Thales will show the most recently trialled capabilities of the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) at DSEI in London this week, highlighting the weapon’s ability to
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
US Air Force issues RFI for C-UAS systems with satellite navigation attack capabilities
The US Air Force has issued a request to industry to supply counter-UAS systems with satellite navigation attack capabilities. “The acquisition of four (x4) Counter
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“Drone-defeat technology needs to be as affordable in the same way as drones are affordable”
Oleg Vornik, Chief Executive Officer at DroneShield, talks to Philip Butterworth-Hayes about the impact of Ukraine on counter-UAS technology provision and the evolution of this
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FAA publishes draft environmental assessment on DFW drone delivery, invites comments
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published the Draft Environmental Assessment for Wing Aviation proposed package delivery operations in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Texas metropolitan
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UK CAA invites participants to RPAS specific category stakeholder working group
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Digitising Specific Category Operations (DiSCO) project will play a key role in enabling scalable BeyondVisual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) RPAS operations in
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DARPA POWER program selects three teams to design power beaming relays
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is entering the first phase of the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, aimed at revolutionizing energy
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Thales and Systematic inaugurate BVLOS drone corridor in Betigny-sur-Orge in U-ELCOME project
In the context of the SESAR U-ELCOME Project, Thales, leader of the French Cluster and its key partners, EUROCONTROL and Systematic, have opened long-range corridor
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Easy Aerial and Asio Technologies offer integrated nav system for GNSS-denied operations
Making the drone defence conundrum slightly more challenging, Easy Aerial and Asio Technologies have combined efforts to integrate the latter’s NavGuard optical navigation system into
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Anduril Industries acquires Blue Force Technologies, will invest significantly in Fury UAS
Anduril Industries announced acquisition of North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies, a developer of high-end composite UAS, on 7 September. Executives indicated the company will invest
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Smartshooter establishes Australian company, looks to sovereign industry content
Smartshooter announced in late August it is establishing an Australian subsidiary – Smash Australia – consolidating the company’s footprint in Australia, a market in which
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