{"id":2611940,"date":"2026-06-08T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-defense-contractor-unveils-new-tech-to-stop-drone-swarms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:20:16","slug":"major-defense-contractor-unveils-new-tech-to-stop-drone-swarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-defense-contractor-unveils-new-tech-to-stop-drone-swarms\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Defense Contractor Unveils New Tech to Stop Drone Swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-defense-contractor-unveils-new-tech-to-stop-drone-swarms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lockheed Martin\u2019s CEO Jim Taiclet says the company has developed AI-powered systems aimed at stopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/killer-robots-the-future-of-warfare\/\" title=\"Killer Robots: The Future of Warfare\">drone swarms<\/a>. Its \u201cSanctum\u201d system is designed to detect incoming drones, predict their paths, and than intercept or disable them-envisioned as a way to counter coordinated, large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-warn-rough-road-ahead-in-afghanistan-critics-warn-bidens-response-will-shatter-international-partnerships\/\" title=\"Biden officials warn rough road ahead in Afghanistan, critics warn Biden\u2019s response will shatter international partnerships\">drone attacks<\/a>. Taiclet also highlights a related concept called \u201cMORFIUS,\u201d which can fly alongside small enemy drones and incapacitate them using microwave pulses, with claims that one mission could target dozens of drones without conventional weapon fire.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes a key challenge in drone defense: taking down swarms effectively while keeping countermeasures cheaper than the drones themselves. As one example, Lockheed Martin repurposed Hellfire missiles into ground-to-air interceptors networked with Sanctum AI to destroy low-cost drones.<\/p>\n<p>It also emphasizes that swarms rely heavily on data flows, and that disrupting communication, processing, or geolocation can undermine a swarm\u2019s effectiveness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet unveiled a new system powered by artificial intelligence that is meant to stop drone swarms.<\/p>\n<p>The defense contractor\u2019s Sanctum system uses AI to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-koreans-getting-picked-off-as-reality-of-their-existence-makes-them-unfit-for-a-modern-battlefield\/\" title=\"North Koreans Getting Picked Off as Reality of Their Existence Makes Them Unfit for a Modern Battlefield\">detect drones<\/a>, forecast where they are headed, and then intercept or disable them, according to a May 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/lockheed-martin-ceo-unveils-ai-powered-warfare-tech-built-stop-drone-swarms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>That includes hordes of drones attacking a target all at once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are inserting technology of all types into our systems,\u201d Taiclet said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis technology alone is fantastic in being able to essentially hit a bullet with a bullet in space and destroy an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-turn-in-gaza-war-israels-newest-deployment-a-world-first-will-make-history-books\/\" title=\"Israel&#039;s groundbreaking move in Gaza War will go down in history books as a global first.\">incoming ballistic missile<\/a> that\u2019s threatening our people, threatening our bases, threatening our allies,\u201d he described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut along with that, we\u2019ve got to match \u2014 with technology \u2014 other threats, and we want to match the threat to the cost of our counterthreat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine releases videos of its massive drone swarm attack in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p>FP-2 drones struck a Russian missile corvette.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DenShtilierman?\">@DenShtilierman<\/a> &#038; Co are doing serious damage on a daily basis now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fjSDtJ5W8v\">pic.twitter.com\/fjSDtJ5W8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2058171484414091550?\">May 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin is also creating a system called MORFIUS, which can fly next to small enemy drones and hit them with microwave pulses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis drone that we\u2019re building with the help of AI will enable us to attack 50 different drones with one mission without firing any weaponry,\u201d Taiclet said.<\/p>\n<p>A major concern is taking down drones while keeping costs of munitions low.<\/p>\n<p>As one example, Lockheed Martin repurposed Hellfire missiles into ground-to-air interceptors that can destroy drones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe basically have a four-pack of these Hellfire missiles. We\u2019ve reconfigured them with new technology,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe connect it with the Sanctum AI, and we can now use that type of missile to destroy these incoming cheap drones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As drones redefine warfare, many nations are not only racing to increase their drone technology, but their capacity to defend against drone attacks.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/press.armywarcollege.edu\/parameters\/vol52\/iss2\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paper<\/a> from the U.S. Army War College noted that \u201cmore than any other weapon system, drone swarms are dependent on information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVirtually every <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >swarm-related capability requires mastery<\/a> of information flows that let swarms grow in size, adopt complex behaviors, and operate in multiple domains simultaneously,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese advantages, however, also pose a significant vulnerability. 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