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
Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Completes First International Flights in Allied Airspace
The MQ-28 recently completed three operational flight tests on the Point Mugu Sea Range at U.S. Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, to validate autonomous operations and demonstrate rapid deployment and sustained operations from an allied location. Continue reading
Echodyne Partners with Axon Public Safety on Radar Applications
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
Walmart Celebrates One Million Drone Deliveries
Walmart is celebrating a major milestone: more than one million drone deliveries completed to hundreds of thousands of customers. What started as a pilot just a few years ago has officially taken off, giving customers a faster, easier way to get the everyday items they need, right when they need them. Continue reading
AV Expands Huntsville Facility to Accelerate Production of Next-Generation Freedom Eagle-1 Interceptor
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
Romania Selects Quantum Systems for UAS Procurement
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
Turkish Startup Develops Stealth Spray for Combat Drones
Stealth technology has always been the exclusive domain of billion-dollar defence programs and classified government laboratories, built into aircraft through years of engineering work and applied through precision manufacturing processes that cost more per square meter than most countries spend on entire weapon systems. Continue reading
Silvus Technologies Introduces StreamCare+
StreamCare+ is the industry’s most comprehensive protection and support program, purpose-built by Silvus Technologies for customers who depend on StreamCaster MANET radios in mission-critical applications where prolonged downtime is not an option. Continue reading