UAS VISION
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Taiwan’s Jammers4u is launching a new high-power 28W Handheld Drone UAV Jammer, specially developed with portability and power in mind. We have developed a new series of light, handheld devices with the same power as much bigger units. Continue reading
Russia, whose forces have faced attacks from irregular groups using drones in Ukraine and Syria, is experimenting with a range of countermeasure approaches. On March 12, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property posted the registration of a novel counter-drone drone, an unmanned aerial interceptor vehicle built around a rifle. Continue reading
Korean defense contractor Hanwha Systems has begun development of an anti- drone system, and development has proceeded to prototyping of the radar. Continue reading
The US Air National Guard is seeking industry input on developed and available technologies to detect and down small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). Continue reading
Among the companies that have been working on counter-UAS (C-UAS) technologies is Raytheon, drawing on its long experience in the air defence arena, and associated sectors such as air traffic management. The company has not only been working on detection and tracking systems, but also on a range of technologies that can disrupt or destroy small UAVs and drones. Continue reading
For the past three years, MyDefence has been hard at work with development of a new type of anti-drone system that can effectively solve the problem of protecting large scale areas against the threat of drones. The system is named KNOX and is a customizable end-to-end anti-drone solution with purpose-built RF sensors, drone radars, and integrated EO/IR for visual tracking. Continue reading
A patent drawing for a ‘Scalable Effects Net Warhead’U.S. Patent Office
US Army researchers have packed a net into a 40mm grenade so they can take down enemy drones. The new invention, which was patented on Tuesday, brings high-tech engineering to the tried-and-true grenade launchers common among U.S. military and law enforcement units. Continue reading
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first-ever, live fire test of the latest generation of the Ship Self Defense System, or SSDS, Integrated Combat System on the Self Defense Test Ship. The test, conducted for USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of the Navy’s newest class of aircraft carriers, successfully engaged an unmanned aerial vehicle target off the coast of California. Continue reading