Counter drone specialist DroneShield has released a new rapidly deployable detection and defeat kit aimed at Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The Immediate Response Kit (IRK)
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Category: Counter-UAS systems and policies
ERA “demonstrates passive mini-UAV detection at more than 100km”
ERA reports the ability of its passive ESM tracker (PET) VERA-NG to detect and track unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) broadcasting continuous wave (CW) signals has
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US Army releases video animation of high-powered microwave technology designed to counter drone swarms
The US Air Force has released a video animation of the prototype directed energy weapon used to disable the electronics in drones. The Tactical High Power Operational
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General Dynamics teams with Dedrone to offer counter drone technology to US government customers
General Dynamics Mission Systems has teamed with counter drone company Dedrone to provide drone detection and drone neutralising capability to US government customers. The partners aim
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DARPA “successfully trials low-cost multi-layer, non-kinetic counter-UAS system”
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reports that in recent tests at Eglin Air Force Base, DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) programme successfully
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NATO to test multiple directed energy weapon anti-drone solutions in October
NATO experts will gather in October this year at the Salto di Quirra military test range in Sardinia, Italy, to test-fire different kinetic and directed
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Dynetics unveils mobile counter-weapon system with capability to engage multiple targets simultaneously
Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has unveiled Enduring Shield, a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and
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DroneShield releases second generation DroneOptID 2.0 drone detection software
Counter drone company DroneShield has released a second generation version of its optical Articfical Intelligence/Machine Learning based software DroneOptID 2.0. According to a company press
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Korean defence department awards USD21.8m counter drone contract to Hanwha Group
Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has awarded a 24.3 billion won (USD21.8 million) contract to Hanwha Group to develop laser beam counter drone weapons according
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Turkey closes Diyarbakir Airport for a month after hostile drone attack
According to an article published in The Times on 25 May 2021, Turkey has been forced to close a large civil-military airport in its Kurdish-majority
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