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High-Interest Objects Tracking in LEO & VLEO
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA based LeoLabs, Inc. (@LeoLabs_Space) announced the deployment of Scout-S™, transportable 3D search radars.
"Scout-S combines 3D scanning, direct radiating array (DRA) technology, and a modular S-band electronic design to enable uncued search, discovery, and persistent tracking of high-interest objects across low Earth orbit (LEO) and very low Earth orbit (VLEO)."
The firm also reported that the first operational Scout-S system began observing satellites within hours of activation.
"Early performance includes persistent tracking of Chinese ISR satellites, including Yaogan military reconnaissance satellites between 800 and 1,000 km. The system is also demonstrating persistent track custody of China’s Spaceplane and has detected an object as low as 230 km."
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/yrsb3wep
ALT LeoLab's Scout-S, new class transportable, three-dimensional (3D) search radars.
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Persistent Situational Awareness
🇺🇸 Anduril (@anduriltech) reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded $363 million contract for more than 200 of its 80 foot expeditionary Extended Range Sentry Towers (XRST).
🎥Short clip of Sentry Variants
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/yp328yz7
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🇺🇸 Poseidon Aerospace (@poseidonaero) unveiled the full-scale Egret, the 50 foot long wingspan autonomous unmanned fixed wing aircraft can carry 4000 lb of payload and has 1650 NM range.
Out of three platforms, Egret is the only model from Poseidon designed to be operational in small airstrips.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/m3dsnkme
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🇩🇪 At ILA Berlin, Airbus Helicopters (@AirbusHeli) and Quantum Systems (@quantumdrones) signed a cooperation agreement to jointly explore the integration of advanced interceptors onto military helicopters.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/yxkmspx3
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Blackbeard 🤝 Marauder
🇺🇸 Saronic (@Saronic) and Castelion (@Castelion) announced plans for distributed hypersonics by integrating Castelion's Blackbeard with Saronic's Marauder, a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel.
"Launching a Castelion hypersonic from a Marauder MUSV significantly changes the approach for any adversary calculating where and how the U.S. can strike"
- Dino Mavrookas, Co-Founder and CEO of Saronic
"Blackbeard and Marauder will give our warfighters more shots, from more places, with fewer constraints."
- Bryon Hargis, Co-Founder and CEO of Castelion.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/3e8jjfhx
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🇺🇸 L3Harris (@L3HarrisTech) reported that the U.S. Army has selected VAMPIRE™ counter-unmanned systems (c-UxS) in an order valued at $106 million.
"VAMPIRE is effective at hunting and engaging drone threats affordably, which enables U.S. armed forces to sustain reliable defense of its personnel and infrastructure."
- Tom Kirkland, President, Targeting & Sensor Systems, Communications & Spectrum Dominance, L3Harris
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/78w584dc
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Racks full of Drones
🇺🇸 California based Titan Dynamics (@titan_dynamics) makes 3D printed and attritable Raptor (Blue UAS), Sparrow and Finch UAS platforms.
"Each platform is engineered to ensure optimal performance and adaptability for your specific mission requirements, transport, and modularity. We offer custom-tailored pre-built models as well as licensing solutions."
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/3a38d6n4
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🇩🇪MBDA Germany (@MBDADeutschland) presented its various defense solutions at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin.
Among them is the Directed Energy (DE) weapon system integrated on an anti-drone platform.
"For the first time ever, the company is showcasing a comprehensive anti-drone solution, the core of which is the DefendAir guided missiles and a high-energy laser weapon integrated on an anti-drone platform. MBDA’s new anti-drone system addresses the rapidly growing challenge of small, fast and cost-effective unmanned air threats by combining the DefendAir guided missile with a high-energy laser effector, covering different intercept areas. This new solution is one of MBDA's decades-long investment in the development of effective laser weapons, especially against low-cost threats such as drones."
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/572wmbu6
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🇮🇱 Demonstration of DefendAir from ParaZero Technologies (@ParaZero_Tech).
"DefendAir is a Multi-layered soft-hard kill Counter-UAS system that utilizes a patent net launcher against hostile drones, enabling safe urban environments and minimizing collateral damage."
DefendAir continues to impress decision-makers worldwide.
After successful demos in Romania at BSDA for hundreds of @NATO officials and senior Romanian military officers, live demos in Tampa, and ParaZero’s presence at @ModernDayMarine and SOF Week, DefendAir was recently demonstrated in France at SAFETECH.
Built for real-world operational scenarios, DefendAir provides a non-explosive, net-based last layer of defense designed to stop hostile drones with precision, control, and reduced collateral risk.
From Europe to the U.S., ParaZero is expanding DefendAir’s global presence, engagement, and operational interest.
Counter-UAS is no longer theoretical.
The threat must be stopped before it reaches the soldier, vehicle, facility, or protected area.
Watch the live demo from France >>
$PRZO #CUAS #Defense #AntiDrone #DefenseTech
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🇩🇪 Diehl Defence (@DiehlDefence) unveiled mobile "all-in-one" IRIS-T SLS MK4 short-range air defense system at ILA Berlin show.
"This fourth generation of the IRIS-T SLS system has an effective range of 12 km and an altitude coverage of up to 6 km. The system combines radar, C2 system and launcher, including effectors, on one vehicle, making it a genuine "all-in-one" solution."
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/yebtdmc4
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Counter Drone Simulation
🇦🇺 Horizon Guardian Counter UAS Shotgun Simulator by Applied Virtual Simulation (AVS) is a weapon agnostic, portable and all in one training solution designed to prepare operators for modern drone threats.
Below short clip shows the user with 🇫🇮 Varjo's (@varjodotcom) advanced VR/XR headset.
More on AVS >> tinyurl.com/2pvmpcpt
May 20
Why counter drone simulation can't wait: Combat veteran Juny, who served nearly two years in the Ukrainian Special Forces, shares firsthand insights on navigating modern drone threats in this interview and guest blog for Varjo Insider: varjo.com/blog/why-counter-d…
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🇺🇸 Aurelius Systems (@aureliuslasers) reported a successful demonstrations of its Archimedes, a scalable autonomous Directed Energy (DE) platform during Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) 26-2.
"Over the course of the exercise, Archimedes successfully engaged more than 20 quadcopter drones, as well as more than five Army-supplied drones that the platform had not encountered before."
Our team spent some time in May at Camp Atterbury for T-REX 26-2, the Army's Tier 1 experimentation event evaluating L-SHORAD capabilities across the kill-chain.
We showcased scalable autonomous directed-energy with our Archimedes platform and its precision in tracking, detecting, and neutralizing aerial threats at a distance.
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🇫🇷 Paris based Alta Ares (@altaares_ai )announced $60 million Series A round led by Air Street Capital (@airstreet).
"Born from the battlefield in Ukraine and now scaling across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Alta Ares is an extraordinarily talent-dense company on a singular mission: to build the Iron Dome for autonomous air defense."
- Nathan Benaich (@nathanbenaich), Air Street Capital
"We are thrilled to secure the backing of renowned European tech investors and deeply appreciate the renewed trust of our existing partners as we enter this next phase of growth. Modern warfare is defined by speed, mass, and, above all, the capacity for continuous adaptation. Alta Ares was born from this operational reality directly on the battlefield. Our goal is not just to build technology, but to deliver a comprehensive air defense capability. This round provides us with the resources to accelerate our industrialization, product development, and international expansion,"
- Hadrien Canter, CEO and co-founder of Alta Ares.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/2xec83ma
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Ready for Hormuz
🇺🇸 Defender ROV by Video Ray, an AeroVironment (@aerovironment) company, loaded aboard RFA Lyme Bay in Gibraltar. The Royal Navy divers will work in tandem with the 🇬🇧Royal Navy’s Mine Threat Exploitation Group (@RoyalNavy ).
"The ship sailed this week for a potential multi-national mission to the Strait of Hormuz."
"It delivers a ‘shaped charge’ – directing the blast/energy in a specific direction, in this instance into the mine; it’s powerful enough to ‘eat’ through steel more than one metre thick. When it reaches the high explosive at the heart of the mine… Boom!"
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.@RN_DTXG are deploying the Video Ray Defender-Viper system to neutralise mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Loaded onto @RFALymeBay, this system combines advanced sonar, remote operation and precision demolition to tackle threats beneath the waves.
royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/j…
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🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) reported a successful interception of a Group 3 one-way attack test drone.
Sanctum CUAS battle manager system was used to fire a JAGM missile and Fortem R-40 Radars to detect and track the target.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/34zv8z3a
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Reusable Kinetic Interceptor
🇺🇸ArcSpear, a reusable interceptor brought to you by Pete Bitar, founder of Indiana based Electric Jet Aircraft and who also holds patent for the world’s first patented electric jetpack.
“Pete Bitar is an inventor and entrepreneur with 18 patents across aerospace, defense, and clean energy. His work includes missile defense and counter-IED technologies for the U.S. military, and the world’s first patented electric jetpack.
Resusability:
“ArcSpear tracks the target and sets up for another strike if needed (translation: if not needed to hit the primary again, it can go after another, and another, and another target) and then returns to base for recharge. Undamaged.”
- Pete Bitar, Founder/CEO/Chief Conceptualist at Electric Jet Aircraft
Enclosed jet propulsion (no open propellers) makes it safer around obstacles and ideal for high-risk environments.
“The ArcSpear Heavy Quad Jet Drone is a high-performance, all-electric jet-powered quadcopter engineered for unmatched speed, durability, and precision. With a maximum speed of up to 120 mph and 68 lbs of thrust, ArcSpear delivers cutting-edge capabilities for tactical, industrial, and commercial missions.”
At the recently concluded Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) 26-2, the firm showcased ArcSpear interception capabilities.
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🇺🇸 Adaptive Payload Exchange (APEX) from Neros (@neros_tech).
Adaptive Payload Exchange (APEX)
🇺🇸 Neros (@neros_tech) has come up with an open source solution (APEX) that allows for simple drone-to-payload integration.
"Today, drone-to-payload integration requires coordination and custom design work between manufacturers. A new payload means new tooling, new integration work, and weeks of engineering for each platform-payload pair. Complexity only increases – and on the front line, warfighters are handicapped in what payloads they can choose from, and how fast they can swap between them."
"Neros Archer platforms delivered this year under Phase II of the Drone Dominance Program will be APEX-enabled and payload partners Kraken Kinetics, Kela Technologies, Northrop Grumman, CX2, and ModalAI have already committed to adoption."
ALT Image of Adaptive Payload Exchange (APEX) design
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🇩🇰 MAILMAN from Danish firm MDSI is a cost-effective 3D-printed guided payload carrier for kinetic and non-kinetic effects.
"MAILMAN is a groundbreaking solution offering unmatched versatility and affordability. Designed with precision and efficiency in mind, this lightweight, 1 kg warhead carrier can be deployed from any type of airborne platform, making it especially ideal for drone applications."
MDSI showcased its solutions at the International Drone Show in Denmark
📸Last year in August, MDSI and Ukraine's Armadrone showcased a successful live demonstration of MAILMAN. During the event Armadrone's PUNISHER UAS executed a controlled release of MDSI's MAILMAN.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/4j37cvwu
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