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Drone Defence’s Drone Defenders are teams of counter drone specialists who have the training and equipment to protect up to 1km of airspace around a location ensuring it remains drone free. The Drone Defenders are experts in detecting an identifying problem drones and they come equipped with the latest anti drone technology with the Dynopis E1000MP and the Net Gun X1. Continue reading
The United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation presented the Shipovnik-AERO electronic warfare system at the Army-2016 international military technical forum. The system is capable to suppress control signals of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hack their onboard systems, and locate UAV control site accurate to inches. Continue reading
Chinese manufacturer Skye Intelligence, will soon unveil Orbit – a hands-free, social sharing drone. Continue reading
Airbus Group and Local Motors Inc. have announced the launch of the Phase II of their partnership. This new phase will focus on building the Airbus Drone Services Platform (ADSP). The ADSP is a digital distribution platform for drone-based apps and services.
To defend against military lasers, Adsys Controls of Irvine, California, has created Helios, which can be carried on drones. To do much damage, an offensive laser needs to remain focused on its target for several seconds. Helios stops a laser from doing this by disrupting the systems controlling the beam – the Achilles’ heel for all such weapons.
The US Air Force has selected candidate bases for a potential new MQ-9 Reaper wing with units at up to two locations. For the first location, the Air Force identified Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Moody AFB, Georgia; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; and Shaw AFB, South Carolina, as candidate bases to potentially host an operations group with mission control elements.
Australian technology company Propeller Aero has announced the launch of AeroPoints: smart ground control points that makes it easy for anyone to capture survey-accurate mapping using drones.
Insitu Inc. is being awarded a $9,896,412 modification (0007) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0070) to procure intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services using its unmanned aircraft system in support of the Navy. Continue reading