Ukraine Joins NATO Drill to Test Anti-Drone Systems

Posted September 22, 2024 by Dronerator

NATO concluded a major anti-drone exercise this week, with Ukraine taking part for the first time as the Western alliance seeks to learn urgently from the rapid development and widespread use of unmanned systems in the war there. The drills at a Dutch military base, involving more than 20 countries and some 50 companies, tested […]

FlightWave Gets $1.9M TACFI Award for Advanced Enhancements to Edge 130 VTOL

Posted September 22, 2024 by Dronerator

— FlightWave Aerospace has announced that it has secured a $1.9 million award through the U.S. Air Force’s Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. Following the recent acquisition of FlightWave by Red Cat Holdings, Inc., the company will use the funding to support critical enhancements to the Edge 130 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) system, now […]

Putin Tours St. Petersburg Drone Manufacturing Plant

Posted September 22, 2024 by Dronerator

President Vladimir Putin last week visited the Special Technology Centre (STC) in St Petersburg, a supplier of unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare systems, and communication systems. The head of state toured an exhibition of robotic systems supplied by the Ministry of Defence and the Popular Front. In particular, the president was shown tracked platforms, kamikaze drones, […]

MQ-9B Sea Guardian on Lease Ditches into Bay of Bengal

Posted September 22, 2024 by Dronerator

A high-altitude-long-endurance MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone that was taken on lease by the Indian Navy from the U.S. ditched into the Bay of Bengal off Chennai after encountering a technical failure on Wednesday (September 18, 2024). The drone was operating from naval air station INS Rajali in Arakkonam near Chennai, the Indian Navy said. In […]

Pierce Aerospace Launches Remote ID Sensors for Airspace Awareness

Posted September 22, 2024 by Dronerator

– Pierce Aerospace announced the launch of its YR1 Remote ID Sensor at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) Industry Insight Summits Uncrewed Systems Security Event last week. The YR1 Remote ID Sensor provides commercial and government stakeholders with affordable airspace awareness. The YR1 is the physical layer of the company’s Flight Portal […]