Anti-drone technologies and tactics

A frightening development:
https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.70069
I thought arming drones was jumping the gun a bit.

Limpet Drones could "invite" other, faster munitions than the drone itself could carry--by acting like a homing beacon. The drone itself can be made lighter and faster...a flying listening device...a real bug almost.

Rescue drone?
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-robot-backpack-drone-flies-tackle.html
Other stories
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-shield-defense-drones-cyberattacks.htmlhttps://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-flyingtoolbox-drone-accurate-mid-air.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2025-10-europe-isnt-unmanned-aircraft-threat.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2025-11-drone-wall-incursions-european-airspace.htmlhttps://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-drone-holidays.htmlhttps://hackaday.com/2025/10/14/making-the-tiny-air65-quadcopter-even-smaller/https://www.space.com/technology/ae...ght-back-against-incursions-by-drone-aircraft
Cute
https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/1co65k0/how_engineers_created_a_flying_star_wars_xwing
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/1co65k0/how_engineers_created_a_flying_star_wars_xwing/

https://www.zavvi.com/accessories/p...ZbYmLZZnjjHMnC0TkKTy47nKzzcLUZdKJsrxqFsNy8Hif
https://www.tiktok.com/video/7534245580403641602
View: https://www.tiktok.com/@luisengineering/video/7534245580403641602

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwTty_xnuc

Aviation comm
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/14/ben...tems-communicate-with-the-arinc-429-protocol/
Sub-hunters
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-ai-drone-ships-sensors-submarines.html
The latest
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-moth-drone-autonomously-ai.htmlhttps://www.al.com/news/2025/11/first-of-its-kind-fbi-facility-opens-in-alabama.htmlhttps://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/evtol-for-everyone/https://hackaday.com/2025/11/16/using-multiple-quadcopters-to-efficiently-lift-loads-together/https://hackaday.com/2025/11/16/the-king-of-rocket-photography/
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uIRem2v0tRM
 
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Halcyon66 said:
If you are talking shotguns maybe time the SPAS 12 went back into production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchi_SPAS-12
Had one in the early 90's in the US and it was a very impressive piece of kit.
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I heard they were kinda sketchy. Mostly the pump/semi switching bit, though it makes good sense for the time, swapping between less-lethal and standard rounds.
 
publiusr said:
A frightening development:
https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.70069
I thought arming drones was jumping the gun a bit.

Limpet Drones could "invite" other, faster munitions than the drone itself could carry--by acting like a homing beacon. The drone itself can be made lighter and faster...a flying listening device...a real bug almost.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1nzh1r2/ukrainian_heavy_bomber_after_running_out_of
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1nzh1r2/ukrainian_heavy_bomber_after_running_out_of/


Landing drones on stuff to track them down isn't that new, communications is the hard part really.
Friction Shock Absorbers and Reverse Thrust for Fast Multirotor Landing on High-Speed Vehicles
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The development that is more interesting is aerial docking so that you can have combustion powered aircraft recharging electric multicopters. That is the part of the prereq for serious sustainable drone swarming.....
 

Thales Anti-Drone Rockets Now Being Used In Ukraine​

https://www.twz.com/air/thales-anti-drone-rockets-now-being-used-in-ukraine 1759911819952.png
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Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter takes part in French counter-drone exercise​

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...-takes-part-in-french-counter-drone-exercise/ 1759947798913.png
Wildcat can carry up to four five-cell Martlet launchers (two on each stores carrier) for a total outload of 20 LMM missiles. Alternatively, a Wildcat can be configured to carry a mixed load of one Martlet launcher (inboard) and one Sea Venom missile (outboard) on either wing.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1976755985214849428
View: https://x.com/Jeff21461/status/1976755985214849428


https://www.hartpunkt.de/quantum-systems-entwickelt-eigene-abfangdrohne-jaeger/
add rocket propulsion to quadcopter to enable 405kph top speed interceptor.

I do feel like folding rotors like Bell’s SPRINT with a longer burn duration rocket motor and PGK type control can be interesting for patrol-and-attack while holding high top speed as opposed to reactive cue to target like SAMs.

In utterly predictable news: interceptors for the other side too~
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_an...fire_from_russian_interceptor_uavs-16095.html
 
Suchomimus has put out a video concerning about a group of Russian soldiers boasting about their shit-hot new drone-jammer only for it to be destroyed by a Ukrainian FPV drone:D:


Russians film themselves bragging about their new jammer designed to intercept drones which then gets destroyed by an FPV drone.
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Not sure if mentioned, but I've glimpsed a report of a 'bolas' shot-gun load intended to snarl incomings: Three linked sorta-thimbles...

Would seem adaptable to 'recoilless' use aboard a hunter drone.

Obvious counter-measure is to fit circumferential rings to props...
 
Michel Van said:
That very Big Drone...
https://twitter.com/x/status/1977739931674923411
View: https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1977739931674923411
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Sandboxx has put out a video about this new drone UH-60 variant (QH-60?).

Edit: Lockheed-Martin has put out a short promotional video about it.


From concept to reality in 10 months, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk® helicopter into the S-70UAS™ U-Hawk™, a versatile autonomous UAS that has 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk.Forward loading and additional useable cabin space of the U-Hawk aircraft now offers the flexibility to accommodate oversized loads up to the same maximum gross weight.​
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A tablet gives an operator full command of the U-Hawk aircraft from start-up to shut down. At the touch of a button, the two clamshell doors open and a ramp lowers to allow easy cargo loading or drive-on capability. To prepare for flight, the automated sequence is reversed.​
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Once loaded, an operator inputs mission goals via the tablet. The MATRIX autonomy system automatically generates a flight plan, relying on cameras, sensors and algorithms to help navigate the U-Hawk aircraft safely to its destination.​
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Learn more: https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/prod...
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It turns out that Sikorsky's U-Hawk proposal would in addition to carrying cargo be also able to carry and launch drones so it could be used as a flying launch platform for drone interceptors.
 
DWG said:
Seems ridiculous that WWII aircraft and shipboard 20mm gunners were using gyro sights to engage aerial targets, yet 80 years later we're back to iron sights and spray and pray.
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Weird thing is there are sights available as well...you'd probably recoup the cost on the 2nd engagement based on a miniguns rate of fire...
 
While i was exhibiting at a recent defence show , i noticed couple of interesting things , slowly western manufacturers are seeing their drones are crap and Ukrainian design are being made in EU refined and built to higher standard than DIY ukrainan ones . Second small radars are getting cheap to make (not neccesarily sold cheap) ,implication is that small interceptors will have radars vs optics for guidance.

Friends of mine now make radars that are very good at detecting stationary drones , which is a problem for most existing systems.(once drone gets into position for spotting hovering or moving slowly it disapears from the radars) . For now a 30x30cm radar antena detects a mavic style drone at 2km , but next one is 10x10 with same detection range ,antenas are also very cheap to manufacture in like sub 100$.

Note that prices for drone detection radars with any capabilty are still in hundrets of thousands to like a quad radar unit for mounting on a quad is million $ here in Europe ,one of the problems why prices on the market will not fall fast is extreme consolidation of the industry as giants like Rheinmetal are buying up startups preventing any competition on the market
 

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