Bases plagued by mystery drones chose not to shoot them down, Pentagon …
4 days ago · Commanders on a military base swarmed by mystery drones had the authority to shoot them down, but didn’t, the Pentagon has revealed.. Airspace over Langley Air Force base in Virginia was breached last December when the unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted overhead.. The flights lasted 17 days with the drones flying over …
As Ukraine builds better drones, do American firms still have a role?
4 days ago · Now even the Pentagon is bullish. “The Ukrainian-made drones are doing very well,” a senior U.S. military official told reporters last week, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ...
Pentagon confirms mysterious drones flew above Langley Air …
The Pentagon this week confirmed news reports of unidentified drones swarming the airspace at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton last year. The Hampton base experienced incursions of unauthorized ...
Small-drone defense is next in Pentagon’s Replicator buying push
Sep 30, 2024 · The second iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator rapid-fielding initiative will focus on countering small drones, with plans to request funds for the initiative in the fiscal 2026 budget,...
Anduril lands $250 million Pentagon contract for drone ... - Defense News
Oct 8, 2024 · The Pentagon awarded Anduril Industries a contract worth $250 million to counter drone attacks against U.S. forces with the company’s recoverable Roadrunner interceptor.
After Low-Cost Drones, Pentagon Shifts Focus to C-UAS in …
Oct 1, 2024 · In August 2023, the Pentagon launched the first phase of the Replicator program, aiming to field thousands of low-cost drones within the next two years. In just nine months, a contract was awarded to AeroVironment for the supply of Switchblade 600 loitering munitions as part of the initiative.
Swarm Wars: Pentagon holds toughest drone-defense demo to …
Jul 24, 2024 · WASHINGTON — With drone strikes in the news from Kyiv to Tel Aviv, the Pentagon’s all-service drone defense program just held its most ambitious field demonstration yet, with up to 50...
Pentagon Will Spend $1B on First Round of Replicator Drones
Mar 11, 2024 · The first, Replicator 1, tackles the problem of how to slow or defeat an amphibious invasion of Taiwan with massed lethal surface drones and overhead loitering munitions, USNI News has reported. Split over funding periods, the Pentagon has earmarked about $1 billion so far to fund the first round of the Replicator initiative in two parts.
Pentagon left baffled after mysterious drones flying above secret …
Pentagon officials have been left perplexed by a swarm of mystery drones that flew over Langley Air Force base for 17 consecutive nights. The flock of drones flew in a specific pattern over the ...
Drones swarmed an air base for days. They're still a mystery.
Oct 14, 2024 · The military and the Pentagon’s UFO investigating arm have tried to determine the source of the drones that flew over Langley Air Force Base. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Oct 14, 2024 9:56 AM ...