According to the US Department of Defense contract website and numerous trade press reports Leidos Inc has been awarded a USD26,907,358 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Ukraine “asks NATO countries for urgent supplies of counter-UAS equipment”
Counter-UAS equipment is at the top of the list of military requirements reportedly sent by Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov to the Belgian counterpart Ludivine
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Neuron and partners join UK CAA Sandbox “to advance large-scale BVLOS operations”
Neuron Innovations has announced that its Project Lima team has been accepted into the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Sandbox portfolio of UTM trials. According to
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“24% of rogue 2021 rogue drone incidents took place at airports” – D-Fend
Dangerous drone threats grew exponentially in all major public sectors throughout 2021, according to data compiled by C-UAS company D-Fend Solutions. In 2021 rogue drone
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CERBAIR and KEAS win counter-UAS prison protection contract
A few weeks after the announcement of their strategic partnership at the MilipolParis Show, French RF drone detector company CERBAIR and French electromagnetic interference specialist
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ICAO’s UAS Advisory Group “to publish ambitious new UTM Framework version in April 2022”
By Jenny Beechener Speaking at the first Drone Enable webinar of 2022, ICAO Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Advisory Group Chair and Director of NASA Aeronautics
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EU UFO programme to fund SME drone project research in Bulgaria, France, Greece, Romania and UK
The Horizon 2020 INNOSUP funded UFO project supports 65 European SMEs in the development of innovative products and services by integrating new technology solutions in
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South Korea launches UAM “Grand Challenge”programme – targets first services by 2025
The Korea Herald reports that on February 17 under the South Korean government’s plan to commercialize urban air mobility “in central cities by 2025, the
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Smart Shooter to provide Dutch military with rifle-based Smash AD C-UAS capability
Smart Shooter has received an order from the Dutch military for Smash AD counter-UAS equipment. According to a company press release: “Bringing precision-missile targeting algorithms
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EASA gives green light to MNOs, ASTM Network ID standards and centralised U-space
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on February 15 at the Workshop on NPA 2021-14 – AMC/GM to support the U-space
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