Counter-UAS systems and policies - Unmanned airspace

Russian patent office shows C-UAS drone built around a shotgun

March 19, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

C4ISRNET reports that on 12 March, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property posted the registration of a novel counter-drone drone, an unmanned aerial interceptor vehicle

Germany’s DFS links its developing UTM network to Rheinmetall’s drone detection system

March 12, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

World ATM Congress Drone incidents reported by pilots more than doubled to 158 in Germany compared to the prior year, according to a press statement

US Government chooses DRS for M-LIDS C-UAS and SRC for E-LIDS C-UAS

March 9, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

The US government reports it intends to solicit and negotiate with DRS to provide Mobile Low, Slow Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Defeat system (M-LIDS)

Black Sage chooses Echodyne radars for mid-range C-UAS offerings

March 7, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Echodyne reports that its security radar, EchoGuard, has been selected by Black Sage Technologies, Inc. as the preferred radar sensor for mid-range C-UAS security solutions. According to the

Lockheed Martin, Diehl and Saab link to provide military C-UAS capability

March 6, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

In February, Lockheed Martin, Diehl Defence and Saab announced the Falcon™ air defense weapon system as the short and medium-range air defense solution for current

South Korea’s Hanwha “developing civil radar-based C-UAS system”

March 5, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Defence and Security Monitor and The Center for the Study of the Drone, Bard College, report that South Korea’s Hanwha Systems has begun development of a

Avalon air show reflects trend towards ATM-integrated C-UAS

March 4, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Integrating counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) equipment within the air traffic management (ATM) system is a growing priority for States worldwide and was featured at the

MyDefence launches new version of its KNOX C-UAS system for large-scale protection

February 21, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

MyDefence has announced a new version of its KNOX counter-UAS system (see also https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/lockheed-martin-and-mydefence-link-to-form-new-c-uas-capablity/) aimed at protecting large scale civil and military areas against the

Blighter to supply counter-UAS radar for deployment on the Indian border

February 15, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd is supplying its Blighter B400 series E-scan micro Doppler ground surveillance radar, with wide beam detection capability of low flying manned

DFS, Rheinmetall trial airport C-UAS defence system integrated with ATM

February 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Germany’s air navigation service provider DFS and defence company Rheinmetall, have tested a counter-UAS airport protection system “that could be highly automated, connecting existing air