Raytheon UK has successfully completed a live-fire test of its High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) in cooperation with the UK Defence Science and Technology
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Category: Counter-UAS systems and policies
FI 2024: Ondas receives initial purchase order for Iron Drone Raider C-UAS units
Ondas Holdings Inc has received an initial purchase order from an undisclosed military customer for several Iron Drone Raider counter-drone systems. The systems are to
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FI 2024: MBDA’s latest MANPADS under development for Italian Army
MBDA is displaying its new MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defence System) VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) technology at the Farnborough International Airshow for the
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Chess Dynamics and BAE Systems Bofors collaborate on Tridon Mk2
Chess Dynamics has announced a successful collaboration with BAE Systems Bofors for the fire control element of the Tridon Mk2. This next generation 40mm anti-aircraft
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Israeli researchers develop technology to locate hostile drones in extreme weather
A new development by researchers at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Engineering is designed to locate hostile drones in changing and extreme weather conditions. The
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UK DASA seeks aerial threat detection systems
The UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new GBP2 million competition seeking fast paced proposals over four key challenge areas, called Innovation
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EU standardisation committee issues draft C-UAS agreement for public comment
Last August, The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) held a workshop on testing methodology for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS). The participants have now agreed on
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World’s first municipal airspace management/autonomous vehicle ops centre opens in Israel
Israeli companies and government officials have developed the world’s first municipal airspace control centre, designed to manage autonomous drone and eventually eVTOL flights in and
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Dedrone releases next-gen computer vision models for lower airspace awareness
Dedrone has made its next generation of computer vision models available for broad use by its customers. The Pythagoras 1 release for lower airspace awareness
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Smart Shooter “equips British Army with assault rifle C-UAS”
The British Army is procuring the Smash counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology from Smart Shooter, Janes reports. Smart Shooter, headquartered in Israel, confirmed that 500
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