Echodyne MESA Radars Added to JIATF-401 Counter-UAS Procurement Path
Echodyne has secured a JIATF-401 contract with a $250 million ceiling, providing a procurement path for MESA radars supporting force protection and counter-drone defense operations
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Echodyne has secured a JIATF-401 contract with a $250 million ceiling, providing a procurement path for MESA radars supporting force protection and counter-drone defense operations
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ParaZero Technologies and ThirdEye Systems have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to develop an integrated counter-UAS system for protecting armored vehicles and strategic defense assets from evolving aerial risks
Saab UK has completed the delivery of Giraffe 1X radar systems to the Royal Air Force, bolstering the British armed forces' frontline capabilities against increasingly sophisticated uncrewed aerial systems
ParaZero and a leading European defense company sign strategic MoU to integrate autonomous net-based physical interception technology directly into armored vehicle platforms to counter small FPV attack drones
Axon Vision has been awarded an order valued at up to NIS 15 million for autonomous system capabilities designed to protect forces against advancing aerial attack drones
Mara has raised $7 million in pre-seed funding to scale Spike, a low-cost autonomous counter-UAS system engineered to neutralize swarms of lethal FPV combat drones using distributed defense nodes
KONGSBERG has selected Echodyne's Metamaterials Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar platform to bolster the detection, tracking, and targeting performance of its remote weapon systems across various air and surface missions
ORIGIN and WITU are introducing BLAZE with a NATO-codified directional fragmentation warhead combining focused effects against aerial targets with multi-layer safety for counter-drone operations at MSPO
ParaZero Technologies has received its first U.S. federal order for the DefendAir Counter-UAS system, including net launchers, Net Pods and dedicated on-site operator training to support deployment and operator proficiency
Following a successful evaluation phase, a Tier-1 global defense contractor has placed a third procurement order for ParaZero’s DefendAir Net Pods to advance technical integration toward full-scale operational system deployment
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence and Destinus have partnered to develop a canister-launched kinetic drone interceptor aimed at providing affordable, scalable air defence across the Royal Netherlands Navy fleet
Allied military operators deployed SPX Communication Technologies' open-architecture BlackTalon Ecosystem during NATO's BATT26 exercise in Latvia, evaluating live multi-sensor data fusion and counter-drone capabilities under realistic Eastern European battlefield conditions
Terma has been selected to deliver an integrated AI-driven command system unifying nationwide counter-drone defense across Denmark