The US Army has purchased thousands of cheap interceptors since the Iran war began, its top civilian official has disclosed, as the Pentagon looks to grow its arsenal of low-cost air defenses. Army ...
Battle-tested Merops counter-drone interceptor scales production in Germany, signaling Europe’s defense-tech boom.
NOWA DĘBA, Poland — Proven in the skies above Ukraine, a cheap drone-killer that has logged nearly 2,000 Russian intercepts is now in the hands of Western troops. Poland and Romania have purchased and ...
NOWA DĘBA, Poland — Western soldiers are using off-the-shelf Xbox controllers to pilot $15,000 interceptor drones that are combat-proven in Ukraine and now part of NATO's toolbox for battling a ...
Lithuania said it will purchase the American-made Merops system and interceptor drones.Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Another NATO ally is acquiring an American-made interceptor drone that has ...
AS3 Surveyor interceptor, which is part of the Merops C-UAS, hooked to a battery to charge for its next flight near Lipa, Poland, on November 10, 2025. (10th Army Air and Missile Defence) The US ...
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers the service has purchased 13,000 low-cost interceptor drones to counter Iranian-made Shahed drones.