UK Plans Low-Cost Drone Interceptor Competition

counter drone exercise
Credit: Cambridge Aerospace
The UK Defense Ministry is opening a competition for a low-cost interceptor, echoing wider efforts among militaries to field ways to more cheaply defeat the threat from drones and loitering munitions. Under Project Goshawk, the systems are supposed to be able to engage targets at close range and low...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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