The UK’s Connected Place Catapult research agency has published a study Vertiports: Incidental economic, social and environmental benefits to local economies which identifies the incidental benefits
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
What’s ahead for 2024 in the US drone world: DFR and remote ID take off but DJI doesn’t
By Mary-Lou Smulders, Chief Marketing Officer at Dedrone 2024 has officially arrived. Already tired of election coverage? We’ve still got 11 months to go. But
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“Ukrainian drones attack Russian air defence/C-UAS Pantsir manufacturing plant”
Ukrainian drones have struck the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft system manufacturing facility in the Russian city of Tula, according to the Ukrainian defence department. “A local Telegram
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Denmark to strengthen Arctic and Atlantic defence/surveillance with drones and C-UAS systems
Denmark has reserved 2.74 billion Danish crowns (USD400 million) to strengthen surveillance and intelligence in the Arctic and North Atlantic with long-range drones and new
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US Navy issues RFI for shipboard use of C-UAS systems
The US Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), on behalf of the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems 11.0 (PEO IWS 11.0)
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Kratos receives USD50 million in awards for C-UAS and air defence systems
Kratos Defence and Security Solutions has announced that it has recently received approximately USD50 million in awards for products and hardware, including for and in
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UN Security Council publishes principles for national C-UAS strategies – including UTM and data sharing
A Linkedin post from Christopher Church, Senior Forensics Specialist at INTERPOL, has highlighted the adoption by the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) of the UN Security Council
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Defence researchers achieve “first UK high-power laser air defence system engagement”
During a trial at the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD’s) Hebrides Range, the DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system achieved the UK’s first high-power
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Wing adds new, larger cargo drone to its delivery fleet
Wing has announced the launch of a larger delivery drone. According to a blog from CEO Adam Woodworth:: “Today we offer the ability for customers
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Inadequate EW “is contributing to major Russian losses to Ukrainian drones”
The UK government says poor Russian electronic warfare (EW) resource planning is contributing to increased losses from Ukrainian drones. Statements from the Ministry of Defence
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