UAS VISION
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Sgt. Ryan Minton’s concerns about soldiers’ survival in the drone-dominated combat of the future initially led him to his basement, where he started tinkering with electronics he bought online. Now working in a special innovation lab for Army personnel in Bavaria, Minton is putting the finishing touches on a drone detector that soldiers can wear like protective gear. Continue reading
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just announced multiple contract awards to support Department-wide access to Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) capabilities that help detect, track, identify, and mitigate threats posed by unauthorized or malicious unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
The Department of War, through Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401), is enhancing its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) marketplace to improve how military organizations, domestic law enforcement agencies, and international allies and partners identify, evaluate and acquire validated counter-drone technologies.
ParaZero Technologies Ltd., an aerospace defence company pioneering smart, autonomous solutions for the global manned and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry, recently announced a new integrated Counter-UAS capability combining ParaZero’s DefendAir Net Pod with Axon Vision’s ForceField Edge AI-powered defence system. Continue reading
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has established five framework contracts for tactical and deployable Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS), offering NATO Allies and partner nations a faster, simpler route to acquire a proven defensive capability.
CACI International Inc. announced that as the first task order of a three-year $500 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, SkyValor, CACI’s advanced drone defense system, will be deployed to strategic locations as part of a larger national security effort led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to defend U.S. interests at home and abroad against fast-growing unmanned threats. Continue reading
Auriga Space and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) have signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance electromagnetic (EM) accelerators as a lower-cost, high-cadence solution to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Brave1 and NATO are officially opening applications for their first joint innovation programme, UNITE – Brave NATO.