Defense tech startup Blue Halo makes lasers that shoot drones out of the sky. This is how it got the Army to buy them.

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Blue Halo HQ
Blue Halo HQ

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UK-supplied drones have destroyed over $1.2 billion of Russian military gear in Ukraine, says UK official

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Ukrainian soldier operating a drone during training of the 22nd Brigade in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier operating a drone during training in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024.

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Britain says it is developing a radio-wave weapon that can take out a swarm of drones for just $0.12 a shot

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A Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon
An image released by the UK's Ministry of Defence shows a Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon on May 16, 2024.

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Russia can't seem to stop this Ukrainian Cessna-style drone that, compared to missiles, is basically a 'flying brick' with a bomb onboard

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Russian soldiers stand near a new generation air defence system S-400 Triumf, also known as a SA-21 Growler, during their exercises at the anti-aircraft defence military unit near Elektrostal, outside of Moscow on Dec. 2, 2010.
Russian soldiers stand near a new generation air defence system S-400 Triumf, also known as a SA-21 Growler, during their exercises at the anti-aircraft defence military unit near Elektrostal, outside of Moscow on Dec.

The US military isn't ready for the coming drone war

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Photo collage of Drones, and American soldiers.

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A Russian infantry vehicle darts across a war-torn field, trying to outrun a small Ukrainian drone. But there's no escaping this peculiar weapon: a high-speed, highly maneuverable flying IED.

US Marine Corps urgently modernizes its counter-drone capabilities to keep pace with Russia and China

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US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats
US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats using a Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

Russia's pulling its aircraft away from the front lines as Ukraine hits air bases with deep strikes, Western intel says

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Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters fire missiles during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia on Aug. 27, 2021.
Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters fire missiles during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Ukrainians on pickup trucks are using machine guns designed in WWI to stop Russian drones

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A member of the mobile air defence group checks an M2 Browning machine gun
A member of the mobile air defence group checks an M2 Browning machine gun donated by a volunteer fund in April 2023.

REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russia to introduce drone training classes for schoolchildren in occupied areas of Ukraine, reports say

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The drone unit of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Army continues its combat training as heavy clashes continue on the Zaporizhzhia frontline in Ukraine on November 04, 2023.
A soldier from the drone unit of Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade.

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Ukraine pulled its Abrams tanks from the front due to Russian drone tactics, US officials say

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A US-provided Abrams
A US-provided Abrams tank during a training exercise in Poland, on April 12, 2023.

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