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EVEN JUST A LITTLE BUMP IS CHEAPER THAN THE BULLETS One of the biggest challenges modern security and defence systems face is the growing use of inexpensive FPV drones. These platforms can cost only a few hundred dollars—yet traditionally require thousands of dollars worth of munitions or complex systems to neutralize. To close this cost gap, organizations and innovators are exploring more sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective counter-UAS approaches, including: ✅ 1. Layered Detection Modern counter-drone strategies increasingly rely on combining RF sensing, radar, optical tracking, and AI-based classification. Improving detection efficiency reduces unnecessary interceptions and optimizes resource use. ✅ 2. Electronic Interference & Soft-Kill Solutions Rather than destroying a drone, soft-kill systems aim to disrupt control links or navigation. These tools tend to be far more cost-efficient and are rapidly evolving in mobility, range, and precision. ✅ 3. Kinetic Low-Cost Interceptors A particularly interesting development is the emergence of small “anti-drone drones” - agile, lightweight interceptors designed to physically collide with or disrupt an incoming FPV drone. - They don’t rely on explosives - They’re highly maneuverable - They dramatically reduce per-intercept cost - And they are relatively simple to deploy at scale This “drone-vs-drone” approach essentially matches low-cost threat with low-cost defense, helping level the economic playing field. ✅ 4. Automation & Swarm Response As autonomy improves, automated interception logic and cooperative tactics among defense drones can further reduce operational burden and cost per engagement. The bottom line: The future of counter-UAS isn’t just about stronger defences - it’s about smarter, faster, and more cost-balanced solutions. Low-cost, non-lethal interceptors and improved detection frameworks are shaping a new generation of scalable protection. 🔹 Innovation in this area is not only reshaping defense strategy but also redefining how organizations think about cost, agility, and resilience. #MilTech #Defence #Drones

Super tactical playbook for defense tech companies who are building products (and gaining traction) through testing & experimentation events. These are gleaned from several decades of ⚓ experience from Jason Galvan, Robert Leonard, and Jason Knudson (all incredible colleagues at BMNT). Bottom line: experimentation, done well, can be an accelerant for any capability and the business providing that capability. Dos - Figure out what else you want besides money. These events are a place where you can receive those non-monetary resources. - Focus on learning how your capability performs in a realistic environment. They tend to fail due to friction (e.g. interfaces, logistics) not the lack of features. - Pay attention to the operators. They will surprise you with how they end up using the tool. - Have a Plan B. S#it will always happen. Be ready with a back up. - Prepare for a second wave of experiments. There is almost always another opportunity at the same event. Get there early and stay late. You're already there! - Attend the preparatory planning calls. This will set you apart from the folks who just show up. Don'ts - Don't forget to bring your technical folks. Ideally you'll be making tweaks in real-time. - Don't try to avoid failure. Operators want to see you push past the point of failure to see what your capability can really do. These events are judged different than ones where you're talking to acquisitions folks. - Don't be proprietary. It takes a village to deter our adversaries. You better be prepared to work well with others. - Don't go to an event only one time. If it's worth going to, it's worth going at least two years in a row to figure out how to get the most out of it. - Don't forget to do all the paperwork. You won't be let in without it. - Don't delegate the handling of paperwork. Companies get rejected all the time for giving incomplete or unsatisfactory answers. The more you know... 🇺🇸 #testing #experimentation #warfighting #strategy #defensetech #dualuse #bestpractices #lessonslearned

🔐 Unifying Tactical & Strategic Defense with MITRE ATT&CK🔐 Cyber defense isn’t just about reacting to threats—it’s about anticipating, preventing, and adapting. To stay ahead of adversaries, organizations must integrate both tactical and strategic defensive approaches with real-world defensive strategies. But how do these concepts fit together? 📌 Tactical vs. Strategic Defensive Approaches ✅ Tactical Defense (Real-Time) – Focuses on immediate threat response, using known indicators (IOCs), signature-based detections, and automated alerts. ➡️ Example: Detecting brute-force attempts (T1110 - Brute Force) with SIEM alerts. ✅ Strategic Defense (Proactive) – Aims to identify threats before they materialize, leveraging behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and adversary emulation. ➡️ Example: Threat hunting for unusual account enumeration (T1087 - Account Discovery) before an adversary escalates access. 🔗 Both are necessary—Tactical defense reacts to active threats, while Strategic defense prepares for evolving threats. 📌 Defensive Strategies: Bridging the Gap Defensive Strategies turn approaches into action by implementing: 🔹 Threat-Informed Defense – Using ATT&CK to map adversary TTPs to detections & mitigations. Some really cool projects that do this is under Center for Threat-Informed Defense. 🔹 Proactive Threat Hunting – Identifying adversary behaviors before an attack unfolds. 🔹 Behavior-Based Detection – Leveraging ATT&CK analytics and data sources to detect anomalous patterns that evade signature-based defenses. 🔹 Adversary Emulation – Using tools like MITRE Caldera, ATT&CK Evaluations, Atomic Red Team to test & refine detections. 🔹 Adversary Deception – Using tools like MITRE Engage; Deploying honeypots, fake credentials, and decoy infrastructure to mislead, detect, and slow adversaries. 🚀 How ATT&CK Helps MITRE ATT&CK can be the glue that connects approaches to strategies: 📌 Tactical Defense: ATT&CK techniques inform real-time SIEM rules & detections. 📌 Strategic Defense: ATT&CK TTPs & analytics support long-term adversary tracking & mitigation. 📌 Defensive Strategies: ATT&CK mitigations map to Zero Trust, network segmentation, & endpoint security. Are you using ATT&CK to bridge the gap between real-time defense and proactive security? Let’s discuss! ⬇️ #CyberDefense #MITREATTACK #ThreatHunting #DetectionEngineering #ProactiveSecurity #ZeroTrust #AdversaryDeception #AdversaryEmulation #ThreatIntelligence

In today’s defense ecosystem, everyone’s talking about loitering munitions, swarm drones, and autonomous platforms. These are the visible tools of modern warfare—fast-moving, high-tech, headline-worthy. But the real enabler? Communication. While the drones fly and systems engage, tactical communications—the ability to transmit and receive secure, uninterrupted data and voice across all domains—is what keeps the mission coherent, the units coordinated, and the commanders informed. From my own experience in the field, I can tell you this: no action starts without a green light, and no green light comes without reliable comms. Let’s break down the real-world challenges: 1. GPS-Denied Environments Near-peer conflicts have made GNSS jamming and spoofing commonplace. Without robust fallback systems, even the best positioning or timing systems are blind. HF solutions—properly engineered—offer a resilient, SATCOM-independent layer that operates across thousands of kilometers, providing reliable time, position, and messaging continuity. 2. Urban and Cluttered Terrain In dense cities or mountainous regions, line-of-sight VHF or SATCOM is degraded. Here, self-healing MANET networks shine—especially those built for mobility, multi-hop, and dynamic topologies. Systems like those integrated by Wavestorm (including Creomagic’s advanced mesh nodes) adapt in real time, maintaining secure connectivity without fixed infrastructure. 3. High Throughput Demands for ISR and Video Today’s commanders demand real-time ISR feeds from unmanned platforms—often over extended distances. Traditional narrowband radios can’t keep up. High-bandwidth MANET radios, capable of pushing HD video with low latency, are becoming essential—not just nice-to-have. 4. Contested Spectrum and EW Threats Jammers and intercept tools are evolving fast. Communications gear must now incorporate frequency agility, cognitive routing, LPI/LPD modes, and encryption—not as upgrades, but as base requirements. 5. Disconnected, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (D-DIL) Conditions Humanitarian missions, SOF teams, Arctic patrols—many operations begin where infrastructure ends. HF, VHF, and MANET each serve a role in these D-DIL scenarios. The trick is not picking one, but integrating all—multi-layered, interoperable comms that adjust to the environment in real time. Wavestorm Technologies specialize in these multi-domain communication layers: -HF radio systems for long-range redundancy -VHF solutions for tactical ground and vehicular mobility -Advanced MANET networks for ISR, C2, and mission-critical data flow *All platforms are MIL-STD-certified, hot-zone validated, and optimized for mission continuity under stress. This is not about radios. It’s about delivering information when it matters most. #TacticalComms #MANET #HF #VHF #MilitaryInnovation #EWResilience #DefenseTech #C2Systems #ISR #WavestormTechnologies Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes US Army

Added Value in Drone Industry - Part Two Let's take a concrete example of what I wrote in the last article. Let's assume that you have a startup and you are developing a system of automated counter-drone warfare, with a typical kinetic defeat scheme. Your counterdrone attacks an enemy drone like a classic air defense missile. Identifying the target, capturing it, launching the counter-drone and destroying it is fully automated and simply requires operator confirmation. It would seem that everything is simple. There are sensors, there is a counter-drone, there is a target. The real situation of the application of this drone. The biggest problem in the military right now is front line logistics. You need to deliver cargo or rotate soldiers in a 6-8 kilometer zone of continuous targeting of FPV-drones. That is, at a depth of 8 kilometers from the line of contact, all achievable targets are attacked. The task is to rotate the unit on the firing position. During the return trip to the pickup truck transporting the mortar crew is attacked by an enemy FPV-drone and it is necessary to use a CUAS. Now I tell you what non-obvious but important inputs should be considered when developing this system based on my combat experience. Inputs (Illumination): Rotation of units on the battlefield usually occurs at night, or “gray”, early morning, in order to hide this operation from enemy eyes as much as possible. Solutions: 1. Provide illumination of CUAS activation or control elements, taking into account low light and low visibility.  2. Make these elements recognizable by touch in the event of total darkness. Inputs (Speed and Vibration): Attacks occur while the vehicle is traveling cross-country at high speed. The vehicle is cramped and cluttered. Solutions: 1. Engagement elements should be large so that they can be activated in all conditions, even if the operator's hands are wearing tactical gloves.  2. They should be as resistant as possible to accidental exposure to a foreign loose object or piece of gear, with no possibility of breaking or jamming. 3. Drone attachment and launching mechanisms should take into account extreme stress factors such as vibration, jerking and contamination. Inputs (Time and Psychology): Typically, the rotating team learns of a drone attack either after the fact or 5-10 seconds before the drone detonates. Solutions: 1. Provide for launching the CUAS as quickly as possible, initiating it, and responding to the attacking FPV drone. The smaller the number of operations needed to launch, the better. Ideally, a single button press or voice command. 2. Under conditions of intense combat stress, human memory and cognitive abilities are reduced to critically low levels - the drone launch system should take this factor into account and not be complex. This is only a small parts of the inputs of one scenario that are worth considering when designing a CUAS system from real-world combat experience.

As a Defense Beacon client, be the first to know! 🚨 🆕Netherlands Launches Early-Stage Market Consultation for 1,200 Shotgun-Based C-UAS Systems - And the Global Trend Is Accelerating ✅The Dutch Ministry of Defence MINDEF (NL) has opened an early-stage market consultation for 1,200 shotgun-based C-UAS weapons, including ammunition, with deliveries required no later than 31 December 2026. ✅Industry is asked to present the full delivery timeline from contract award through shipment to the Netherlands -signalling the rising importance of a simple, soldier-operated last-line defence against small drones. ⚡Defense Beacon Insight: ✅Across NATO and beyond, militaries increasingly recognise that while radars, jammers and hard-kill effectors form the backbone of modern counter-drone architecture, shotgun-based systems are emerging as a crucial “last-ditch” kinetic layer. This ultra-short-range tool becomes vital when drones fly low, autonomously, or in environments where EW is degraded or ineffective. ✅This global shift is now evident across several armies: 🎯France will soon test the BTS-12 bullpup semi-automatic shotgun from Turkish manufacturer Hatsan Arms Company, seen previously with Ukrainian troops in extended-barrel configuration. 🎯India is preparing to acquire 150 kinetic CUAS systems built around 12-gauge semi-automatic shotguns for close-range hard-kill engagements. 🎯The U.S. Army has issued a Sources Sought Notice exploring kinetic counter-drone solutions, including rapid-fire systems capable of automatic engagement. ✅Leading companies currently shaping this domain include: 🎯Benelli Armi S.p.A., with the M4 Advanced Impact Drone Guardian, purpose-configured for short-range anti-UAS roles. 🎯BERETTA, adapting the 1301 Tactical with specialised anti-drone ammunition such as the NORMA AD-LER round. 🎯FN Herstal, promoting the Winchester SX4 as a proven, field-relevant semi-automatic shotgun increasingly used for C-UAS applications. ✅As drone warfare evolves - from FPV kamikaze drones to low-altitude quadcopters operating with minimal RF signatures - armies are rediscovering a simple battlefield truth: even the most advanced multi-layered C-UAS architecture still needs a fast, intuitive, kinetic last line of defence. Defense Beacon Consultancy is specialized in providing competitive intelligence and strategic insights for defense industry clients. To explore how we can support your strategic needs, feel free to reach out to us here or visit our website defensebeacon.tech 🌐 #shotgun #CUAS , #weapons, #FPV, #kamikaze, #drones, #antidrone, #Winchester, #SX4, #NORMA, #DroneGuardian,#BTS12

“The DoD seeks a tactical edge based C2 system that enables a single operator to manage multiple targets and is capable of fire control providing the ability to rapidly adapt to counter swarms of unmanned systems along with other potential manned or unmanned system threats. The solution should reduce operator cognitive load and accelerate the decision process to conduct multiple simultaneous kinetic and/or non-kinetic engagements, be easy to operate and can quickly integrate additional data sources, capabilities, sensors, and effectors and be able to operate autonomously if needed.”

In the past few days alone, I’ve heard of multiple incidents of friendly fire and unexpected explosions while handling ammunition. It’s operational reality. If you’re a decision maker or advising military and security organizations, unmanned systems saving lives is not a future concept. It’s already happening in real operations. But the impact is not where most people think. It’s not about replacing soldiers but about who takes the first risk. A few examples from the field: 1. Clearing buildings before entry: Units deploy systems from XTEND to enter buildings first and provide real-time visibility. A soldier doesn’t step into the unknown. 2. Preventing friendly fire through identification layers: BlueForce simplifies tracking of friendly forces and provide real-time awareness of positions, vehicles and equipment on the tactical layer and with a light solution. It’s not just seeing, it’s immediately knowing who you’re seeing. 3. Detecting mines and IEDs: Robots from Roboteam are sent ahead to locate and neutralize explosives. The blast risk shifts away from the soldier. 4. Safer handling of ammunition and explosives: Solutions from @Explosity enable safer manipulation, installation, and operation of explosive payloads, whether on the ground or integrated into unmanned platforms. Reduces accidental detonations and exposure during handling. 5. Intercepting drone threats: Detection and counter-drone systems from Sentrycs | Counter-Drone Solutions Adapting at the Speed of Threats identify and disrupt hostile drones before they reach forces. The engagement starts earlier, at distance. 6. Search & rescue in complex environments: Systems like Macushla are used to access unstable environments and locate people without exposing responders. Humans don’t need to enter first. 7. Logistics without exposure (emerging): Platforms like AIR point toward a future where payloads and eventually people can move without ground exposure. Still early, but direction is clear. 8. Future: robotic teammates Systems like Agility Robotics show how machines could assist soldiers in movement and load. Not there yet, but getting closer. If even one of these was new to you and can help reduce risk where you operate, I’ll take that as my mitzvah for today. 🙏 R.I.P Guy Loder 🫡 R.I.P Barak Kalfon 🫡 Shahar Omri Alik Lisyansky Liad Fifer DDR&D (MAFAT) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) #Defensetech #Lifesavers #Unmannedvehicles

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Modern close protection teams should not consist solely of personnel providing physical security. They must operate as integrated professional units trained in analysis, coordination, communication, and crisis management. The foundation of a successful close protection team is built on discipline, low-profile mobility, rapid decision-making, and flawless team coordination. In protective operations, the greatest strength is not individual capability — it is operational synchronization. Key competencies every professional close protection team should possess: • Advanced risk analysis & threat assessment • Convoy movement and operational coordination • Emergency evacuation & crisis response procedures • Communication discipline and command structure • Close-quarter defense and protection formations • Reconnaissance, route security & advance team operations • Tactical medical response and trauma management • Fast and controlled decision-making under pressure Training programs should never remain purely theoretical. They must be scenario-based, high-tempo, and field-oriented. In protective operations, success depends on how effectively preparation translates into real-world execution. Modern close protection is not about being visible — it is about prevention, anticipation, and operational readiness. #CloseProtection #ExecutiveProtection #SecurityOperations #RiskManagement #ProtectiveServices #CrisisResponse #TacticalTraining #SecurityProfessionals #ThreatAssessment #OperationalReadiness Krisztian Korom CPU - Close Protection Unit Marika Doughty