Around EUR 15 million has been set aside in the new European Defence Fund budget for. 2026 for the the development of a Future Multirole
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“First vertiport in Israel to be built in Atidim Park, Tel Aviv”
Israel’s first eVTOL vertiport will be built at Atidim Park, a major business and high-tech complex in northern Tel Aviv, according to many media reports.
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The Seamless Skies entry tool is open
The Seamless Skies Awards entry tool is open. The Seamless Skies Awards recognise exceptional achievements in the global air traffic management (ATM) and UAS traffic management
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ParaZero “wins first DefendAir order from leading Israeli defence entity”
Multiple news outlets report that Israel’s ParaZero Technologies has announced its first purchase order from a leading Israeli defence entity for the company’s advanced DefendAir
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“Army of Drones” incentive scheme boosts Ukraine’s C-UAS interceptor production
According to a report in The Kyiv Post, Ukraine is producing between 500 and 800 C-UAS intercept drones a day as a key element in
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Colombia publishes national advanced air mobility CONOPs and roadmap
According to a Linkedin post from UAS consultant Robert Quiroga, the Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia has just published its Urban Air Mobility Operations Concept “CONOPS
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India’s Apollo Microsystems “given access to DRDO laser counter-UAS research”
Apollo Micro Systems, a Hyderabad-based aerospace and defence firm, reports it has secured a government Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) approval to access Directed
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A blow to U-space as Amazon pulls Italian drone delivery plans days before launch
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Just a few days before the launch of one of the European Union’s (EU) first operational European U-space areas – at San
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Poland “building a USD2 billion anti-drone wall on Eastern border”
Multiple media reports say Poland has started the first stage of installing a USD2 billion multi-layered counter-UAS (C-UAS) defence system on its eastern border. “Poland
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Applied Energetics reports first outdoor tests of its USPL laser C-UAS system
Applied Energetics, an ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) and directed-energy technologies company, has announced the completion of its first outdoor testing event of the company’s next-generation
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