U.S. Army Selects AeroVironment’s Freedom Eagle-1 as New Counter-Drone Interceptor Written 23 October 2025

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U.S. Army Selects AeroVironment’s Freedom Eagle-1 as New Counter-Drone Interceptor

Freedom Eagle (FE-1) Next Gen C-UAS Missile. | Credit: BlueHalo; YouTube; Framegrab

The War Zone reports, “The U.S. Army has picked AeroVironment to supply a new anti-air interceptor, primarily to provide an additional layer of defense against longer-range one-way attack drones and other similarly-sized uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). Designed to be relatively low-cost and easy to produce, the Freedom Eagle-1(FE-1) missile could also be employed against other aerial threats, including subsonic cruise missiles, in certain circumstances.”
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Freedom Eagle (FE-1).
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