In an unprecedented milestone, American military successfully tested a fpV Skyraider drone armed with a Claymore mine to neutralize an unmanned enemy aircraft
The United States Army made, for the first time, the demolition of an enemy UAV using a FPV type interceptor drone. The test, carried out by the 173.ª Airborne Brigade, used a Skyraider FPV Skyraider from Aeryon Defense USA, armed with a Claymore antipersonal mine.
The demonstration was part of the Shank project, with the participation of the Army Armament Combat Command Development Center (Devcom Armaments Center), and took place in the heavens over Fort Rucker. According to the military, it was “the first aircraft in the history of the US Army. UU. Destroyed in the air by an armed FPV drone.”
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The Senior Nate Shea host pilot the Skyraider, while the senior host Andrew Topits controlled a simulated enemy UAV system during experimental air combat. After the detonation of the Claymore, the interceptor drone lost stability and the signal was temporarily interrupted, but it was restored seconds later, demonstrating the possibility of reusing the platform.
With open architecture, the Skyraider allows you to adapt different useful loads according to the mission, increasing operational versatility.
The test was carried out on the eve of the Summit of Non-Crewing Aircraft Systems of the US Army. And reflects the incorporation of lessons learned from the Russian-Ukrainian war. This year, the US armed forces also tested, in Germany, a drone ammunition launch system, in addition to officially approved the new quadricopter Skydio X10D As a standard platform for operations.
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According to the Department of Defense, initiatives such as this are part of the large -scale modernization and experimentation program of the US Army, which seeks to increase effectiveness in contemporary combat scenarios.
Sources and images: Militarnyi | US Army | Instagram @skydiohq. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
