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Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV Partner on ISR Drone Solutions for Canada

A drone operator guides a Martin UAV V-Bat drone as it lands on the deck of a frigate after a night mission

Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based aerospace and defense geospatial technology company, and MartinUAV of Plano, Texas, a developer of  UAV technologies, have announced that they have teamed to pursue integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance solutions for the Royal Canadian Navy and CANSOFCOM. Continue reading →

US Navy Deploys Anti-Drone Laser on USS Dewey Destroyer

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 →