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  • UK Consortium Updates Counter-UAV System to Support Military & Commercial Vehicle Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Consortium Updates Counter-UAV System to Support Military & Commercial Vehicle Deployment

    A team of three U.K.-based defense companies has updated its counter-unmanned aerial vehicle defense platform to support installation on military trucks and commercial surveillance vehicles. The Anti-UAV Defense System — built by Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems — works to detect, track, identify and defeat UAVs up to six miles away in approximately […] More

  • AUDS Team's Counter-UAV System Obtains Tech Readiness Level 9 Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AUDS Team’s Counter-UAV System Obtains Tech Readiness Level 9 Status

    A counter-unmanned aerial vehicle defense system from a team of three U.K.-based technology companies has achieved technology readiness level 9 status after the platform’s deployment with U.S. forces. The AUDS was built by Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems and designed to detect, track and disrupt drones six miles away within eight to 15 seconds, Blighter […] More

  • BAE Demos Maritime Robotic Systems at UK Navy Exercise; Frank Cotton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Demos Maritime Robotic Systems at UK Navy Exercise; Frank Cotton Comments

    BAE Systems has demonstrated the company’s unmanned boat technology in conjunction with a transportable command-and-control system at a U.K. navy-hosted exercise off the coasts of Scotland and West Wales. The Unmanned Warrior event will run through Oct. 20 and feature more than 50 vehicles, sensors and cross-platform technologies from industry, academia and the Royal Navy, BAE said Thursday. At the […] More

  • Liteye Systems to Provide Technology for FAA's Airport Drone Detection Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liteye Systems to Provide Technology for FAA’s Airport Drone Detection Tests

    The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Liteye Systems to provide a counter unmanned aerial vehicle technology for evaluation at domestic airports as part of the agency’s Pathfinder Program. FAA and Liteye signed a cooperative agreement to test the Anti-UAV Defense System developed by British companies Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, Blighter said Tuesday. Liteye acts as the North American manufacturing […] More