OpenWorks Engineering has announced its SkyWall100 net-capturing counter-UAS equipment will be deployed by the German police at the Berlin Air Show, as part of the
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Category: Counter-UAS systems and policies
Hensoldt launches compact version of it Xpeller C-UAS system
Hensoldt has launched its Xpeller counter-UAV system for the first time in a compact and deployable version called “Xpeller Rapid” at this year’s International Aerospace
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DroneShield C-UAS equipment protects Texas NASCAR event
The Fort Worth Police Department has confirmed that DroneShield’s products were utilised by the Texas State Department of Public Safety, the Denton County Sheriff, the
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IXI Technology Drone Killer “uses software define radio technology” to disable UAS threats
Defense News (https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/navy-league/2018/04/10/this-gun-shoots-drones-out-of-the-sky/) reports a new counter-UAS system from IXI Technology (http://ixitech.com/products/drone-killer/) has been developed to exploit software defined radio technology to detect and disable
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Trump administration “seeks new laws to track, reroute or destroy drones”
The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is asking Congress to give the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice the power to track, reroute
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SRC awarded USD57 million C-UAS contract from US Air Force
The US government’s FedBizzOpps.gov website (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5d178801c0deecd388d59ff592c641e6&tab=core&_cview=0) has announced SRC Inc, manufacturer of the Silent Archer counter-UAS system, has won a contract worth USD57 million for
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New Congress Act aims to allow US federal agencies to shoot down drones
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) has introduced H.R. 5366, the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act, which would allow the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security
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Raytheon laser counter-UAS weapons “shot down 45 drones” during MFIX
Raytheon’s advanced high-power microwave and laser equipped dune buggy shot down 45 unmanned aerial vehicles and drones at the recent US Army Maneuver Fires Integrated
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Russia “to introduce measures to protect airports from drone incursions”
The Russian news agency TASS reports that the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) is developing new measures to stop unmanned flying vehicles (UAV) flying into
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Boeing’s HorizonX invests in counter-UAS company Fortem Technologies
Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures has announced its investment in Fortem Technologies, Inc., a Salt Lake City, Utah-based company developing advanced radar systems for unmanned and manned
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