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Counter-UAS
Balloon Fiesta Becomes a Test of Local Counter-Drone Powers: FBI and FAA Run a 4-Mile No Drone Zone, 10.5 Hours a Day
The FBI says counter-drone personnel are working the Oct. 3-11 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta under the SAFER SKIES Act, but the FAA NOTAMs behind its 4-mile no drone zone apply only two daily windows, about 5:30 am-noon and 4-8 pm Mountain.
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Counter-UAS
Fortem Closes $50 Million Series B Led by Lockheed Martin as Counter-Drone Demand Surges
Utah's Fortem Technologies closed a $50M Series B led by Lockheed Martin, which put in $25M in April, to expand Lindon manufacturing and SkyDome deployments as it cites DHS, Army and World Cup work.
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Counter-UAS
Border Task Force Logged 378 Drones in a Month, and Says 95-98% Are Scouting for Human Smugglers
JTF-Southern Border's commander says 95-98% of drone activity on the southern border is reconnaissance supporting human trafficking. The task force logged at least 378 drones in a month, but officials did not explain how they tie the flights to smuggling.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Stands Up New PEO to Fast-Track Drone and Counter-Drone Buys, Seeking Cloud-Independent, Encrypted Small UAS
DHS's drone-focused program office has issued an RFI for small UAS that skip the cloud, run AES-256 encrypted links, and meet Blue/Green UAS standards, with industry answers due Oct. 5.
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Counter-UAS
SAFER SKIES Rule Puts Jamming and Takedown Powers Within Reach of 1,500 Local Agencies
A DOJ-DHS rule now in force lets state and local agencies certify to detect, and eventually disable, unauthorized drones — but as of publication only 61 officers across 46 agencies hold the harder mitigation credential.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Reopens Anduril's Bid for the Hardware Half of Its $1.5B Counter-Drone Contract
After GAO dismissed its protest, Anduril gets a second shot at the hardware track of DHS's $1.5B counter-UAS IDIQ — a move that could make it only the second vendor, with Leidos, to sit on both tracks of the five-year framework.
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Counter-UAS
FBI Reopens Data-Collection Rule for Local Police Running Counter-Drone Operations Under SAFER SKIES
The FBI is asking OMB to approve a revised paperwork requirement for local police running counter-drone operations under the SAFER SKIES Act, with public comment open through November 2.
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Counter-UAS
Inside the Hunt for Suspected Chinese Drone Spies at White Sands and Other US Military Bases
A CNN investigation details how Army, FBI, DHS and Pentagon teams used electronic warfare to force down a drone that probed White Sands Missile Range for five days, leading to the detention of Chinese nationals in a rented RV.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Funds Epirus HAVOC Microwave Weapon as Pentagon Vows 46-Site Counter-Drone Shield
The Marine Corps handed Epirus $11 million for its HAVOC high-power microwave system, and JIATF-401's director revealed the Pentagon is hardening 46 priority U.S. installations and nearing an FAA/DHS pact to fast-track counter-drone tech.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Awards $1.5 Billion Counter-Drone IDIQ to 12 Firms Including Anduril, CACI, BAE
DHS split a five-year, up to $1.5 billion department-wide counter-UAS contract into two tracks, naming Anduril, BAE Systems, CACI, Leidos and eight other firms as awardees after fielding more than 100 competing proposals.
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Counter-UAS
Quantum Cyber Builds Its First Mini-Interceptor Drone at New Bridgeport, Connecticut Plant
Twelve days after closing on a $2.3 million Bridgeport, Connecticut plant, Quantum Cyber says it has already assembled its first mini-interceptor — a 220 km/h counter-UAS drone meant to hunt in swarms.
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Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS Technology Compared: Kinetic, RF Jamming, High-Power Microwave, Laser, and Net Interceptors
A side-by-side comparison of the five ways drones are actually defeated today — kinetic interceptors, RF/GPS jamming, high-power microwave, directed-energy lasers, and net-capture systems — with range, cost per engagement, tradeoffs, and who's legally allowed to use each under SAFER SKIES.
