Tag: counter drone

Chip maker Millibeam launches Aussie anti-drone device

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australian fabless semiconductor and 5G developer Millibeam has taken a new product direction with the launch of an RF-jamming, counter-drone device designed entirely inhouse with the aim of solving...

ASCA counter-drone spend shoots past $37m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Electro Optic Systems has landed a counter-drone contract under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s Mission Syracuse, becoming the third defence tech firm to win work through the program. The...

DroneShield CEO and chair jump ship after sell-down

Posted on   |  by David Allen
DroneShield chief executive Oleg Vornik and chair Peter James have stepped down from the counter-drone device-maker just months after selling off tens of millions of dollars worth of company...

Defence and DroneShield join forces on counter-drone research

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Homegrown drone detection firm DroneShield will share vital counter-drone research with Australian defence scientists under a new three-year collaborative research agreement. Defence Science and Technology Group inked the partnership...

Defence tech firms win spots on counter-drone panel

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has selected nearly two dozen local and overseas companies for a new counter-drone procurement panel to help protect military sites and installations from aerial attacks. Raytheon, SAAB, Anduril...

Leidos to lead Defence’s $1.3bn counter-drone project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American military contractor Leidos has secured the key role of systems integration partner on Defence’s counter-drone project, beating local defence tech darling DroneShield and others to the deal. Defence...

Defence initiates testing $30m in anti-drone tech for troops

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has begun testing wearable technologies from almost a dozen local and overseas companies to protect Australian troops against kamikaze drone attacks while on patrol. InnovationAus.com can reveal the...

DroneShield to open first overseas manufacturing facility

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Counter-drone device-maker DroneShield will open a new manufacturing and in-house assembly facility in Europe as part of a significant expansion of its operations. The facility is the Australian defence...