Like an overachieving fledgling falcon, on its inaugural flight an Airbus "Bird of Prey" interceptor drone took out a medium-sized suicide drone using a Fraknkenberg Mark I mini-missile during a ...

How do birds of prey fly? They have special adaptations that allow them to take off quickly, fly fast and soar for hours. What would it take for us to fly like that? Science Trek is available to ...

Airbus' Bird of Prey UAV autonomusly releases a Frankenburg Mk 1 missile during a test in Germany on 30 March 2026. (Airbus) Airbus has conducted a demonstration flight and firing with its Bird of ...

The ‘Bird of Prey’ platform was developed as a simple, cost-effective counter-drone system that can engage attack UAVs with low-cost air-to-air missiles. Airbus Defence and Space announced on Mar. 30, ...

Inexpensive, one-way attack drones are complicated threats to fight off. Not only can they sneak past air defenses with no concern for their own safety and strike valuable assets, but they are also ...

The Airbus ‘Bird of Prey’ interceptor drone successfully completed its first demonstration flight at a military training area in northern Germany. In a realistic mission scenario, it autonomously ...

Airbus Defence & Space is touting the combination of its ‘Bird of Prey’ interceptor with a low-cost, lightweight missile to rapidly deliver a counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) capability. The ...

Airbus has used its modified Airbus Do-DT25 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for the first time to intercept a drone target using an interceptor developed by Estonian startup Frankenburg Technologies.

A new paper investigates how raptors, or birds of prey like hawks and eagles, act as a sentinel species that can reveal the level of forever chemicals in the local environment. The forever chemicals, ...

A comprehensive study has revealed substantial declines in many of South Africa's birds of prey (raptors) over the past 16 years, raising fresh concerns about the conservation status of several iconic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These raptors are built forhunting in dense forest canopies. They can take prey up to around 20 lbs., including young deer. Their ...