a standalone UAS command to centralize drone interception, backed by expanded recruitment and infrastructure.
The Drone Swarm Threat Is Coming. Counter-UAS Is Not Ready.
Defense experts say armed drone swarms are the next battlefield threat — and the biggest obstacle to countering them is US military bureaucracy.
General Cherry to Build Interceptor Drones in New Hampshire
Ukrainian FPV and interceptor drone maker General Cherry has signed a deal with Wilcox Industries to manufacture UAVs at its New Hampshire facilities.
Companies
AeroVironment
US manufacturer of small tactical UAS, loitering munitions and counter-UAS systems, transformed in scale by its 2025 acquisition of BlueHalo.
United States
Anduril Industries
US defense technology company building autonomous weapons, counter-UAS, and AI command software, and manufacturing them at its own Arsenal-1 plant in Ohio.
United States
Dedrone
US counter-drone company, now part of Axon, providing airspace security platforms for military bases, prisons, airports and critical infrastructure.
United States
Fortem Technologies
US counter-drone company producing radar detection and autonomous interceptor drones for airspace security at airports, stadiums and military sites.
United States
RTX Corporation
RTX is a US aerospace and defense company formed from the 2020 Raytheon–United Technologies merger, run as Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.
United States
Axon Enterprise
US public-safety technology company selling TASER devices, body cameras and evidence software, now a big counter-drone and DFR vendor via Dedrone.
United States
D-Fend Solutions
Israeli counter-drone company, bought by Motorola Solutions in August 2026, whose RF cyber systems take control of rogue drones and land them.
Israel
DroneShield
Australian counter-drone company producing detection, tracking, and defeat systems for military, government, and critical infrastructure customers.
Australia
Funding
Series C
Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund, Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital, Dylan Field
Neros TechnologiesGrowth
Dragoneer Investment Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Disruptive, Iconiq, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorganChase, CPP Investments, General Catalyst, Plural, StepStone
HelsingUndisclosed
Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, NATO Innovation Fund, Project A, Air Street Capital, 201 Ventures, Advent, Döpfner Capital
STARKContracts
U.S. Army
L3Harris
Three-year contract from the Army's DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center to develop a long-range…
Powerus
Unusual Machines
Purchase order from Powerus Corporation for US-made drone components (motors, batteries, cameras and…
U.S. Navy
Boeing
Not-to-exceed IDIQ for system improvements, configuration development, integration, production…
U.S. Army
Raytheon
Counter-drone contracts for components of the LIDS system, built around the KuRFS radar and Coyote…
Government of Kuwait
MARSS
Nation-wide counter-drone system built around MARSS's NiDAR command-and-control software, with…