Federal Mossberg and Palladyne AI this week launched a project pairing Federal shotshells a Mossberg airborne gun module and Palladyne software so small drones can intercept other unmanned aircraft. It will first attach to Palladyne's Gremlin bomber allowing a switch between strike and counter swarm missions before expanding as a kit for other companies drones.

Mossberg is engineering the module for recoil remote actuation reliability and safety as Federal picks loads from its Army counter drone experience. SIG Sauer separately showed at a Washington Army association event a sub 21 ounce remotely fired 22 Long Rifle unit with 20 or 25 round magazines and laser aiming for compact unmanned platforms.