Three Australian drone companies have received contracts valued at a combined $6.6 million as part of a new initiative from Defence to advance innovative technologies. AMSL Aero, Boresight, and Grabba have been awarded $2.2 million each from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), following a “fly-off” demonstration of their capabilities in …
Read More »AIM Defence scores $1m in drone competition
AIM Defence’s Fractl Tactical Directed Energy Laser has taken out first place at aninternational Counter Drone Sandbox in Canada netting a $1 million dollar prize. The win cements AIM’s position at the forefront of low cost and compact TacticalCounter-Drone Systems and follows the Australian Government’s $5.4 million commitment to buy …
Read More »Russia Using Cheap Drones To Overwhelm Ukrainian Air Defence
Russia has begun including cheap drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two to …
Read More »Granta Autonomy raises €1M for Ukraine-tested defence tech
Defence tech Granta Autonomy, which specialises in autonomous UAVs for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, has raised €1M in Seed funding. Lithuanian ScaleWolf VC led the round, with participation from Brolis Defence and HFL holdings. The new capital will enable Granta Autonomy to accelerate the development and production of its …
Read More »Britain in talks to join Europe’s new air defence system: Gr…
Grant Shapps yesterday confirmed Britain is in talks to join Europe’s new air defence system which would shoot down missile and drone strikes from foes such as Russia. The Defence Secretary said the UK is in the early stages of working with its European allies about what a ‘Sky Shield …
Read More »Chief defence scientist: We must get emerging technologies i…
For chief defence scientist Tanya Monro, the concept of ‘minimum viable capability’ is critical to shifting Australia’s thinking on how to get cutting edge technologies into the hands of military personnel fast enough to give them an advantage on the battlefield. Professor Monro believes a major mindset change is needed …
Read More »AIM Defence awarded $4.9 million contract for anti-drone las…
Laser-based anti-drone system maker AIM Defence has been awarded a $4.9 million contract by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for a directed energy weapon prototype that will be used in field-based trials. AIM Defence says its counter-drone systems are able to achieve “millimetre target accuracy at a distance of 1 …
Read More »Defence to trial drone-killing lasers which use advanced ‘di…
In short: A Melbourne company has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the ADF to trial anti-drone technology. It uses directed energy in the form of light to disable unmanned aerial vehicles. What’s next? The firm expects to deliver its system to the ADF for evaluation by the middle of …
Read More »Business News | Defence Ministry Signs Over Rs. 200 Crore De…
NewsVoir Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 23: Big Bang Boom Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (BBBS), India’s fastest-growing defense sector start-up, has secured a significant order worth more than Rs. 200 Crores from the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army, for its cutting-edge anti-drone technology earlier this month. This historic contract, …
Read More »Australian-made undersea Defence drone nears production
A low-cost unmanned underwater drone being developed by a Melbourne startup will progress to the next stage of prototyping after receiving a multi-million-dollar funding injection from the Defence department. The company behind the drone, Melbourne-based startup C2 Robotics, is now preparing for an in-water demonstration in the coming weeks — …
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