BREAKING
Ukraine Launches Major Counteroffensive in Eastern Regions•Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Continue Despite International Response•Ukraine Launches Major Counteroffensive in Eastern Regions•Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Continue Despite International Response•
🔬Weapons & Technology

UK launches anti-fibre-optic drone program

UK Defence Innovation has launched a market engagement activity seeking novel technologies capable of detecting and defeating fibre-optic controlled drones, opening a formal call to industry that closes on April 21, 2026. The solicitation marks the first public acknowledgment by the UK Ministry of D

Defence Blog
75
1 min read
0 views

UK Defence Innovation has launched a market engagement activity seeking novel technologies capable of detecting and defeating fibre-optic controlled drones, opening a formal call to industry that closes on April 21, 2026. The solicitation marks the first public acknowledgment by the UK Ministry of Defence that fibre-optic drone control has become a sufficiently pressing operational […]

Original Source

Defence Blog

Share this article

Related Articles

🔬
🔬Weapons & Technology
Defence Blog

Russia tests robotic mortar system

Russia has publicly released video footage of range trials of an unmanned ground combat system designated “Kuryer,” fitted with a newly disclosed automated mortar module called “Bagunlnik-82.” The footage, published by the NRTK channel, which covers Russian ground robotics de

vor etwa 4 Stunden•1 min
🔬
🔬Weapons & Technology
Defence Blog

British Army approves hinged mortar fleet integration

The British Army and UK Defence Innovation have issued a Request for Information for a vehicle-mounted 120mm hinged mortar system under Project STOKES, opening a formal procurement process aimed at fielding approximately 60 systems integrated onto light tactical vehicles, with the Jackal 3 Extenda i

vor etwa 5 Stunden•1 min
Pakistan Navy Inducts 2nd Babur-class Corvette, PNS KHAIBAR
🔬Weapons & Technology
Naval News

Pakistan Navy Inducts 2nd Babur-class Corvette, PNS KHAIBAR

On April 4, the Pakistan Navy held the induction ceremony for the second Babur-class (PN MILGEM) corvette, the PNS KHAIBAR (F-282), in Karachi. Addressing the induction ceremony of 2nd PN MILGEM Class Corvette PNS KHAIBAR held at Karachi, Adm Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Pakistan Navy, emphasized a s

vor etwa 5 Stunden•3 min
🔬
🔬Weapons & Technology
Defence Blog

Ukraine strikes key Russian oil terminal

Ukrainian defense forces struck the Sheskharis oil terminal in the port city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, on April 6, 2026, hitting multiple locations across the facility in a drone attack that open-source analysts say has effectively halted export operations at one of Russia’s most strate

vor etwa 6 Stunden•1 min