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Numerica Corp. and Liteye Systems will showcase the C-AUDS (Containerized Anti-UAS Defense System) C-UAS system, complete with live demos of the operator’s station, at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Symposium & Exposition, March 17-19 in Huntsville, Alabama. Continue reading
US Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers have developed a system to autonomously detect, track, and classify unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from the land or sea. Continue reading
Liteye Systems, Inc., a Colorado-based Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) manufacturer along with long-time Colorado based teammate Numerica recently worked closely with Citadel Defense, an industry-leading drone mitigation solutions provider, and together have combined technologies to provide a first -of-its-kind, world leading capability in drone defense. Continue reading
Malicious use of small drones continues to impact military, government, and commercial operations. After extensive testing, evaluation, and operational assessments from over two dozen customer groups, Citadel Defense has received $9.2M in orders for their industry-proven C-UAS capabilities in the first two months of the year. Continue reading
Camron Kouhestani, left, flies an unmanned aircraft system while Jaclynn Stubbs, center, and Bryana Woo monitor a camera stream at Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories robotics experts are working on a way to intercept enemy unmanned aircraft systems mid-flight. They successfully tested their concept indoors with a swarm of four unmanned aircraft systems that flew in unison, each carrying one corner of a net. Continue reading
Coyote Block 2 C-UAS’s four rocket-assist boosters that help get the missile off its rails
The US Army has approved Raytheon’s Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) for Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Continue reading
OpenWorks Engineering has announced what it claims to be the world’s first vehicle mounted drone capture system – SkyWall Auto Response will be on display at Security and Policing 2020 alongside SkyWall Patrol. Continue reading
Artist’s concept of a laser system aboard a US destroyer
The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon system that allows a ship to counter unmanned aerial systems. The first system was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), during her recently completed Dry-Docking Selected Restricted Availability. Continue reading