Army Futures Command (AFC) is looking to expand the Army’s ability to experiment, evolve, and deliver technologies in real time to address both urgent and
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
US DHS extends deadline for industry to respond to counter-UAS equipment requirement
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended its deadline for requests for information (RFI) from industry from February 7 to February 14 for
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Urban drone/eVTOL benefits and obstacles: AI, rules, public perception explored in expert workshop
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Public demonstrations of the positive benefits of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and drones by comparing the noise of eVTOLs
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Highlander buys Black Sage to add to its portfolio of C-UAS companies
Highlander Partners, L.P has today announced the acquisition of counter UAS company Black Sage Technologies from Acorn Growth Companies. According to a company press release:
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“Israeli drones attack Iranian munitions factory” – multiple media reports
The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel was responsible for the drone attack on a munitions factory next to a facility belonging to the Iran
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The importance of the European Union’s U-space drone regulation
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes On 26 January 2023 the European Union’s U-space regulation came into effect. EU Member States will now identify U-space airspace areas where
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Canada drone/light aircraft collision report – no injuries, fatalities “but see-and-avoid procedures failed”
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report (A21O0069) into the August 2021 collision between a remotely piloted aircraft, commonly referred
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Epirus announces a US Army USD66.1 million contract for high power microwave C-UAS systems
Epirus has announced today that it has won a USD $66.1 million contract award from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
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Edgesource “donates more than USD2 million” in C-UAS equipment to Ukraine
Edgesource Corporation has announced today that in 2022 it donated approximately USD2 million in Windtalker™ Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) technology and the centralized Dowding™
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