Melbourne-based Leidos Australia and its Project LAND156 partners have demonstrated a mission-ready counter-drone capability for the ADF, shooting down drones kinetically and non-kinetically and achieving a key milestone in advancing Australia’s ability to counter evolving aerial threats. The EX Southern…
The US Navy has awarded Hudson, New Hampshire-based BAE Systems a new five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for APKWS laser-guidance kits to equip US armed forces with tens of thousands of additional low-cost precision munitions. The kits will go on…
Costa Mesa-based Anduril Industries has delivered a rapidly deployable kit of field-proven Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) to USNORTHCOM to respond to the growing threat of unauthorized drones. The system was recently demonstrated at EX Falcon Peak 25.2 at Eglin Air…
Although Leidos Australia has won the SIP role in Defence’s Project LAND156, US prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has launched its own Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) initiative. L3Harris says it is rapidly responding to the US Department of Defense and…
Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has demonstrated its Laser Dazzler technology at Canada's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Sandbox event. This year’s event focussed on Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) and counter-drone prototypes were put to the test…
Sydney-based DroneShield has received a repeat order worth $4.3 million from an undisclosed US government customer for a number of its handheld C-UAS systems. The delivery is expected to be completed within just over a fortnight, using available stock on…
Two Australian Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) companies have been selected to participate in the third edition of the Canadian Department of National Defence’s 2024 C-UAS Sandbox exercise in May and June. This year's event is centred on detecting and defeating…
Sydney-based DroneShieldhas signed a collaboration agreement with Lockheed Martin Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) in Melbourne. As part of this collaboration, DroneCannon Mk2, DroneShield's wide area non-kinetic effector, has been integrated into Lockheed Martin Australia’s Agile Shield Program. Agile Shield has been…