Army seeks next-gen targeted EW attack technology for drones

The Army is looking for a near-term Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) technology able to effectively launch offensive drone EW attacks more precisely than current technology allows. A recently released Request For Information (RFI) from the Army’s Program Executive Office Intelligence Read More …

Drones Delivering Dirty Bombs Could Be the Next Terror Threat

Daesh terrorists have attached improvised explosive devices to commercially available drones in the past to conduct terror strikes, but the next threat may entail dropping dirty bombs from cheap unmanned aerial vehicles, a senior German intelligence official said this week. Read More …

The ruins of Mosul have exposed the future of high-tech warfare

Cheap Chinese-made sensors. Mad Max-style vehicle mods. Consumer drones turned into mortar-dropping weapons. The fight against Daesh is showing the high-tech, higher stakes future of urban war. Lieutenant Ahmed Abbas Ali burns his finger as he lights the fuse on Read More …

Unmanned Systems the New Weapon for Terrorists

JIDO fears that improvised threat devices may be the latest drone delivery packages. Long a tool of allies trying to foil improvised explosive devices, unmanned systems now may be entering the fray against friendly forces. Both terrorists and nation-states are Read More …