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Laser Photonics Corporation, a global supplier of laser systems for industrial and defense applications, together with Fonon Technologies, an affiliated company within the LASE Group of Companies, has announced that its Laser Shield Anti-Drone (LSAD) system has been selected by the Department of War under the Mission Engineering and Integration Activity (MEIA) Vulcan Call for Solutions. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced plans to invest $15 million to expand advanced production capabilities in Greene County, Ohio, near Dayton. Continue reading
U&C UAS, a Czech drone company with Ukrainian roots has signed a contract to supply reconnaissance unmanned aerial systems to U.S. Army units stationed in Europe, marking what appears to be the first confirmed international defence export contract for U&C UAS and placing a European-manufactured ISR drone into American military service on the continent where demand for persistent surveillance capability has never been higher. Continue reading
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund (EDF) project focused on Stand-off anti-submarine Warfare Operations by Remote Deployment (SWORD), a consortium led by TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK. Continue reading
Motorola Solutions has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions (D-Fend), an Israeli supplier of counter-drone technology, for a purchase price of $1.5 billion. Continue reading
Echodyne, the radar platform company, has announced a partnership with Axon, the global public safety technology leader, to support a joint focus activity on delivering best in class infrastructure for a range of homeland security and law enforcement UAS applications in the U.S and globally. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced an additional government investment of $20.2 million in AV’s Huntsville, Alabama facility to increase quantities of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and accelerate future Full-Rate Production (FRP) of the Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM), known as Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1). Continue reading
Quantum Systems has been selected by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence to supply additional Vector reconnaissance systems for surveillance missions under projects financed through the European Union’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe) instrument. Continue reading