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– SkeyDrone and DronePort Sint-Truiden have announced a strategic partnership to establish Belgium’s first permanent Drone Detection & Counter-UAS (C-UAS) Testing and Expertise Centre. This national hub will enable manufacturers of detection and C-UAS systems to test, validate and demonstrate their solutions, and integrate them into a comprehensive, multi-layered C-UAS system designed for both defence and civil authority use. Continue reading
Less than a year after proving the flight efficiency and reliability of a novel rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company is unveiling its Nomad future family of aircraft. Continue reading
– Mistral Inc., a provider of advanced defense solutions, together with Uvision Inc. (formerly known as UVision USA), announced that the U.S. Army awarded a multi-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $982,000,000 for the Lethal Unmanned System (LUS) program to procure, field, train, and sustain the HERO 120 loitering munition system. Continue reading
Honeywell unveils scalable GCS tech for large drones, enabling safe BVLOS missions and supporting evolving FAA and EASA regulations. Continue reading
Following 18 years of service the RAF’s MQ9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) has made its final operational flight. Continue reading
The recent rise in unidentified drone activity near airports, military sites, and critical infrastructure demands faster, smarter multi-domain awareness. In response, Terma has stepped up, helping deploy an integrated counter-UAS solution across multiple strategic locations, protecting critical infrastructure and military installations. Continue reading
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has started prototyping commercial and dual-use technology solutions to provide Counter UAS solutions that defeat group 3 and above adversarial threats, ensure the sovereignty of our national airspace, and protect our personnel, equipment, and facilities at home and abroad. Continue reading
A Ukrainian team was in Washington last week to craft a landmark agreement with the Trump administration that would involve Kyiv sharing its battle-tested drone technology with the U.S. in exchange for royalties or other forms of compensation, according to officials from both countries. Continue reading