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Tan Joint Light Tactical Vehicle with a boxy laser beam director mounted on its roof, parked on dirt at night

Defense · Counter-Drone

Mar-a-Lago Gets the Laser Family Behind El Paso's Airspace Shutdown

A 20 kW LOCUST laser on a JLTV now guards Mar-a-Lago beside Avenger missiles, three miles from DJT's runway. The TFR warns drones may be destroyed.

Haye KestelooNov 85 min read

Saildrone uncrewed surface vessel hull number 3001 sailing through deep blue open ocean under a clear sky, its tall gray wing sail marked with a US flag and the words UNMANNED VEHICLE KEEP CLEAR

Department of Defense

Saildrone Beats the Navy in Court Over a $2.1 Billion Drone Boat Snub

A federal judge found the US Navy treated Saildrone unfairly in its $2.1 billion drone boat competition and froze $600 million until a new review.

Haye KestelooNov 3

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands holding blue signing folders outside a palace in Kyiv

Ukraine

EU and Bpifrance Target 30 French-Ukrainian Drone and Defense Deals

Bpifrance and the EU back French-Ukrainian drone and defense partnerships with a €150M guarantee. The loans pay for contracts with EU suppliers.

Haye KestelooNov 3

Tan fixed-wing drone with two wing-mounted propellers and a V-tail flying low over a field, with a long green-roofed building and bare trees below

Department of Defense

SOCOM Plans for War Without GPS. KEF Robotics Just Got in Line

KEF Robotics joined SOCOM's free SOF RACER consortium. SOCOM plans for jammed GPS, but neither first call asks for navigation.

Haye KestelooNov 2

Gray Rift Dynamics Wåsp quadcopter with black arms and a mast-mounted antenna puck, hovering against a white background

Technology

ESA Funds Ondas-Backed Drone Maker to Fly 10 Minutes Without GPS

ESA signed Norway's Rift Dynamics, maker of the Ondas-distributed Wåsp, to keep cheap expendable drones navigating for 10 minutes under jamming.

Haye KestelooOct 29

Red Tekever remove-before-flight tags hang from the antennas of a white fixed-wing drone fuselage, with the background out of focus.

Department of Defense

Tekever Sells Drones to US Special Operations but Won't Say Which

US Special Operations Command bought Tekever drones after acceptance testing. Tekever won't name the model, quantity or price. Its record points to one.

Haye KestelooOct 26

Two gray Blue Ops Variant 7 uncrewed surface vessels speeding toward the camera across open water, throwing white spray

Industry

Red Cat Bids €205M for Its Drone Boat Engine Maker After Walking Away

Red Cat offers €39 a share, about €205 million, for Steyr Motors, the Austrian maker of its V7 drone boat engine, 12 weeks after walking away.

Haye KestelooOct 19

A black pickup truck marked ACS carries a turret-mounted machine gun and a tan radar panel in the Arizona desert, with smoke drifting from the gun barrel.

Counter-Drone

US Military Counts 378 Border Drone Incursions In 30 Days, And Rising

The military detected 378 drones on the US-Mexico border in a month and says the trend is rising, as 21 firms tested counter-drone gear in Yuma.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Defense

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