U.S. Central Command has hosted a week-long hackathon called Sandtrap to develop new methods of advancing the process of identifying and defeating one-way unmanned aerial system attacks in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility.
MoreThe U.S. Air Forces Central and U.S. Army Central led an operational capability test of MITRE‘s CARPE Dronvm smartphone application for detecting suspicious drone activity. The app was tested in a 50-kilometer
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown said the service branch intends to commit more funding in future budgets to the use of unmanned aircraft that will fly alongside with
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The U.S. government is planning to impose sanctions against Iran’s precision-strike capabilities using guided missiles and drones citing concerns over the threats pose by such weapon systems to the U.S. and its
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AeroVironment announced on Tuesday that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Wahid Nawabi to succeed Tim Conver as chairman upon Conver’s retirement effective at the company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders.
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has earmarked $5.8 million to fund the unmanned aircraft system research and training efforts of universities under the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence for UAS program.
MoreArmy Research Laboratory has invested $8M in the University of Illinois Chicago for research that would explore recharging technologies for unmanned air vehicles. The cooperative agreement, issued in August, would support the
MoreArmy Research Laboratory has created a software-sensor combination designed to help unmanned aircraft systems prevent clashes with nearby power lines. ARL said that it uniquely configured 3D sensors in a way designed to
MoreEpirus, a venture-backed startup offering a counter-drone capability, has made an undisclosed strategic supplier agreement with Northrop Grumman to provide exclusive access to Leonidas, Epirus’ software-defined electromagnetic pulse system, Epirus reported on
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David Bernhardt, secretary at the Department of the Interior, has ordered DOI bureaus and offices to temporarily stop using its fleet of unmanned aircraft systems in operations that are not considered emergencies.
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