Keyword: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
![A Shahed 136 OWA UAV on display. Iran’s decision to add such threats into the mix for its April 2024 attacks proved less effective than it might have hoped. This was partially due to their launch increasing the warning time, but also because the air defence means to deal with Shahed tend to be much simpler than those required to deal with ballistic missiles, meaning there was no real synergy between the two to overwhelming a particular class of defensive system. [FARS Media Corporation/Behrouz Ahmadi, via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Shahed_FARS-Media-CorporationBehrouz-Ahmadi-via-Wikimedia-Commons-CC-BY-4-324x160.jpg "Trade-offs in air defence system design")
Trade-offs in air defence system design
As modern warfare increasingly features overlapping missile, drone, and cruise missile threats, air defence...
![The Flyby Jackal launches an LMM during testing. [Crown Copyright 2023]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jackal_Crown-Copyright-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Developments in strike UAVs")
Developments in strike UAVs
Dozens of new strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are entering service globally, displaying a...
FEINDEF 2025: Airbus unveils full-size mock-up of...
Airbus publicly displayed a full-size mock-up of its SIRTAP unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for...
MBDA invests in Hybrid Drones to develop...
European defence company MBDA is joining the British unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) specialist Hybrid...
Palladyne AI and Red Cat demonstrate autonomous,...
Palladyne AI, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) software for robotic platforms, and unmanned...
Hanwha Aerospace to join GA-ASI in addressing...
US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) and South...
UAV maker Tekever opens new arm in...
European unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Tekever is opening a new arm of the...
Japanese MoD initiates project to develop VTOL...
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) is to begin research and development of a...
OSL completes final phase of Project HADO,...
UK security technology company OSL announced on 2 April 2025 the successful completion of...
GA-ASI completes maiden flight of Belgium’s first...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) and the Belgian Ministry of Defence have completed...