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Tech & Builds
BAE Systems Brings a High-Power Microwave Counter-Drone Array to AUSA, Built From 99% Off-the-Shelf Parts
BAE Systems unveiled a modular high-power microwave array for defeating drone swarms, paired with its MDACS cannon, but the maturity claims differ by source: TRL 6 in the company's account, ready for operational testing in a theater command per Defense Daily.
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Counter-UAS
Army Places Second G-TEAD Order for Mountain Horse FD-1 Interceptor Drones
The Army's G-TEAD office has placed a second order for Mountain Horse Solutions' FD-1 quadcopter interceptor. A company official told Janes the order covers 385 units, after 300 earlier this year. The company has not published the quantity or the contract value.
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Tech & Builds
A Drone That Flies on One Motor: Joshua Bird's Hinged-Propeller Build and the Firmware Trick Behind It
Maker Joshua Bird has a 3D-printed drone hovering and steering on one motor, using a 45-degree hinged propeller, a motor that speeds up and slows 300 times a second, and rewritten controller firmware. So far it only flies in his bedroom, the design files are on GitHub, and HKU's 2023 PULSAR did single-motor flight first.
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Commercial & Delivery
Matternet Drones Start Carrying Children's Pathology Samples From Great Ormond Street for Apian's NHS Network
Matternet and UK healthcare logistics startup Apian added Great Ormond Street Hospital to their London NHS drone network on Oct 20, as Apian says it has flown over 13,000 clinical items since October 2024.
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Policy & Regulation
Intel Asks the FCC to Spare Its Foreign-Made Fab Robots From the Drone-Ban Playbook
Intel has asked the FCC for an expedited waiver so the foreign-made automated guided vehicles that have run its US fabs for 20+ years can still get hardware, software and firmware changes. Robots were added to the Covered List on July 28, through the same origin-based rule used for drones and routers.
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Counter-UAS
Europe Weighs Letting Utilities Jam and Shoot Down Drones as the Technology Outruns the Rules
France has already handed critical-infrastructure operators the power to detect, jam and shoot down drones; Austria, Poland and Germany are moving the same way, but liability, command authority and grid operators' own doubts remain unresolved.
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Industry & Contracts
Antigravity's $799 A1 Follow Me Bundle Trades Goggles for a Watch Remote, and Crosses the 249-Gram Line
Antigravity's 8K 360-degree A1 went on sale Oct 20 in a $799 Follow Me Bundle with Watch and Ring remotes and prop guards, sold at Best Buy. At 351 g it has to be FAA-registered and broadcast Remote ID. The new controller and 4G module aren't sold in the US store.
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Commercial & Delivery
Evolver DFR: Drone Nerds Sells Police a Parrot Drone, a Dock and Software on One Purchase Order, While Parent XTI Restructures Debt
Drone Nerds' new Evolver DFR puts a Blue UAS Parrot drone, a DBOX dock and SkyfireAI software on one purchase order with no subscription. It has no published price, and its parent XTI is working under note waivers and a going-concern warning.
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Policy & Regulation
FCC Makes Its First Component-Rule Enforcement Strike: Huawei's HiSilicon Chip Blocks a Dash Cam and a Video Transmitter
The FCC used its new logic-bearing component rules for the first time, blocking an unnamed dash cam and a wireless video transmitter over a HiSilicon chip. The test is who made the part, the same one that can keep DJI or Autel components out of new US-built drones.
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Tech & Builds
Quantum Systems' Battery-Powered Apex Recordhunter Hits 777 km/h, a Speed Aimed at Russia's Jet-Powered Geran Drones
Quantum Systems says its battery-electric Apex Recordhunter flew one 777 km/h run on Oct. 19. That is faster than Russia's jet-powered Geran drones, but it is not an official record yet, because a valid record needs a return run in the opposite direction.
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Defense & Combat
Four Retired Navy MQ-8C Fire Scouts Get a Second Life as Army Sensor Testbeds, Saving About $70 Million
Instead of going to the Tucson boneyard, four divested Navy MQ-8C Fire Scouts are now flying Army sensor packages at Dugway and Redstone, a transfer the Navy says saved the Army just over $70 million in procurement costs.
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Counter-UAS
Ukraine's Defense Ministry Says Forces Have Hit 408,000 Russian Drones in 2026, Every Hit Logged in DELTA and Checked by Brave1
Ukraine's MoD says its forces have struck 408,000 Russian drones since Jan. 1, including about 248,000 fixed-wing types, 125,000 multirotors and 35,000-plus Shaheds. It says each hit is on video in DELTA and verified by Brave1, both Ukraine's own systems.
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