GBAD - The return of 'FOBS'

[Kirkhill]

Rosneft Recruits Anti-Aircraft Gun Crews to Defend Samara Refinery Against Ukrainian Drones – Vyorstka - The Moscow Times

State oil giant Rosneft has advertised jobs for anti-aircraft gun and armored vehicle crews to defend a refinery in the southern city of Samara against Ukrainian drones, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Friday.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia

Government planes reported to be carrying the Russian president and his aides home from Turkmenistan were forced to circle or divert to another city.

www.nytimes.com

Home Defence is everyone's problem.

 

[Kirkhill]

3000 CUAS interceptors a month

Tytan scales up low cost drone interceptor production

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

 

[Kirkhill]

This one really sounds interesting - Something closer to an all-aspect Trophy system than a SkyRange LAA turret.

Edda · AI Point Defense | 9 Mothers

Edda — 9 Mothers' AI-powered point defense turret. Fast, low-cost, autonomous-capable engagement of multiple FPV drones at 10–100+ m range.

9mothers.com

"Edda is an AI-powered point defense turret built for the engagements legacy C-sUAS can't handle — fast-moving 7-inch drones at 10–100 m, in cluttered urban and base-perimeter environments."

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"Edda, a roughly 50-pound (23 kg) counter-drone turret developed by Austin, Texas-based 9 Mothers.

"Edda detects the sound of small drone rotors, uses cameras to track targets and fires a shotgun. It is designed to engage drones approximately 7 inches (18 cm) across at distances between 33 and 328 feet (10–100 meters).

"In August, the U.S. Army tested the same turret on a self-driving Ford F-250 equipped with Forterra technology during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina."

US firm’s new driverless military vehicle can outsmart drones

US firms pair Razorback’s 4,000-pound payload & 500-mile range with autonomous driving and a shotgun turret for contested military resupply.

interestingengineering.com

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A class of system suitable for mounting on any vehicle for C-UAS (C-RAM?) or on any civilian base?