Counter-UAS procurement5 Nov 2026
Ondas says it secured counter-drone contracts for portable Ranger systems with an unnamed European police organisation and Iron Drone Raider interceptors with an unnamed Asian government customer. Deliveries and acceptance were not reported.
Counter-UAS sensor integration2 Nov 2026
Rheinmetall says it signed an agreement with Silvus Technologies to integrate RFeye passive radio-frequency sensors with Skynex and Skymaster. The planned sensor layer targets airborne threats including drones; no completed integration test, order quantity or fielded configuration is announced.
Counter-UAS development grants31 Oct 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry and Brave1 opened development competitions for guided air-to-air missiles, including UAV-launched concepts, and domestic radars. Brave1 lists grant ceilings of UAH 75 million and UAH 100 million respectively; these are application opportunities, not awarded or fielded systems.
Counter-UAS service report30 Oct 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry says Brave1-linked automated turrets are in Air Force service and have destroyed more than 60 aerial targets within its private air-defence project. The ministry gives no independently audited engagement record or model-level breakdown.
Counter-UAS radar contract28 Oct 2026
Denmark's Weibel says its XENTA-M5 radar was selected under an €84 million contract with PIT-RADWAR for Poland's SAN counter-drone programme. The order concerns the sensor layer; delivery, integration testing and operational acceptance were not reported.
Maritime and counter-UAS exercise26 Oct 2026
MKE says a PIRANA uncrewed surface vessel struck an exercise target under Bayraktar TB2 control, while a TOLGA gun mounted on TCG Beykoz engaged aerial and surface drone targets at TURNAs-2026. These are exercise results, not fleet acceptance.
Counter-UAS exercise26 Oct 2026
STM says its TUNGA-X interceptor tracked and struck a representative UAV target using radar and image guidance at TURNAs-2026. The report describes an exercise engagement without independent performance data or service acceptance.
Unmanned systems exercise25 Oct 2026
Singapore's defence ministry reports Orbiter 4 and V-15 surveillance use, AH-64D training against larger drones and CH-47F-launched drone trials in Australia. Other counter-UAS and communications-node evaluations are still planned or underway.
Counter-UAS flight test23 Oct 2026
BAE Systems says a modified Malloy TRV-150 used APKWS rockets against several one-way attack drone targets at Eglin Air Force Base. The late-September experiment extends earlier single-shot trials; it is not an operational acceptance decision.
Counter-UAS radar contract22 Oct 2026
India's defence ministry says it signed an approximately ₹770 crore contract with Bharat Electronics for Improved Low Level Light Weight Radars. The ministry says the radars can detect and track mini and micro drones; it did not disclose quantity, delivery dates or test results.
Drone mission data20 Oct 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry says operators submitted more than 1.8 million completed-mission results to DELTA Mission Control in September. Its wider category totals are operator reports, not independently verified hits, unique aircraft or combat outcomes.
Counter-UAS interceptor development awards19 Oct 2026
The US Army awarded $1 million each to Furientis, Singularity Defense, Wardstone and Zone 5 Technologies for further interceptor development. A live demonstration is planned for September 2027; no system purchase or operational acceptance has been announced.
Multinational UAS procurement pathway16 Oct 2026
The US Army says eight partner nations signed statements of intent for its UAS and counter-UAS procurement marketplaces on 13 October. The signatures expand participation, but disclose no new order, delivery or national fielding decision.
Counter-UAS contract vehicle15 Oct 2026
Leonardo DRS says it received a three-year JIATF-401 IDIQ with a $500 million ceiling and may compete for counter-UAS sensing task orders. The ceiling is not a funded DRS order or a delivery total.
Counter-UAS decision-support prototype14 Oct 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry says NATO and Ukrainian teams validated Model No. 13 against real-world data and consider it ready for integration into military situational-awareness systems. No operational deployment or measured forecast accuracy was disclosed.
Counter-UAS air-defence contract11 Oct 2026
The UK Ministry of Defence says MARSS will integrate radars, jammers and interceptors through its NiDAR command system for Kuwait. The announced £370m deal covers wider air defence, with integration planned through 2027.
Counter-UAS data integration award9 Oct 2026
Firefly-owned SciTec says a US Air Force contract extension adds approved counter-UAS sensor sources to its CBC2 data-fusion work. The award funds integration; no new field performance or deployment result was announced.
Defence drone funding8 Oct 2026
The European Commission and Ukraine's defence ministry say €1.24bn has been disbursed under the Ukraine Support Loan for Ukrainian-made drones, interceptors, UAV munitions and missiles. Neither gives a drone-only allocation, order list or delivery count.
Counter-UAS pilot selection6 Oct 2026
JIATF-401 named three laser systems and an Epirus microwave system for an operational-environment pilot. Selection begins evaluation; it is not a performance result or service-wide adoption.
Counter-UAS policy3 Oct 2026
A newly released memorandum directs faster reviews of tested counter-UAS systems, including operating authority, spectrum, weapon safety and legal questions. It does not itself approve any deployment.
Counter-UAS development contracts2 Oct 2026
Seven innovators from six allied countries received capability-development contracts for planned operational experimentation in Czechia; procurement is still prospective.
Supplier-reported counter-UAS trial2 Oct 2026
A two-week Scottish trial connected sensors, human decisions and electronic or gun-based responses; BAE says operational deployment remains a future step.
Counter-UAS evaluation contract1 Oct 2026
The company says its longer-range electronic counter-UAS variant is under contract for an Office of Naval Research delivery after customer acceptance testing.
Counter-UAS contract framework1 Oct 2026
The Army announced ten counter-UAS IDIQ awards with listed base ceilings totalling $4.15 billion; orders and fielded systems remain separate decisions.
Counter-UAS partnership27 Sept 2026
A Latvian government agency says the firms signed an agreement to examine connecting ORIGIN's interceptor with Anduril's command software.
Ukraine procurement reporting26 Sept 2026
Ukraine's defence ministry says troops placed more than 590,000 UAV orders in the first nine months of 2026, led by interceptors.
Counter-UAS development24 Sept 2026
The company says a 12-month development agreement covers ten prototype counter-drone interceptors and operator evaluations.
Approvals & procurement23 Sept 2026
Ukraine’s defence ministry reports 650 systems codified this year; approvals do not establish delivery volumes.
Counter-UAS technology23 Sept 2026
Boreas inertial navigation units are intended for KONGSBERG’s PROTECTOR counter-drone platforms.
Counter-UAS20 Sept 2026
The talks put interceptor cost and adaptation to faster drone threats at the centre of bilateral cooperation.
Counter-UAS20 Sept 2026
Better data fusion could make existing sensors more useful together and improve the reliability of drone detection and identification.
Procurement & production20 Sept 2026
Large follow-on commitments make the procurement pipeline a useful indicator of how drone warfare is becoming a sustained industrial requirement.