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ND’s Airtonomy wins $1M in Syracuse business competition

SYRACUSE N.Y. — On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Airtonomy of Grand Forks, North Dakota is the $1 million grand prize winner of the fifth round of the GENIUS NY accelerator competition. According to a statement from Gov. Hochul, the year-long program is the world’s largest business competition focused …

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Team CERBERUS wins DARPA Subterranean Challenge

September 30, 2021—Team CERBERUS, which included indoor drone company Flyability, has won DARPA’s three-year long Subterranean Challenge. DARPA first announced its Subterranean (SubT) Challenge in 2018. The goal of the competition was to “develop innovative technologies that would augment operations underground”—or, as IEEE Spectrum put it, “to get …

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SYR wins bid to host federal Drone Detection and Mitigation …

The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority announced that Syracuse Hancock International Airport was chosen as a host airport for the Federal Aviation Administration’s “Airport Unmanned Aircraft System(s) (UAS) Detection and Mitigation Research Program.” The FAA issued a solicitation for expressions of interest to airport operators Sept. 4, 2020, outlining the research …

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Citadel Defense wins major contract for AI powered counter d…

Citadel Defense has received a multi-million-dollar government contract for their Titan, an AI-powered, radiofrequency (RF) based counter drone system. Citadel’s technology was selected following a competitive evaluation of two dozen competitive counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS). Titan proved highly effective in complex urban environments and was …

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Citadel Defense Wins $12.2M U.S. Department of Defense Contr…

Citadel Defense Wins $12.2M U.S. Department of Defense Contract to Autonomously Defeat Commercial Off-the-Shelf and Handmade Drones Citadel’s contract award addresses urgent C-sUAS needs for Fixed, Mobile and Dismounted operations SAN DIEGO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 1, 2020 — The U.S. Government and Department of Defense has awarded Citadel …

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Fortem Technologies Wins Contract From Department of Defense…

Fortem Technologies Wins Contract From Department of Defense for Advanced Airspace Security and Defense System AI-powered detection and mitigation solutions selected to support Defense Innovation Unit’s charter to counter improvised threats PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, Feb. 3, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —   Fortem Technologies, the market leader of C-UAS security and …

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Google offshoot wins drone delivery approval in US

A Wing remotely piloted aircraft with a delivery. (Wing) Drone delivery company Wing Aviation has won the right to operate as an airline in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced. Certification comes hot on the heels of it securing Australian approval for remotely operated commercial package …

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