By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The performance of Gulf states’ counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems in defending against Iranian Shahed drone attacks on Arabian Gulf states’ infrastructure, following US
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
How many drones/pilotless eVTOLs can a single operator manage?
The NASA-sponsored Routine Autonomous Multi-Aircraft Operations (RAM-AO) Working Group—formerly known as the m:N Working Group— will hold a meeting on March 3 to 5 the
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Utah becomes tenth candidate state for the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program
February 27, 2026 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Government investment, Research Utah has become the latest US state to put in a proposal for the FAA’s Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing
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Fortem announces USD 18 million US Army C-UAS base defence contract
Fortem Technologies today announced it has been awarded a three-year, USD18 million contract by the United States Army to provide counter-drone solutions and support services
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SkyGrid, TAMU-CC to research cooperative separation of AAM traffic in FAA programme
SkyGrid reports it has been awarded Task Order One: Cooperative Separation Evaluation under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-sponsored Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT), a new national initiative led
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SALAAM.earth to launch advanced air mobility Riyadh test site in next few weeks
SALAAM.earth (Sky Alliance for Automated Air Mobility), a non-profit association focused on the development and operational integration of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystems, today announced
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Diehl Defence launches new integrated mobile C-UAS system GARMR
Diehl Defence has relaunched its mobile counter-UAV system ‘Kinetic Defence Vehicle’ (KDV) at this year’s Enforce Tac taking place from February 23 to 25 in
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NATO Innovation Fund co-leads EUR30 million financing of TYTAN C-UAS interceptors
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has co-led a EUR30 million all-European Series A financing round to back TYTAN Technologies alongside Armira, with Visionaries Club, OTB
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EDA announces new tenders for C-UAS systems to protect ground forces
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a series of new tenders focused on land domain capabilities and key strategic enablers, including Ground Combat, Future
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UK’s Defence Fund opens high speed C-UAS interceptor sensor competition
Sensor solutions for high‑speed counter‑UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) interceptors engaging targets at combined closing speeds of up to Mach 1 are part of the seven
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