Counter-UAS systems and policies - Unmanned airspace

US troops to receive “more focused C-UAS training with opening of specialist training school”

October 3, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

A report from the American Homefront Project reveals the fact that the US Department of Defense (DoD) will open a new ‘Counter small UAS university’

National Security Innovation Capital funds capability development at Parallel Flight

September 30, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

The US DoD’s National Security Innovation Capital has awarded a USD1 million contract to California-based Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc., to support further development and enhancement

Frontex announces finalists in its low-flying-object-detection competition

September 29, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has announced the finalists of its inaugural Prize Award Contest, focusing on the detection, tracking, and identification

An urgent matter of drones: What NATO should learn from UAS operations in Ukraine

September 29, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Tim Mahon A recent report published by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC, focuses attention on what the UAS and

Lessons learned in Ukraine: are they the right ones?

September 28, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

by Tim Mahon The C-UAS community – in common with almost every other sector of the broad defence and security worlds – focuses a great

High Lander and Sentrycs partnership provides airspace management and threat mitigation

September 28, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

Drone services company High Lander has partnered with Sentrycs, a provider of counter-drone technology, to offer authorities U-space management with protection of no-fly zones. The

Sentrycs participates in DHS anti-swarm testing

September 28, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

In Oklahoma last month, Sentrycs participated in rigorous testing organised by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), aimed at demonstrating and evaluating capabilities for

Canada announces C-UAS Sandbox 2024 to assess innovative, agile solutions

September 27, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

C-UAS was identified as a top priority in Canada’s 2017 defence policy “Strong, Secure, Engaged,” emphasising the imperative need to develop appropriate capabilities to counter

Epirus and Oklahoma University to develop “breakthrough” phased-array applications

September 27, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has made a USD8.16 million grant to Epirus and the University of Oklahoma Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC

Blighter A800 “detects micro-UAS at over 2,000 metres”

September 26, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Counter-UAS systems and policies

The Blighter Surveillance A800 3D multi-mode drone detection radar detects micro ‘hobby’ UAS at ranges in excess of two kilometres, the company claims in a