Insitu will provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services via ScanEagle aboard one Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC) with three, one-year options following a contract award announcement this week. Continue reading
Counterfire Radar Shows Multi-Mission Performance
The Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar recently demonstrated its ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems and pass that information to a command and control node, a key capability as the battlespace rapidly becomes more crowded with emerging air threats.
Aerial Radiation Detection System
US Nuclear Corp has announced the Aerial Radiation Detection instruments of the DroneRAD system. In this time of multiple threats to our security: dirty bombs; cyber crime; shooters in public places; homemade bombs; misinformation; etc. we feel extremely vulnerable; perhaps more vulnerable than ever before. Continue reading
Turkmenistan Interested in Belarusian Drones
Turkmenistan is interested in Belarusian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and dirigibles, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA. Continue reading
US Navy to Demo Swarming Drones at Sea
The US Navy will launch its first at-sea “air show” of dozens of drones swarming in formation late next month, according to officials with the Office of Naval Research. Continue reading
Tethered Unmanned Aircraft to Boost Radio Networks
A prototype for a tethered high antenna unmanned aerial vehicle could offer improved network and communications to service members and public safety officers. Continue reading
US Marines Pair Laser Weapon With Stinger Missile
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The US Marine Corps is moving towards a future in which small dispersed units can protect themselves from incoming enemy drones with laser weapons and from missiles and aircraft with Stinger missiles, with both weapons netted into a detection system and mounted atop Humvees, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and other combat vehicles. Continue reading
S. Korea and Israel to Jointly Develop Amphibious Drone
South Korea and Israel have agreed to jointly develop an amphibious drone as part of their cooperation in financing research and development projects, the trade ministry announced. Continue reading