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The Australian government announced recently that it will allocate up to AUD7 billion ($5BN) for counter-drone capabilities within the Australian Defence Force over the next decade, with two initial contracts awarded to Australian companies as the first step under a new accelerated procurement mission. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a U.S. Army contract for second phase development of its Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS). The award follows the Army’s early decision to choose the company’s discriminating technology demonstrated in successful first phase ITDS flight tests against competing systems. Continue reading
Our streets are crowded with commuters and delivery vehicles, but when a police car or fire engine approaches with its lights and sirens on, drivers clear the way. In the coming years, drones for deliveries and other commercial tasks will become common in the skies over our communities, and NASA is working to ensure first responder vehicles in the air get the same kind of clearance that they do on the ground. Continue reading
NATO Allies tested layered counter-drone defences in Romania this month to accelerate Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) integration, turning emerging technology into interoperable capability under realistic conditions.
To celebrate the upcoming June 5 release of the live-action film Masters of the Universe, Mattel Studios and Amazon MGM Studios brought unprecedented entertainment to notorious festival traffic in the form of a drone billboard spectacular on April 16 and 17. Continue reading
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has requested increased funding in its fiscal 2027 budget to transform the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system into a drone “mothership,” while scaling back its planned fleet of armed reconnaissance and light attack aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu, a Boeing Company, has been selected to provide ISR support services to the United States Navy (USN), United States Marine Corps (USMC) and other United States Government (USG) customers as directed, under a Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) model. Continue reading
Dutch defence-technology startup Intelic has set up a European military drone marketplace that brings together drone manufacturers from nine European countries, in a bid to speed up procurement by allowing militaries to compare various available unmanned systems. Continue reading