UAS VISION
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in Defence, National Security and Global Markets, announced that it has recently received an approximate $7 million Production Contract Award for a Counter-UAS System designed to detect, track and classify threats, including low-profile unmanned aerial systems, cruise missiles, and other aerial systems. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme recently demonstrated a significant technical milestone as one of its prototype aircraft, built by Anduril Industries, successfully switched between two separate artificial-intelligence-driven mission autonomy systems during a single flight. Continue reading
Acoustic rainbows may sound psychedelic, but the concept has nothing to do with hallucinations. By dispersing sound waves, noisy objects can potentially be made far less audible. That promise has drawn the interest of U.S. Special Operations Command, which is seeking Acoustic Rainbow Emitters (ARE) for drones under a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation that closed March 25. Continue reading
Epirus and Digital Force Technologies have partnered to deliver a fully integrated counter-UAS kill chain that unifies detection, tracking, identification, localization and non-kinetic defeat of unmanned aerial system (UAS) threats. Continue reading
The British–Ukrainian company Trypillian has launched its new combat drones, VORON-10 and BOMBER-15.
The U.S. military has used LUCAS kamikaze drones in combat for the first time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Saturday. The ground-launched drones were deployed by Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS), a unit established in December to “flip the script on Iran,” according to a U.S. official at the time. Continue reading
The U.S. military shot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone with a laser over Texas last Thursday, triggering expanded airspace restrictions near the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
A factory that will manufacture drones for Ukrainian soldiers has opened in the Suffolk town of Mildenhall. Ukrspecsystems has repurposed an existing building to produce the unmanned aircraft as part of a £200m UK investment. Continue reading