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Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion

Motorola Solutions to Acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 Billion

Motorola Solutions announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions, an Israeli counter-drone technology company, ...
Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program

Shield AI Tapped to Bring Hivemind to LUCAS Drone Program

Shield AI announced at SOF Week that it had been selected by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense ...
Poland, Australia, and South Korea Join Pentagon's JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Marketplace

Poland, Australia, and South Korea Join Pentagon’s JIATF-401 Counter-Drone Marketplace

Three additional nations have signed on to the Pentagon's counter-drone procurement marketplace, the Army announced this week, expanding the initiative ...
NATO Launches Layered C-UAS Experimentation Campaign, First Field Event Tests Integration

NATO Launches Layered C-UAS Experimentation Campaign, First Field Event Tests Integration

Allied Command Transformation has moved its Layered Counter-UAS Initiative — known as LCI-X — from framework into field experimentation, completing ...
The Autonomy Stack: Establishing a ‘Software First’ Mindset 

The Autonomy Stack: Establishing a ‘Software First’ Mindset 

The need for more adaptable solutions and the U.S. Air Force’s new Autonomy Government Reference Architecture, or A-GRA, are driving ...
AeroVironment Expands AV_Halo Platform with INSTINCT and DETECT at SOF Week

AeroVironment Expands AV_Halo Platform with INSTINCT and DETECT at SOF Week

AeroVironment used SOF Week in Tampa to announce two new additions to its AV_Halo unified mission software platform: AV_Halo INSTINCT, ...
Five Good Questions: MatrixSpace

Five Good Questions: MatrixSpace

Matthew Kling is VP and General Manager of AI Systems at MatrixSpace, leading development of the AiCloud and AiEdge platforms. He ...
Counter-UAS: The Price of the Shot

Counter-UAS: The Price of the Shot

How Western militaries are trying to restore a sustainable cost-exchange ratio against cheap drones A first-person view small unmanned aircraft ...
Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Gauntlet Phase II: Tougher, Differentiated Missions

Phase II of the Army's Drone Dominance Gauntlet raises the stakes — longer range, tighter urban missions, continuous electronic warfare, ...
NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Tests Layered C-UAS Architecture in Romania Under Eastern Sentry

NATO Allied Command Transformation organized the first Layered Counter-UAS Initiative Crucible event at Romania's Capu Midia Training Range in April, ...
Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia Commits AUD 7 Billion to C-UAS, Awards Contracts to AIM Defence and SYPAQ

Australia has more than doubled its planned counter-UAS investment for the Australian Defence Force, allocating up to AUD 7 billion ...
Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million in Fortem Technologies to Scale Counter-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin Invests $25 Million in Fortem Technologies to Scale Counter-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin has made a $25 million investment in Fortem Technologies, the initial tranche of Fortem's Series B round, to ...
Army C-UAS Marketplace Reaches $13M in Sales, Opens to State and Local Buyers

Army C-UAS Marketplace Reaches $13M in Sales, Opens to State and Local Buyers

The Pentagon's Counter-UAS Marketplace has generated $13 million in purchases since its launch earlier this year, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ...
Echodyne's EchoShield Radar Selected for Trust Automation's Air Force C-UAS Platform

Echodyne’s EchoShield Radar Selected for Trust Automation’s Air Force C-UAS Platform

Echodyne has been named the primary radar provider for Trust Automation's Small-Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS) family, which is being ...
EagleNXT Acquires $10M Stake in Israel's ThirdEye Systems, Launches U.S. C-UAS Joint Venture

EagleNXT Acquires $10M Stake in Israel’s ThirdEye Systems, Launches U.S. C-UAS Joint Venture

EagleNXT has acquired a $10 million stake in Israeli counter-UAS firm ThirdEye Systems and established a majority-owned U.S. joint venture ...