For the first time in history, the US military successfully disabled enemy unmanned aerial vehicles with a skyraider FPV drone equipped with ClayMore mine.
The US Army first used the FPV interceptor drone to shoot down enemy UAVs. The test was carried out by the 173th Airborne Brigade with Claymore on the Skyraider FPV drone of Aleon Defense USA.
This demonstration was part of the ‘Project Shank’, which was participated by the Devcom Armaments Center. According to a military official, it is said to be the first case of FPV armed drones in the air in the air.
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Nate Shea controlled Skyraider, and his boss Andrew Topits controlled the mock UAV system and performed an experimental warfare. Immediately after the Claymore explosion, the interceptor drone lost stability and the signal was temporarily cut off, but after a few seconds, it was restored to demonstrate the possibility of reuse of the platform.
Skyraider adopts an open architecture to change various mounting equipment according to the mission, which is highly operational flexibility.
The test was held the day before the US Army Unmanned Aircraft System, and reflects the lessons from the Russian-Ukrainian war. This year, the US military tested the drone ammunition launch system in Germany, and a new quadcopter Skydio X10DIt was also officially adopted as an operational standard platform.
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According to the US Department of Defense, this attempt is part of the US Army’s massive modernization and experimental programs to increase efficiency in modern combat environment.
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