💥 Claymore-Mine-Armed Hunting Drone Tested by U.S. Army

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🔥 More Power, No Moving Parts: The Quest to Fly a Rotating Detonation Engine Read More

✈️ More MQ-58 Variants in the Works After Marines Move to Make Valkyrie a Full Program of Record Read More

💥 Claymore-Mine-Armed Hunting Drone Tested by U.S. Army Read More

🛡️ Amid Shakeup, Army Plans to Replace Gray Eagle and Shadow Drones Read More

🛰️ Space Force Launches Experimental Satellite to Inform Future GPS Read More

🎱 Plus 11 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🔥 More Power, No Moving Parts: The Quest to Fly a Rotating Detonation Engine Read More

• RDE promises higher efficiency and thrust with fewer moving parts, reshaping flight endurance, payloads, sortie economics, and range.

• USAF, labs, and industry chase stable detonation cycles, thermal management, sensors, and alloys that survive relentless pressure waves.

• Flight demos must prove controllability, ignition reliability, and scalable thrust, enabling compact engines for jets, missiles, and UAVs.

✈️ More MQ-58 Variants in the Works After Marines Move to Make Valkyrie a Full Program of Record Read More

• Marine Corps POR unlocks funding and tempo, driving MQ-58 variants for strike, sensing, jamming, and teamed operations with fighters.

• Variants may expand range, payload, survivability, and sensor fusion as autonomy stacks mature for wingman, decoy, and deep ISR roles.

• Industrial momentum signals broader joint demand, with spiral upgrades pacing open architectures, datalinks, and weapons integration.

💥 Claymore-Mine-Armed Hunting Drone Tested by U.S. Army Read More

• Drone-mounted Claymore concept aims to ambush hostile quadcopters, shredding rotors with fragments while avoiding friendly assets.

• Trials assess radar and EO cueing, safe arming logic, and blast geometry to defeat dense swarms while minimizing collateral damage risks.

• If matured, units gain low-cost counter-UAS that complements jamming, EW deception, guns, and interceptors across layered defenses.

🛡️ Amid Shakeup, Army Plans to Replace Gray Eagle and Shadow Drones Read More

• Army roadmap targets successors for MQ-1C Gray Eagle and RQ-7 Shadow, prioritizing survivability, range, and contested-spectrum ops.

• Next-gen systems likely emphasize modular payload bays, open architectures, and attritable airframes paired with resilient datalinks.

• Transition plan weighs bridging buys and rapid prototyping, sustaining ISR coverage while avoiding capability gaps across theaters.

🛰️ Space Force Launches Experimental Satellite to Inform Future GPS Read More

• Experimental payload will test signals, timing, and resilience concepts to inform next-generation GPS upgrade and modernization decisions.

• Results could shape anti-jam techniques, clock stability, and ground integration, improving PNT in contested and degraded environments.

• Using small-sat cadence enables faster iteration, lowering risk before committing to costly constellation-scale GPS architecture changes.

🌏 Other Important News

⚓ Sea

• USV maker SeaSats says drone came within meters of Chinese warship during Pacific transit Read More

• Leidos takes aim at maritime autonomy Read More

• Leonardo DRS completes first open-water demo of counter-UAS maritime package for small USVs Read More

• NAVSEA building design muscles, working on next-generation destroyer and submarine Read More

• Navy fires CO of Reserve Readiness Center in San Diego Read More

✈️ Air

• Lockheed Martin and the Philippines: aircraft procurement update Read More

💻 Cyber / EW

• DARPA to refine EW tactics with an RF battlespace emulator Read More

🤖 AI & Data Strategy

• New Navy-Marine AI and data strategy coming this fall, seeking rapid wartime adaptation Read More

🏛️ Policy & Geopolitics

• China says it expelled U.S. Navy ship from the South China Sea Read More

• Mexico may have to accept U.S. cartel operations Read More

• National Guard weighs plans amid potential civil unrest Read More

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