Posts Tagged ‘Drone’
The MOD has launched a fund to find counter drone technology to combat hostile use of drones. The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), the MOD’s innovation hub, will seek robust and cost-effective next-generation counter drone to the risks posed by hostile UAS. The MOD is looking to develop ...
AUDS, the counter-UAS defence system has received TRL-9 status following successful deployment with the United States Forces. The status is the highest technology readiness level or maturity that a technology system can achieve, and AUDS is the first fully integrated system, worldwide, to achieve TRL-9. DoD and NASA definition of TRL-9 is ...
Defence Innovation Initiative: industry reaction Part 3
October 20, 2016This Autumn saw Defence Secretary Michael Fallon launch the Defence Innovation Initiative, a scheme to promote home-grown innovation in the defence sector. The £800M fund is backed by IRIS (innovation and research insights unit) and the Defence and Security Accelerator, with the fund available to new technology innovation, intending to support emerging ...
In September 2015 QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins UK demonstrated, for the first time, the use of both military GPS and the new European Galileo Public Regulated Service to deliver resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing. In May 2016, QinetiQ, Ordnance Survey and NSL delivered authenticated PNT using Galileo’s PRS signal via ...
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