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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 — …