A France Rafale of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an unknown drone which entered Latvian airspace from Russia. A Rafale of the French Air and Space Force, currently deployed to Lithuania as part of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, shot down an unknown drone which entered Latvian airspace in the morning […]
Romanian F-16s deployed as part of the Baltic Air Policing shot down a rogue drone, possibly of Ukrainian origin, which entered Estonian airspace from Russia. The Estonian Defense Forces have announced that Romanian F-16 Fighting Falcons have shot down a drone which entered Estonian airspace. Estonia says that the drone, which arrived from Russian airspace, […]
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A Rafale M was spotted with a pod for 68 mm laser-guided rockets, first unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2025 as a cost-effective solution against drones and asymmetric threats. A French Navy (Marine Nationale) Rafale M was spotted with at least one Thales 68 mm rocket pod installed under its port (left-side) wing. The […]
Cambridge Aerospace, an emerging UK manufacturer, will deliver a ‘significant number’ of its low-cost Skyhammer air defence systems, designed to counter attack drones like the Shahed 136 at ranges of over 30km. The announcement was made by the UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey MP on the opening day of the London Defence […]
The ‘Bird of Prey’ platform was developed as a simple, cost-effective counter-drone system that can engage attack UAVs with low-cost air-to-air missiles. Airbus Defence and Space announced on Mar. 30, 2026, the first test of its ‘Bird of Prey’ counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) platform, based on a modified Do-DT25 target drone. The drone notably fired […]
A first-person point-of-view video shows the crew member in the rear seat of a Ukrainian Yak-52 shooting with a rifle at a Russian Geran drone, which later detonates in a powerful explosion. A video that emerged on Mar. 24, 2026, shows a Russian Geran-type One-Way Attack (OWA) drone exploding mid-air after being engaged by an […]
The UAE showed that its AH-64 Apaches and F-16s are actively flying in the counter-drone role, tackling Iranian drones before they can reach their targets. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) released on Mar. 8, 2026, a video showing footage from an electro-optical system of eight Iranian Shahed-type One-Way Attack (OWA) drones being shot down. Based […]
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Live-fire trials of the AH-64 with XM1225 APEX ammunition come as both U.S. and Russian attack helicopters experiment with proximity-fused cannon rounds to defeat small UAVs. The U.S. Army conducted the first successful live fire test of the 30×113 mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammunition, employed by an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in an […]