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Seven-Hour Flights and 100-Pound Payloads: Draganfly’s Drones Join the Border Fight [DRONELIFE Exlusive Interview]

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Draganfly to launch long-range drones for border patrol By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Drones produced by Canadian UAS manufacturer Draganfly could soon be performing long-range missions to find and track the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants across the U.S./Mexico border under an agreement with the Sheriff’s Department of Cochise County Arizona. Under a […]

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MatrixSpace Secures $20M in Series B to Advance Portable AI Radar for Counter-Drone Use

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New funding underlines rising demand for compact, AI-enhanced counter-UAS systems MatrixSpace has closed a $20 million Series B funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $58 million to date. The Burlington, Massachusetts company specializes in portable radar systems that use artificial intelligence to help detect and respond to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in real […]

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Europe’s “Drone Wall” Recast: The Urgency of Drone Defense in Light of Recent Incursions

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On October 15, the European Commission presented its new Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030, outlining a framework to strengthen the continent’s defenses against emerging threats. Central to that plan is the European Drone Defence Initiative, a coordinated system designed to counter the growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The presentation signaled a shift in tone from […]

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Can the US Army Produce Its Own Drones?

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In recent months, the question of whether the U.S. Army can assume direct responsibility for designing and manufacturing small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) has moved from concept to practical experimentation. Through new initiatives and depot-level efforts, the service is testing the boundaries of its own industrial capabilities. But significant technical, organizational, and strategic challenges remain. […]

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Ascent AeroSystems Achieves CMMC 2.0 Certification, Setting New Benchmark for Secure U.S. Drone Manufacturing

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The Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems becomes the first CMMC 2.0 certified drone manufacturer with a perfect score. Ascent AeroSystems, a U.S. manufacturer of rugged, all-weather coaxial unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it is the first domestic small drone maker to achieve Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2. The company earned a perfect assessment […]

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Media Coalition Pushes Back on FAA’s Part 108 Rule, Citing Threats to Press Freedom

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News group warns Part 108 could impinge on free speech By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill A coalition of almost two dozen major news media organizations has raised concerns that the proposed FAA Part 108 rule could hamper journalists’ efforts to report the news using drones. In its comment to the FAA’s proposed rule, which […]

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Flock Safety Launches “Alpha,” a U.S.-Built Drone for Rapid First Response

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New system targets public safety needs as demand grows for American-made drone alternatives Flock Safety has announced Alpha, its first American-made, NDAA-compliant drone designed specifically for emergency response. The system is positioned to set new standards for speed, flight endurance, and imaging capability within the Drone as First Responder (DFR) market. Alpha is now available […]

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Companies Complete First Fully Automated Counter-Drone Interception in Baltic Region

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DefSecIntel Solutions and Origin Robotics completed what they describe as the first fully automated counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) interception demonstration in the Baltic region during a live trial conducted in Latvia. The demonstration integrated DefSecIntel’s EIRSHIELD ultra-short-range C-UAS system with Origin Robotics’ autonomous BLAZE interceptor to engage representative hostile UAV profiles. The trial validated an […]

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Australian Company Achieves Breakthrough in Multi-Drone Coordination Technology

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Melbourne-based Freespace Operations announced the successful development of “Cooperative Lift” technology that enables multiple Callisto 50 heavy-lift drones to coordinate flight operations while carrying shared loads up to 100 kilograms. The system represents a fourfold increase in lifting capacity compared to individual aircraft operations. The development addresses technical challenges that have limited previous attempts at […]

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One Burst, Dozens Down: How Leonidas Uses High Power Microwaves to Stop Drone Swarms

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Epirus markets counter-UAS tech to Army  By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill  A mobile weapons system, capable of traveling autonomously to the battlefield and shooting down swarms of hostile drones using beams of microwave energy might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but it could be showing up soon in war zones across the […]

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