The European Commission’s Counter-UAS package is taking shape, according to Valerio Liberatori, DG Home, Counter-Terrorism Unit, involving the Commission’s DG Move and DG Home Directorates,
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
US Army awards Raytheon a USD237 million contract for KuRFS and Coyote C-UAS systems
Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a USD237 million U.S. Army contract for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors (KuRFS) and Coyote® effectors to detect and defeat unmanned aircraft. The contract includes a
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“Mavic 3 Enterprise E/T has rapidly become Russia’s commercial battlefield drone of choice”
The DJI Mavic 3 range of commercial drones represent 56.8% of all battlefield commercial drone detections, according to a presentation by Danielle McCormick, Head of
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US GAO report: directed energy weapon technical maturity levels still lagging
The US Department of Defense (DOD) is currently developing directed energy weapons with the goal of defeating a range of threats, including drones and missiles
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UK RAF “considering developing a centre of C-UAS excellence, including industry partners”
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is currently considering developing a centre of excellence for C-UAS expertise, where experts from throughout the service and even
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2023 C-UAS industry review: “forecasters underestimate market size and growth”
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The last year has seen an unprecedented increase in counter-UAS spending (C-UAS), deployment and technology capability improvement, far beyond the estimates of
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Embraer completes development of its SABER M200 Vigilante air defence radar
Embraer recently completed the development of the SABER M200 Vigilante radar, which is now in the technical and operational validation phase. It will soon be
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“Russian airships could play an important counter-UAS role in future conflicts”
According to an article in Russia’s Business Gazette, in an interview with airship expert Sergey Bendin, Russian airships could play an important counter-UAS role in
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Skyports seeks Project Manager to lead Dubai vertiport programme
Skyports, an urban air mobility company that designs, builds, and operates vertiports to provide safe and efficient air taxi services for urban populations, is currently
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XWing submits autonomous air cargo UAS certification plan to the FAA
Autonomous aviation company Xwing has submitted a Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), “becoming the first Standard Category large unmanned
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