Startup bags $7M to build drone-interceptor-in-a-backpack systems

Spike drone defense system is designed to be carried in a rucksack or mounted on top of a vehicle

COLOMBIA · SECURITY Key Facts —What happened: Suspected ELN guerrillas dropped about 40 grenades from drones on soldiers in Pelaya, Cesar. —The toll: Three soldiers were wounded in Thursday’s attack in the south of the department. —The response: Anti-drone systems go to El Copey, Curumaní, La Jagua de Ibirico, Pelaya a

Tokyo is experimenting with a radically faster way of buying new weapons – picking a domestically built interceptor drone less than three months after launching the procurement process. Analysts say this shift could help Japan respond more quickly to China’s expanding military capabilities. The defence ministry’s Acqui