UAS VISION
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The Austrian armed forces have selected Rheinmetall’s C-sUAS system for a six-month period of testing and evaluation. In May 2022 Rheinmetall Air Defence AG shipped the latest version of its rapidly deployable counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) to the Austrian military. Continue reading
Taiwan’s military has approved a project to install indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) defense systems at 45 bases across the country, to neutralize hostile drone incursions, if necessary, according to a military source. Continue reading
Liteye Systems, Inc. is honored to welcome, a former member of the Senior Executive Service with the Department of the Air Force, to its Board of Advisors. Bonapart’s expertise and experience in US Air Force and US Space Force logistics, civil engineering, and force protection activities in the defense arena will provide guidance and direction to the company’s Executive Team. Continue reading
Russia claims to have used laser weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, although the US says it has seen no evidence of this and Ukraine has derided it as propaganda. Continue reading
Rheinmetall has successfully tested the technology demonstrator version of a laser weapon built on behalf of the German Bundeswehr. Continue reading
Liteye Systems, Inc. is honored to welcome Dr. Craig A Robin to their Board of Advisors. Dr. Robin’s expertise and experience in directed energy, optics, and photonics in the defense arena will provide guidance and direction to the company’s executive team through its continued growth and development as an industry leader in counter small unmanned systems (C-sUAS), and multi-mission/multi-domain defense capabilities. Continue reading
Fortem Technologies has announced a new, smaller portable counter-UAS system in direct response to the crisis in Ukraine. Working closely with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Fortem provided Ukraine with a number of the Fortem SkyDome man-portable counter-UAS solutions, as well as on site training and support. Continue reading
Liteye Systems, Inc. announced the award of a $12.1M, multi-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to provide its entire portfolio of integrated multi-domain, multi-mission Air Base Surface and Ground Defense systems, including Counter UAS (C-UAS) solutions. Continue reading