Shahed

The Pakistan Navy is advancing its autonomous strike capabilities with a new kamikaze drone that draws conceptual cues from Iran’s infamous Shahed platforms.

Poland is moving closer to fielding its own version of the Iranian Shaheds, with final preparations for official deployment now underway.

As nations scramble to develop defenses against Shahed drones, Iran appears to have made its infamous loitering munition much harder to detect with an unusual new design.

Saudi Arabia has turned to Ukraine to counter Iranian drone and missile attacks, reportedly signing a contract and negotiating a separate “huge deal” that could be finalized this week.

Zerov‑8 is Shahed’s new adversary in the sky, combining missile-like speed with drone-like precision and maneuverability.

In a historic first for American forces, LUCAS drones were reportedly used in combat strikes on Iranian targets during Operation Epic Fury.

Russia has begun installing Shahed mesh modems on its Molniya tactical unmanned aerial systems to counter Ukrainian forces.

General Cherry is bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses with a new one-way interceptor designed to clip the wings of Russia’s Iranian-supplied Shahed loitering munition.

French firm ALM Meca is trying to advance high-speed drone interception with the Fury 120, a new jet-powered system designed to hunt and destroy one‑way attack drones.

Instead of rolling out another car, Renault’s next project is set to be a kamikaze drone designed as France’s own take on the Shahed system.

Ukraine is rolling out a secure digital environment to counter Russian unmanned aerial system attacks, using real battlefield data to train and test artificial intelligence models within the government-backed Brave1 defense innovation cluster.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces has shot down a Russian Shahed one-way attack drone that was equipped with a man-portable air defense system.