Military Technology
L3Harris Wraith Shield Turns 100,000 Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Weapons
The arithmetic of modern drone warfare is brutal. An FPV drone costs $400. A Coyote interceptor costs $180,000. A Stinger missile costs more than $400,000. Ukraine demonstrated at scale what happens when infantry units face swarms of cheap attritable drones without immediate local protection: losses mount faster than any air defense system can respond, at…
MDA Space Lands SHIELD Contract, Expands Defense Opportunities
MDA Space (TSX: MDA) announced it received an IDIQ contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the SHIELD program. That stands for Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense. The program covers work across land, sea, air, cyber, and space. It is a broad initiative with lots of moving parts. Why It MattersCEO Mike Greenley…
