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Drone defense is becoming a race to layer weapons
Anti-drone systems are moving into tests, deployments and trade-show offers fast enough to shape near-term protection plans.
LAD & C-UAS shows counter-drone defense moving from improvised protection toward named systems and trials. The recent selections include a Wildfire 2026 test of Rampart aboard PHA Tonnerre, Euronaval coverage of the Marine nationale facing drone threats, and reporting on France joining the race for low-cost laser-guided rockets to destroy drones.
The same topic brings the political visibility of these systems into view. Two reports describe an anti-drone laser guarding Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, with one stressing that the laser sits alongside surface-to-air missiles. That pairing matters because it frames lasers as one layer in a defensive stack, not as a stand-alone answer.
DEFENSE NEWS adds the industrial and naval dimension. The Eurosatory item on MKE’s naval Tolga C-UAV gun system points to shipborne protection as a growing market, where guns, missiles, lasers and sensors compete for space on crowded platforms.
Taken together, the topics show a fast shift in force protection. The question is no longer whether militaries need counter-UAS measures, but how quickly they can combine effectors that are cheap enough, mobile enough and reliable enough for bases, ships and high-value sites.
Further reading
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Euronaval : la Marine nationale sous le feu des drones
air-cosmos.latribune.frLAD & C-UAS
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