Rapidly Developed Counter-Drone Prototype Succeeds at NATO’s Bold Machina

A new, innovative detection system for countering unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS) conducted its first field tests at sea during the Bold Machina (BOMA) exercise in the Netherlands this September. Rapidly developed by a small team led by officer-scholars from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the c-UAS system deployed aboard a Dutch Navy fast raiding, interception, and special forces craft (FRISC). Continue reading →

How Seven German Students Unmasked Russia’s ‘Drone Motherships’

Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. Let me walk you through what Michèle Borcherding, Clara Veihelmann, Luca-Marie Hoffmann, Julius Nieweler, Tobias Wellnitz, Sergen Kaya, and Clemens Justus of Axel Springer Academy for Journalism and Technology pulled off. Continue reading →

Lockheed Martin and Microsoft Collaborate on Next-Gen C-UAS Technologies

As the skies grow more contested and threats from drones and other unmanned aerial systems (UAS) evolve in scale and sophistication, the need for advanced, adaptive defence solutions has never been greater. Microsoft is joining with Lockheed Martin to develop Sanctum — a new era of counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) capabilities that combines Lockheed Martin’s mission expertise with the power, scale, and intelligence of Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies to protect lives and defend our nation’s critical infrastructure. Continue reading →