Counter-UAS

Tower 22 inquiry, base incursions show counter-drone failures fall between sensors and shooters

Radars, jammers and interceptors are sold one at a time. Tower 22 and the homeland incursions show the failures sit between them.

ExplainerOct 6, 2026

Counter-UAS

Army turns to 30-kilowatt counter-drone lasers after soldiers pan 50-kilowatt Strykers

Low-power, fixed-site lasers have reached troops and production. Mobile 50-kilowatt lasers and swarm-killing microwaves have not, and nobody publishes availability data.

AnalysisOct 1, 2026

Counter-UAS

Army buys 13,000 Merops interceptor drones at about $15,000 each. Radar and crews cost extra

Ukraine’s cheap interceptors and the Army’s Merops buy look like a bargain per round. Cost per kill depends on radar, crews and weather.

ExplainerOct 9, 2026

Counter-UAS

Europe’s ‘drone wall’ still a patchwork of national systems a year after Poland incursions

Brussels promised a shield against Russian drones. What exists is national border networks, NATO fighters still doing the shooting, and EU projects that became fundable two weeks ago.

FeatureOct 9, 2026

Tower 22 inquiry, base incursions show counter-drone failures fall between sensors and shooters

Army turns to 30-kilowatt counter-drone lasers after soldiers pan 50-kilowatt Strykers

Army buys 13,000 Merops interceptor drones at about $15,000 each. Radar and crews cost extra

Europe’s ‘drone wall’ still a patchwork of national systems a year after Poland incursions

The Defense Autonomy Review briefing