Destinus unveiled Vorexon, a ground-launched interceptor with a 20-kilometer range and 8-kilogram warhead, designed to counter artillery rockets and glide bombs cheaply.

The single-stage design targets a per-unit cost roughly on par with the threats it stops, with testing planned next year and mass production eyed for 2028.

Destinus is in talks with European governments, including possibly Ukraine, positioning Vorexon as a rival to Israel's Tamir interceptor for critical infrastructure defense.

General Atomics will bid a clean-sheet aircraft for the Pentagon's Massed Modular Aircraft drone program, but aeronautics chief Dave Alexander called the low-end price target unrealistic.

Alexander said any competitor bidding that number is "very suspicious" and argued the Pentagon must relax certified-pricing requirements to hit its cheapest cost goal.

The company aims to scale production to six aircraft monthly by mid-2029 and is separately pursuing 25 to 30 additional CCA orders from other customers.

Israeli firm Axon Vision unveiled ForceField, a counter-drone system built to detect, track, and kinetically engage fiber-optic FPV drones that are largely immune to jamming.

The system integrates detection, threat assessment, and a kinetic interceptor into one platform, deployable on armored vehicles, wheeled platforms, or fixed installations with minimal modification.

ForceField keeps a human in the decision loop during engagement, positioning it as a rapid-integration answer to a threat traditional electronic countermeasures cannot defeat.

Wes Streeting replaced Dan Jarvis as UK Defence Secretary, with Jarvis serving just 40 days, the shortest tenure in the role's history.

The change follows a contested Defence Investment Plan that cut planned Type 83 destroyers, Wildcat helicopters, and R1 Shadow aircraft in favor of lower-cost uncrewed platforms.

Streeting has no prior defense background, and UK conventional defense spending remains near 1.6% of GDP, below the NATO alliance average.

Lockheed Martin unveiled the reusable MORFIUS X-Rotor, a high-power microwave system designed to disable up to 50 drones in a single flight before returning to base.

The platform is sensor- and command-and-control agnostic, letting it integrate with existing military networks while aiming to lower cost-per-kill compared with missile interceptors.

Lockheed is moving toward prototype production and further flight tests, aligning the system with the Pentagon's counter-drone roadmap through 2028.

Rune Technologies unveiled TyrSense, an NFC tag that logs personnel, casualties, and cargo locations across the battlefield without GPS, cloud, or satellite connectivity.

The tag pairs with the company's TyrOS software to replace manual paper logs, continuing to function in denied, degraded, or low-bandwidth environments.

TyrSense targets three workflows, personnel accountability, medical evacuation, and cargo tracking, aiming to cut reporting delays as units and supplies change hands.

The Marine Corps selected Allen Control Systems' Bullfrog, an AI-enabled weapon that autonomously detects, tracks, and aims against drones, for its Ground Based Air Defense program.

The Bullfrog M240 variant has a half-mile effective range, can engage drones up to 1,320 pounds, and claims a cost-per-kill as low as $10.

The system will integrate into the Marine Corps' L-MADIS counter-drone platform as the Pentagon pushes cheaper alternatives to multimillion-dollar interceptor missiles.

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